ABBEYSHRULE

In 1868, the parish of Abbeyshrule contained the following places:

"ABBEYSHRULE, a parish in the barony of Shrule, in the county of Longford, and province of Leinster, Ireland, 4 miles N.E. of Ballymahon. The parish is divided into two parts by the river Inny, which is crossed by a stone bridge of ten arches. The Royal canal also passes through, and is conducted over the Inny on a handsome aqueduct. There is a police station, a large flourmill, and a quarry from which black stone is obtained. The living is a rectory united with Tashinny. A monastery existed here before the 10th century. About the year 1150 it was refounded, for Cistercian monks, and dedicated to the Virgin, by O'Ferrall. It was granted by Henry VIII. to James, Earl of Roscommon; and by Queen Elizabeth, in 1569, to Sir R. Dillon, then Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas. Some remains of the abbey still exist, besides a large square tower and a cemetery."

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2018