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Portroe

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A sixty-foot stainless steel cross weighing more than four tonnes was erected (2002) on Cloneybrien Hill near Portroe, to commemorate the millennium and to replace a cross that was placed on the spot to mark the Eucharistic Congress in
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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. A drama society also exists in Killoran.
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The community hall hosts a number of events, is used by local clubs, and rented to facilitators hosting classes. The pre-school lies adjacent to the hall also.
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club. A senior hurling team, representing Portroe, won their first ever North Tipperary Senior Hurling title in 2012 in McDonagh Park in Nenagh.
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club, and an old handball alley next to the old primary school in Portroe. At the top of the hill is a former
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south-west of Portroe, a 20 metre high stainless steel cross was erected in 2002. It was raised to mark the
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church is dedicated to St. Mary, and was built in 1872. There is also a primary school, a
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committee, a youth club, and the Arra Historical & Archaeological Society
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A viewing point, to the west of Portroe village, on the R494
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and to replace an earlier cross placed there following the
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and 11km west of the town of Nenagh. Portroe spans the
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route 323 serves the village. It travels to and from
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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. 296:Organisations based in the Portroe area include 921: 8: 429: 427: 311:The village also participate in events like 928: 914: 906: 230:, meaning 'the red port') is a village in 23: 513: 511: 250:of Garrykennedy, Glencrue and Shesharoe. 596:"Portroe Tidy Towns seek new volunteers" 423: 193: 185: 129: 94: 60: 48: 1484:Towns and villages in County Tipperary 1463:Category:Geography of County Tipperary 686:Hospice, North Tipp (12 August 2022). 475:from the original on 25 September 2021 445:from the original on 25 September 2021 1448:List of townlands of County Tipperary 435:"Sapmap Area - Settlements - Portroe" 412:List of towns and villages in Ireland 381:Eucharistic Congress of Dublin (1932) 206: 175: 163: 151: 139: 7: 890:from the original on 26 October 2020 801:from the original on 27 October 2020 771:from the original on 27 October 2020 16:Village in County Tipperary, Ireland 1458:Category:Rivers of County Tipperary 688:"Portroe Vintage & Parish Day" 14: 856:from the original on 5 March 2016 519:"Tipperary GAA - Clubs - Portroe" 622:"Youth Work Ireland – Tipperary" 242:, 2km from the eastern shore of 238:. The village is located on the 73: 66: 50: 880:"Portroe (Ireland) Census Town" 791:"Garrykennedy, Tipperary North" 471:. Irish Placenames Commission. 74: 365:(RIC) barracks, built c.1830. 1: 371:On Loughtea Hill, one of the 359:Gaelic Athletic Association 331:Gaelic Athletic Association 56:View northeast from Portroe 21:Village in Munster, Ireland 1505: 660:Gaa.ie (19 January 2016). 1443: 1033: 944: 95: 61: 49: 42: 363:Royal Irish Constabulary 262:Entering Portroe on the 30: 465:"An Port Rua / Portroe" 400:Rose of Tralee festival 1040: 341:. Portroe also fields 339:Tipperary hurling team 293: 266: 227: 35: 1039: 795:buildingsofireland.ie 765:buildingsofireland.ie 713:"Portroe Dive Centre" 626:youthworktipperary.ie 291: 261: 825:www.silverarchfrc.ie 574:www.tipperarylive.ie 548:www.tipperarylive.ie 304:, a church choir, a 441:. CSO. 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Irish
View northeast from Portroe
Portroe is located in Ireland
52°53′N 8°21′W / 52.883°N 8.350°W / 52.883; -8.350
Ireland
Province
Munster
County
County Tipperary
Barony
Owney and Arra
Civil parish
Eircode
Area code
Irish
County Tipperary
Ireland
R494 regional road
Lough Derg
townlands

R494 regional road
Bus Éireann
Limerick
Nenagh

Portroe GAA
apostolic society
Tidy Towns
Scór

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