Murroe
(Maigh Rua in
Irish)
is a little village in County
Limerick,
Ireland.
It is surrounded by the
Slieve
Felim
mountains. The population is
approx. 600. This has changed in
recent times due in part to
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
monastery and boarding school
from 1926. It is possible to go
for walks in the
Clare
Glens
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.
Very Rev. John Canon Hayes, founder of Muintir na Tíre was born in Murroe in 1882 and died at Bansha, County Tipperary, where he was the parish priest, in 1957.