Shrove
An tSrúibh / Srúibh Bhrain | |
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 Beach at Big White Bay, Shrove | |
  Shrove | |
| Coordinates: 55°13′37″N 6°55′46″W / 55.2270°N 6.9294°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Ulster |
| County | County Donegal |
| Barony | Inishowen East |
| Civil Parish | Moville Lower |
Shrove (/ˈʃruːv/; pronounced as 'Shroove' to rhyme with 'prove'; Irish: An tSrúibh or, originally, Srúibh Bhrain[1][2][3]) is a coastal hamlet and townland in Inishowen in the north of County Donegal in Ulster, the northern province in Ireland.[1][2][4][5][6] The hamlet is located a short distance to the north of Greencastle in the north-east of Inishowen, a peninsula on the north coast of Ireland.[7] The name of both the hamlet and the townland is also sometimes written as Shroove, and is sometimes written as Stroove by some government bodies.[2][8][9]
The hamlet of Shrove (pronounced as 'Shroove'[2]) is located beside White Bay, also known as Big White Bay, at the southern end of the townland of Shrove.[3][4][6] Shrove Strand, also known as Shrove Beach, runs along the western edge of White Bay, the bay being slightly to the north of the entrance into Lough Foyle.[3][4] Shrove lies immediately north of Magilligan Point, a hamlet a short distance away on the opposite shore in County Londonderry.[4][7] All of the townland of Shrove, including the entire hamlet of Shrove, is part of the Civil Parish of Moville Lower.[6][10] Shrove is at the northern end of the Wild Atlantic Way, the hamlet being on the eastern coastline of Inishowen.[4]
- ^ a b McKay, Patrick (1999). A Dictionary of Ulster Place-Names. Belfast: The Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen's University of Belfast. pp. 137–138.
- ^ a b c d ""We can prove...it's Shrove": Greencastle townland reclaims its name". Inishowen News. 9 December 2008.
- ^ a b c "eOceanic". eoceanic.com. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- ^ a b c d e Discoverer Series, Sheet 4 (Edition F) (Map). Belfast: Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland (O.S.N.I.), Land and Property Services. 2017.
- ^ Discovery Series, Sheet 3 (5th Edition) (Map). Dublin: Ordnance Survey of Ireland (O.S.I.). 2019.
- ^ a b c "Stroove Townland, Co. Donegal". townlands.ie.
- ^ a b Ireland North (Map). Belfast: Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland (O.S.N.I.), Land and Property Services (in association with the Ordnance Survey of Ireland (O.S.I.), Dublin). 2011.
- ^ "Inishowen Head". Discover Ireland.
- ^ "An tSrúibh / Stroove". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
An tSrúibh [..] (Irish) / Stroove (English) [..] Other names: Shrove / local name (English)
- ^ "Civil Parish of Moville Lower, Co. Donegal". townlands.ie.