Portroe

Portroe
Irish: An Port Rua
Village
View northeast from Portroe
View northeast from Portroe
Portroe is located in Ireland
Portroe
Portroe
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°53′N 8°21′W / 52.883°N 8.350°W / 52.883; -8.350
CountryIreland
ProvinceMunster
CountyCounty Tipperary
BaronyOwney and Arra
Civil parishCastletownarra
Population461
Eircode routing key(s)
E45, V94
Area code(+353) 067

Portroe (Irish: An Port Rua, meaning 'the red port')[2] is a village in County Tipperary, Ireland. The village is located on the R494 regional road, 2km from the eastern shore of Lough Derg and 11km west of the town of Nenagh. Portroe spans the townlands of Garrykennedy, Glencrue and Shesharoe.

  1. ^ "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Portroe". Census 2016. CSO. April 2016. Archived from the original on 25 September 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  2. ^ "An Port Rua / Portroe". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Archived from the original on 25 September 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2020.