placenamesShrule
Sruthair
Kilroe and Glencorrib record changes in schooling and worship across the wider district.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Sruthair · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Shrule · English · main form
Place & story
From friary school to national school
The Shrule community annals record that the Franciscans withdrew from Kilroe in 1840, ending their private school there. In 1849 Charles Lynch of Ballycurrin donated an acre of land and building assistance for a national school. The school history thus connects a new educational institution with the departure of an older religious community. [2]
A replacement church at Glencorrib
The annals date the dedication of Glencorrib’s church to 1876. It replaced the deteriorating church at Kilroe, with Glencorrib chosen for its more central position. This change shifted the local focus of worship within the district. [3]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Shrule. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Shrule community annals: 1800 to 1850 · Jacques Metadjer, annals credited by Shrule community website
- Shrule community annals: 1850 to 1900 · Jacques Metadjer, annals credited by Shrule community website
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.