Murroe, officially Moroe , is a small village in County Limerick

County Limerick

It is thought that humans had established themselves in the Lough Gur area of the county as early as 3000 BC, while megalithic remains found at Duntryleague date back further to 3500 BC...

, Ireland

Republic of Ireland

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Murroe is located in the north-eastern part of County Limerick approximately 15 km from Limerick City and close to the Tipperary border. Nearby towns include Cappamore

Cappamore

Cappamore is a small town in the barony of Owneybeg, northeast County Limerick in the midwest of Ireland. It is also a parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly.-Location and facilities:...

 and Newport. The village is located on the R506 road

R506 road

The R506 road is a regional road in the east of County Limerick, Ireland which runs west-east from its junction with the R445 regional road at Garraunykee, Annacotty and its junction with the R505 regional road in the townland of Dromsally on the outskirts of the village of Cappamore...

. It is surrounded by the Slieve Felim mountains. The population is approximately 800. The increase in recent times is due in part to the growth of Limerick city thus creating a commuter belt to include Murroe and many of the other towns and villages in the area. The village was founded in the 1830s by the Barrington family, who lived in the now Glenstal Abbey

Glenstal Abbey

Glenstal Abbey is a Benedictine monastery located in Murroe, County Limerick. It is dedicated to Saint Joseph and Saint Columba. The current abbot of the monastery is Dom Patrick Hederman, OSB...

 monastery and boarding school from 1926. It is possible to go for walks in the Clare Glens

Clare Glens

The Clare Glens are a wooded area along the banks of the Clare river, which separates County Tipperary and County Limerick, Ireland. Very close to Newport, County Tipperary. It consists of a picturesque walkway on...

 wooded area along the banks of the Clare River and in the gardens and lands of the monastery. Murroe is also situated near an older monastic settlement in Abbey Owney and is home to a number of historical houses and buildings, such as Brittas Castle and Thomond Scout centre.

John Canon Hayes

Canon John Hayes

Very Rev. John Canon Hayes , founder of Muintir na Tíre, was born in 1887, in a Land League hut at Murroe, Co Limerick. Five of his brothers and sisters died of malnutrition and disease before he reached seven years of age....

, founder of Muintir na Tíre

Muintir na Tíre

Muintir na Tíre is a national Irish voluntary organisation dedicated to promoting the process of community development. Canon Hayes founded the organisation in 1937. It aims to enhance the capacities of people in communities, rural and urban, to become involved in local social, economic, cultural...

 was born in Murroe in 1882. He was a priest of the Archdioce of Cashel and Emly, ordained at the Irish College, Paris in 1913 and died at Bansha

Bansha

Bansha is a village in the barony of Clanwilliam, South Tipperary in Ireland. The village is part of the parish of "Bansha and Kilmoyler" in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly. Bansha is co-extensive with the pre-Reformation parish of Templeneiry of which the townland name of...

, County Tipperary, where he was the parish priest, in 1957. There are many sporting and cultural organisations in Murroe including Murroe Boher Amateur Dramatic Society, Murroe AFC and Murroe/Boher GAA. Murroe AFC, situated in Tubber, have grown from strength to strength in recent years with many new members coming from the many new inhabitants following the rapid (some would say too rapid) development of Murroe.