Murroe

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Murroe (Maigh Rua in Irish) is a little village in County Limerick, Ireland. It is surrounded by the Slieve Felim mountains. The population is approx. 600. This has changed in recent times due in part to growth of Limerick city thus creating a commuter belt to include Murroe and many of the other towns and villages in the area. The village was founded in the 1830s by the Barrington family, who lived in the now Glenstal Abbey monastery and boarding school from 1926. It is possible to go for walks in the Clare Glens wooded area along the banks of the Clare river and in the gardens and lands of the monastery. Murroe is also situated near an older monastic settlement in Abbey Owney and is home to a number of historical houses and buildings, such as Brittas Castle and Thomond Scout centre.

Very Rev. John Canon Hayes, founder of Muintir na Tíre was born in Murroe in 1882 and died at Bansha, County Tipperary, where he was the parish priest, in 1957.