Shinrone

Shinrone (Irish: Suí an Róin, meaning "seat of the seal"[2]) is a village in County Offaly, Ireland. It lies at the junction of the R491 regional road between Nenagh and Roscrea where it is joined by the R492 to Sharavogue.[3] According to the 2016 census, the village then had 645 inhabitants.[1]

Shinrone

Suí an Róin
Village
Shinrone on the R491, County Offaly
Shinrone
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°56′N 7°55′W
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyCounty Offaly
Elevation
66 m (217 ft)
Population
 (2016)[1]
645
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid ReferenceS049923

Architecture

A number of buildings of architectural interest in and around Shinrone are listed on the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage website, including:[4]

  • Cangort Castle - destroyed by Cromwellian forces in the 17th century. A gatehouse building remains.[5]
  • Annaghbrook House (c. 1720) Previously derelict house with some features of architectural merit being renovated.
  • Tierney's, Main St. (c. 1750, renovated c. 1860) Two-storey house with pub. Steeply pitched roof with terracotta ridge tiles.
  • Bridge over a tributary of the Little Brosna River, Main St (c. 1820) Double arch bridge. Eastern arch has been converted to a pedestrian underpass.[6]
  • St Mary's Church of Ireland (1821) Commissioned by the Board of First Fruits this church has a wider nave than usual.
  • Shinrone Roman Catholic Church (c. 1860, renovated c. 1980) T-plan church with cross finials on gables.

Transport

Local Link Tipperary operates a bus service between Roscrea railway station and Nenagh which stops at Shinrone Post Office. The service operates seven days a week. [7][8][9]

In fiction

Shinrone is named in the Pogues song Broad Majestic Shannon.

Arlo Guthrie's visit to Shinrone is mentioned in Tim Winton's novel The Riders - shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1995. A character in the novel overhears locals in the small Irish village of Shinrone, recount the night Arlo Guthrie came to play. The actual event occurred in February 1988, when Arlo played the local hall in Shinrone.

In media

Shinrone appeared in the titles of the satirical RTÉ television series Hall's Pictorial Weekly on 12th March 1980. [10]

People

American President Barack Obama's earliest known relative, Joseph Kearney, whose family subsequently moved to Moneygall 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.[11]

Irish-born soldier, physician, and politician Edward 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.[12]

See also

References
  1. "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Shinrone". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. April 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  2. A. D. Mills, 2003, A Dictionary of British Place-Names, Oxford University Press
  3. Roads Act 1993 (Classification of Regional Roads) Order 2006 Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
  4. http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=OF&regno=14822001
  5. http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=OF&regno=14942022
  6. http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=OF&regno=14822005
  7. https://www.nenaghguardian.ie/news/roundup/articles/2019/09/19/4179895-new-daily-services-from-local-link/
  8. http://locallinktipperary.ie/2019/09/17/local-link-tipperary-announces-2-new-daily-bus-services/
  9. http://locallinktipperary.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/854-timetable.jpg
  10. https://www.rte.ie/archives/2020/0214/1115301-sinrone-county-offaly/
  11. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 February 2009. Retrieved 24 March 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. Hand’s congressional biography
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