{"id":2,"date":"1994-01-01T19:10:22","date_gmt":"1994-01-01T19:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shrule.com\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-04-03T12:15:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T12:15:54","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.shrule.com\/?page_id=2","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Shrule , Co.Mayo<\/h2>\n<p>Shrule is a small parish with a rich history , on the Mayo side of the Mayo-Galway border about 25km from Galway city.\u00a0 Shrule village nestling on the Mayo side of the Black River lies between Headford and Ballinrobe on the N84 main road from Galway to Castlebar .<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m14!1m12!1m3!1d18974.922287307287!2d-9.09176459606935!3d53.5244627444525!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sie!4v1666448591739!5m2!1sen!2sie\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Shrule the name given in 1570 by the four masters as Sruthair, the word is a variation of Sruth or Sruthan: a stream or river. The tradition of Shrule deriving it&#8217;s name from sruth-fuil, meaning river of blood, because of a massacre at Shrule bridge in 1642 is a fabrication and incorrect, as the name was already in use before that time.The name took various forms through the centuries, i.e.: Strothyr, Shrure, Shrower, Sruhir, and Shruel&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">What&#8217;s it like to live in Shrule ?\u00a0 <a title=\"Lifestyle\" href=\"http:\/\/www.likeplace.ie\/places\/index.php?stateplace=Shrule,Mayo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Shrule Montessori School<\/h2>\n<p>Montessori School<br \/>\nDalgan Rd. Shrule , Co Mayo<br \/>\nTelephone : 093 31400<\/p>\n<h2>National Schools<\/h2>\n<p>St. Joseph&#8217;s NS<br \/>\nNational School<br \/>\nShrule , Co Mayo<br \/>\nSt. Joseph&#8217;s National School is situated on the Kilmaine road opposite the Shrule church.<br \/>\nTelephone : 093 31221<\/p>\n<p>Glencorrib NS<br \/>\nNational School<br \/>\nGlencorrib , Shrule<br \/>\nGlencorrib National School is situated in Glencorrib village on the road between Headford and Cross.<br \/>\nTelephone : 093 31415<\/p>\n<p>Kilroe NS<br \/>\nNational School<br \/>\nKilroe , Shrule , Co Mayo<br \/>\nKilroe National School is situated in the townland of Mounthenry (Kilroe) on the road to Ballycurrin from the Moyne direction.<br \/>\nTelephone : 093 35231<\/p>\n<p>Knockroon NS<br \/>\nNational School<br \/>\nKnockroon , Co.Galway<br \/>\nKnockroon NS is situated between Shrule and Headford on the main road.<br \/>\nContact : Anne Walsh<br \/>\nTelephone : 093 35137<\/p>\n<p>Ballycusion NS<br \/>\nNational School<br \/>\nBallycusion , Co Mayo<br \/>\nBallycusion NS is situated on the Claremorris road from Shrule about 4km from the town.<br \/>\nTelephone : 093 33614<\/p>\n<h2>Church<\/h2>\n<p>St. Joseph&#8217;s RC Church<br \/>\nShrule , Co Mayo<br \/>\nContact : Rev. Vivian Loughrey P.P.<br \/>\nTelephone : 093 31262<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>This site is owned and maintained by Martin Ryan and has been online in one form or another since 1996 , many thanks to Jacques Metadjer for the original annals of Shrule and Fr. Michael Crosby for taking photographs of all the headstones as well as allowing the parish records to be available here . (records pre 1901 only BTW ).<\/p>\n<p>Many thanks also to all who have submitted photographs , information and historical articles to the site. I credit original copyright owners and contributors on each item where appropriate &#8211; however if I missed anything please let me know .<\/p>\n<p>I can be contacted at <strong>carginsoft@gmail.com <\/strong>or call 085 8595085<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you have material you would like published here\u00a0 , just let me know &#8211; IT&#8217;s FREE !<\/p>\n<p>Martin Ryan<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carginsoft.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.carginsoft.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shrule , Co.Mayo Shrule is a small parish with a rich history , on the Mayo side of the Mayo-Galway border about 25km from Galway city.\u00a0 Shrule village nestling on the Mayo side of the Black River lies between Headford and Ballinrobe on the N84 main road from Galway to Castlebar . &nbsp; &nbsp; Shrule [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1000,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shrule.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shrule.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shrule.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shrule.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shrule.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.shrule.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3906,"href":"http:\/\/www.shrule.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/3906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shrule.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}