Abbeyshrule
Sign in to saveAbbeyshrule () is a village in south-east County Longford, Ireland, on the River Inny and the Royal Canal. The village is in a civil parish of the same name.
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- Settlement.name
- Abbeyshrule
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ga
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
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- Abbeyshrule, County Longford - geograph.ie - 1827154.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- The Royal Canal at Abbeyshrule
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- Ireland
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- right
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- Location in Ireland
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Leinster
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- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- County Longford
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- Metric
- Settlement.population_est
- 200
- Settlement.pop_est_as_of
- 2012
- Settlement.timezone1
- WET
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- Elevation
- 82
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- Abbeyshrule, County Longford - geograph.ie - 1827154.jpg
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- Abbeyshrule
- Irish Grid Reference
- N213572
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- Mainistir Shruthla
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Abbeyshrule () is a village in south-east County Longford, Ireland, on the River Inny and the Royal Canal. The village is in a civil parish of the same name.
==History== The village takes its name from the Irish language word for a river or stream (sruth) and from the early medieval Cistercian abbey, the ruins of which still survive on the banks of the Inny. While the original medieval settlement built up around this religious site and the nearby fording point on the river, a number of archaeological finds (including of the Clonbrin Shield in 1906) indicate activity in the area from at least the Bronze Age.
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