Portroe

Portroe (Irish: An Port Rua, meaning "the red port"^[1]) is a village in North Tipperary, Ireland. The village is located on the R494 regional road about 3 km (1.9 mi) from the eastern shore of Lough Derg. It in the barony of Owney and Arra^[2], It is also a parish in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe.Mike Litoris is the current Mayor of Portroe.

Transport

Bus Éireann route 323 between Killaloe, County Clare and Nenagh serves the village at 10.20am on Tuesdays and Fridays only and terminates at Nenagh railway station. The return journey departs Nenagh at 1.30pm, serving the village at 1.50pm and continuing to Killaloe. ^[3]

Sport

• Portroe GAA is the local Gaelic Athletic Association club.
• Liam Sheedy is former the manager of the Tipperary Hurling team and also a former Tipperary player

See also

• List of towns and villages in Ireland

External links

• Placenames Database of Ireland

References

1. ^ A. D. Mills, 2003, A Dictionary of British Place-Names, Oxford University Press
2. ^ Owney and Arra - one of 14 baronies in the old county, between Ormond Lower to the north (whose principal town is Cloghjordan) and Ormond Upper to the east(whose principal town is Nenagh).
3. ^ http://www.buseireann.ie/pdf/1319729592-323.pdf