Shrule
Official Townland name
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Placenames
Placenames mentioned in this townland are :Field Name Book
Field Name Book description from 1838/1839 noted by the surveyors who produced the O.S maps originally.Shruil
B.S.S.M. : 27See parish name.
- Shrule : J. 0'D,
- Shroule : Down Survey Maps
Situated in the South of the parish. It is bounded on the N. by Ramolin td.; W. by Cloonbanaun td.; S. by the parish of Donaghpatrick in County Galway; and E. by Dalgan Demesne.
It contains 161a. 2r. 12p., and is the property of Patrick Kirwan, of Dalgan. agent, Charles Cromie, of Annefield. The soil is a light sandy clay, with limestone bottom. The town of Shrule is situated about the centre of this td., and there are held here a weekly market and 3 fairs in the year. Tenants pay from 36s. to 40s. per acre yearly. Such of them as build good houses in the village have a rood of ground attached under a lease of 3 lives at a rent of £3 per annum.
There are in the village 9 public houses and a police station, together with a police station and a brewery. The latter has been built, and is occupied, by Wm. Golden, Esq., who holds it under a lease of 999 years at a rent of £30 per annum.
The antiquities here are an old castle, an old fort, an old church, and the site of an old abbey. Near the N.E. corner of the latter is a large stone called Cruckvahina, or the Blessed Stone. (Clock Bheannuighthe, the blessed stone).
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