Shinrone Suí an Róin | |
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 Shinrone on the R491, County Offaly | |
  Shinrone Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates:52°59′03″N7°55′29″W / 52.9842°N 7.9247°W /52.9842; -7.9247 | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Offaly |
| Elevation | 66 m (217 ft) |
| Population | 645 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | S049923 |
Shinrone (Irish:Suí an Róin, meaning 'Róin's seat/retreat'[2]) is a village inCounty Offaly, Ireland. It is in the southernmost part of the county, situated very close to the border withCounty Tipperary. It lies at the junction of theR491regional road betweenNenagh andRoscrea with theR492 toSharavogue.[3] At the2016 census, the village population was 645.[1] The village is in atownland andcivil parish of the same name.[2]
Shinrone is located at the southern tip of County Offaly, along the border with County Tipperary. While the majority of the Catholic parish is located in Offaly, a small portion of the parish lies in Tipperary, withBallingarry, North Tipperary, being in the parish of Shinrone.
Towns that are in close proximity to Shinrone include,Roscrea (8km),Birr, (14km),Cloughjordan (9km),Moneygall andBorrisokane (13km).
There are twoGAA clubs in Shinrone parish:Shinrone GAA is the club on the Offaly side of the parish andKnockshegowna GAA on the Tipperary side. Hurling is the dominant sport played in Shinrone, like most South Offaly GAA clubs. Shinrone won the 2022Offaly Senior Hurling Championship, beatingKilcormac–Killoughey GAA in the final.[4]
A number of buildings of architectural interest in and around Shinrone are listed on theNational Inventory of Architectural Heritage website, including:[5]
As at 2021Local Link Tipperary operates a bus service betweenRoscrea railway station andNenagh which stops at Shinrone Post Office. The service operates daily.[8][9]
The nearest train stations to Shinrone are at Roscrea andCloughjordan, both on theLimerick–Ballybrophy railway line.
Shinrone Community Centre has hosted notable international musicians includingArlo Guthrie in 1988,The Pogues andShane MacGowan,Christy Moore,[10]The Waterboys andNanci Griffith.[11] The Pogues and Shane MacGowan played in Shinrone numerous times, and many dubbed Shinrone as MacGowans home venue, as it was just a short distance from his native Tipperary.[citation needed] Shinrone is referenced in the Pogues song "The Broad Majestic Shannon".[citation needed]
Arlo Guthrie's visit to Shinrone is mentioned in Tim Winton's novelThe Riders - shortlisted for theBooker Prize in 1995. A character in the novel overhears locals in the small Irish village of Shinrone recount the night Guthrie came to play.[citation needed] The actual event was Guthrie's 1988 community centre concert.[10]
Shinrone appeared in the titles of the satiricalRTÉ television seriesHall's Pictorial Weekly on 12 March 1980.[12]
American PresidentBarack Obama's earliest known relative, Joseph Kearney, whose family subsequently moved toMoneygall and who would become the President's 7th great-grandfather, was from Shinrone where the Kearney family lived and died for four generations. Research from Trinity college shows this to be the President's earliest known relative.[13]
Irish-born soldier, physician, and politicianEdward Hand was born in Clyduff, King's County (now County Offaly) on 31 December 1744 and baptised in Shinrone. Hand served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, rising to the rank of Major-General, and later was a member of several Pennsylvania governmental bodies.[14]
There are two primary Schools located in the Parish. Shinrone National School, which is in the village, and Clonlisk National School, located outside the village.
Pupils from Shinrone usually attend Secondary School in eitherSt Brendan's Community School in Birr, Colaiste Pobal Ros Cre, or Borrisokane Vocational School. The village is also very close to theCistercian College, Roscrea, with some students attending.
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