CURRANROE, a village, in the parish of ABBEY,
barony of BURREN, county of CLARE, and province of
MUNSTER, 2 miles (E.) from Burren; containing 92
inhabitants. This village is situated at the extremity of
an inlet from the bay of Galway, which forms the harbour
of Burren, or New Quay, into which the sea rushes
with considerable force for nearly four miles, and up to
Curranroe bridge, which forms the boundary of the
counties of Clare and Galway. It is a neat and improving
place, several slated houses having been erected
within the last few years; and is a station of the constabulary
police. Here is a small quay, at which turf
and sea manure are landed; but in consequence of the
new road lately made towards the interior, it is about to
be removed, and a more commodious one constructed by
Burton Bindon, Esq., who employs a considerable number
of labourers in clearing the ground of stones, and
placing them on the slab in the bay, to promote the
growth of sea weed, in which a great trade is here
carried on. Curranroe, the neat cottage residence and
farming establishment of Mr. Bindon, is in the village,
and in the vicinity is the great oyster bed called the Red.
Bank, which is described in the article on the parish of
Abbey.