Portrun

Portrun or Portrunny (Irish: Port Reanna, meaning 'bank of the point')[1] is a lakeside townland, located on the bank of Lough Ree on the River Shannon in County Roscommon.

Moorings and jetty at Portrunny Bay

It has mooring facilities for boats, a children's playground and picnic tables; and is a tourist destination in the summer months.[2][3]

St. Diarmuid's holy well, associated with Diarmaid the Just, is located here. It is said that he often stopped in Portrun here on the way to the sanctuary of Inchcleraun (Quaker Island), where the ruins of seven churches can still be seen.[4][5]

References
  1. "Portrunny / Port Reanna". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  2. Roscommon Herald, Ciara McCaughley, 'Warmest Day of the Year so Far is Recorded in Roscommon', 21 July 2021
  3. Roscommon People, Paul Healy, 'Locals vent frustration', 4 June 2020
  4. "Quaker's Island". askaboutireland.ie.
  5. "Portrunny Harbour". portrun.ie. Portrun Development Association. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
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