Portrun
{{Short description|Townland in County Roscommon, Ireland}}
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Portrun or Portrunny ({{Irish place name|Port Reanna|bank of the point}}){{cite web|url = https://www.logainm.ie/44171.aspx | publisher = Irish Placenames Commission | website = logainm.ie | title = Portrunny / Port Reanna | accessdate = 9 March 2020 }} is a lakeside townland, located on the bank of Lough Ree on the River Shannon in County Roscommon.
It has mooring facilities for boats, a children's playground and picnic tables; and is a tourist destination in the summer months.Roscommon Herald, Ciara McCaughley, 'Warmest Day of the Year so Far is Recorded in Roscommon', 21 July 2021Roscommon People, Paul Healy, 'Locals vent frustration', 4 June 2020
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.{{cite web|url = http://www.askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/environment-geography/physical-landscape/historical-features-of-co/islands/quakers-island-%28or-iniscl/ | title = Quaker's Island | website = askaboutireland.ie}}{{cite web|url = https://www.portrun.ie/heritage/harbour-heritage/ | website = portrun.ie | publisher =Portrun Development Association | title = Portrunny Harbour | accessdate = 9 March 2020 }}