Leitrim, County Leitrim

This article is about the village in County Leitrim. For other uses, see Leitrim.

Leitrim Liatroim
Town
Leitrim Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°59′27″N 8°03′49″W / 53.9908°N 8.0636°W / 53.9908; -8.0636Coordinates: 53°59′27″N 8°03′49″W / 53.9908°N 8.0636°W / 53.9908; -8.0636
Country	Ireland
Province	Connacht
County	County Leitrim
Elevation	70 m (230 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	485
Time zone	WET (UTC+0)
• Summer (DST)	IST (WEST) (UTC-1)
Irish Grid Reference	G958046

Leitrim (Irish: Liatroim) is a village in County Leitrim, Ireland.

Access and transport

It is located on the River Shannon at the junction of the R280 and R284 regional roads and is connected to the River Erne via the Shannon-Erne Waterway. Leitrim village is the gateway to the Shannon-Erne Waterway and boasts a jetty with excellent facilities for the cruising traffic which passes through. The village is just over 5 km from Carrick-on-Shannon and 155 km from Dublin.

History

County Leitrim takes its name from the village.

The village was an O'Rourke stronghold in medieval times and was a place of some strategic importance as the river nearby is comparatively shallow and narrow and therefore easily forded.

1540: The castle of Leitrim village erected by O'Rourke (Brian, the son of Owen) while a great war waged against him on every side, namely, in Moylurg, Muintir-Eolais, and Breifney-O'Rourke; and his own son and a party of the men of Breifney were also at war with him. He finished the castle in a short time, destroyed a great portion of Moylurg on his way to Drumshanbo in 1565

Modern times

Leitrim village marina
May 2nd, 2010

Successive Finance Acts during the 1990s encouraged the building of hotels and holiday houses in designated deprived rural areas. The village was a large beneficiary of these tax incentives. The resultant explosive growth in the period between 2002 and 2007 saw several large complexes of self-catering apartments blocks being erected around the mariana which was itself funded by the International Fund for Ireland under the auspices of the Anglo-Irish Agreement. It is a well kept village with an excellent record in the Tidy Towns competition, and it won the title once. Leitrim village is well situated as a base from which to explore the upper and County Leitrim.7

Education

St Joseph's National School

Religion

St Joseph's Catholic Church

Demographics

The village had over 618 residents by 2002. This number had increased to 1,033 by 2006.

Places in County Leitrim

County town: Carrick-on-Shannon

Towns	Carrick-on-Shannon

Villages	Ballinaglera Ballinamore Buckode Carrigallen Cloone Dowra Drumcong Dromahair Drumkeeran Drumsna Dromod Drumshanbo Fenagh Fivemilebourne Garadice Glenfarne Jamestown Keshcarrigan Kinlough Kiltyclogher Killarga Largydonnell Leitrim Lurganboy Manorhamilton Mohill Newtowngore Rossinver Roosky Tarmon Tullaghan Tully

Islands	Tully Island Verfana Kinlough Bay

Townlands	Aghamore Attifinlay Bornacoola Cornageeha Effrinagh Eslinbridge Farnaught Gortletteragh Gorvagh

Loughs	Lough Allen Lough Boderg Lough Bofin Lough Corry Garadice Lough Lough Gill Glenade Lough Glencar Lough Lough MacNean Lough Melvin Rinn Lough Lough Scur

Parishes	Annaduff Aughavas Bornacoola Carrigallen Cloone Gortletteragh Kiltoghert Kitiburid Mohill

List of townlands in County Leitrim Category:Mountains and hills of County Leitrim Category:Rivers of County Leitrim Category:Geography of County Leitrim

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