Portroe
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Transport
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Bus Éireann route 323 serves the village. It travels to and from Limerick and Nenagh.[2] The bus stop is situated either side of 'Portroe cross' at the bottom of the village near Gleeson's Spar.
Community
Organisations based in the Portroe area include Portroe GAA club,[3] an apostolic society,[4] a church choir,[5] a Tidy Towns committee,[6] a youth club,[7] and the Arra Historical & Archaeological Society[8]
The village also participate in events like Scór, the cultural branch of the GAA.[9] An annual Vintage Day is held locally raising money for various charities[10]
There is a diving club situated on the outskirts of Portroe in an area called Killoran. The club use an old flooded quarry reaching depths of 39m.[11] A drama society also exists in Killoran.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Sport
Portroe GAA is the local Gaelic Athletic Association club.[3] A senior hurling team, representing Portroe, won their first-ever North Tipperary Senior Hurling title in 2012 in McDonagh Park in Nenagh. Liam Sheedy, who played his club hurling with Portroe and inter-county hurling with Tipperary, was twice the manager of the Tipperary hurling team. Portroe also fields camogie teams.[12]
Built heritage
The local Roman Catholic church is dedicated to St. Mary and was built in 1872.[13] There is also a primary school, a Gaelic Athletic Association club, and an old handball alley next to the old primary school in Portroe.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". At the top of the hill is a former Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) barracks, built c.1830.[14]
The community hall hosts a number of events, is used by local clubs, and is rented to facilitators hosting classes. The pre-school lies adjacent to the hall also.[15]
On Loughtea Hill, one of the Arra hills southwest of Portroe, a 20 metre high stainless steel cross was erected in 2002. It was raised to mark the millennium and to replace an earlier cross placed there following the Eucharistic Congress of Dublin (1932).[16]
People
As of the 2016 census, Portroe had a population of 461,[17] up from 411 people as of the 1996 census.[18]
Three people from the village have participated in the Rose of Tralee festival, with Portroe natives representing the county in the festival in 2008, 2009 and 2012.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
See also
References
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