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County Leitrim

April 23, 2023

County Leitrim (/ˈliːtrəm/ LEE-trəm; Irish: Contae Liatroma) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Connacht and is part of the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the village of Leitrim. Leitrim County Council is the local authority for the county, which had a population of 35,087 according to the 2022 census.[3]

County Leitrim
Contae Liatroma
County
Coat of arms
Nicknames: 
The Wild Rose County (Others)
County Leitrim shown in darker green with Northern Ireland in pink
CountryIreland
ProvinceConnacht
RegionNorthern and Western
Established1565–83[1]
County townCarrick-on-Shannon
Government
 • Local authorityLeitrim County Council
 • Dáil constituencySligo–Leitrim
 • EP constituencyMidlands–North-West
Area
[2]
 • Total1,589 km2 (614 sq mi)
 • Rank26th
Highest elevation
(Truskmore SE Cairn)
631 m (2,070 ft)
Population
 (2022)[3]
 • Total35,087
 • Rank32nd
 • Density22/km2 (57/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC±0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (IST)
Eircode routing keys
F91, N41 (primarily)
Telephone area codes071 (primarily)
Vehicle index
mark code		LM
WebsiteOfficial website

The county encompasses the historic Gaelic territory of West Breffny (Bréifne) corresponding to the northern part of the county,[4][5] and Muintir Eolais or Conmaicne Réin, corresponding to the southern part.

Geography

 
Glencar Waterfall at Glencar Lough

Leitrim is the 26th of the 32 counties by area (21st in size of the 26 counties of the Republic) and the smallest by population.[6] It is the smallest of Connacht's five counties in both size and population. Leitrim is bordered by the counties of Donegal to the north, Fermanagh to the north-east, Cavan to the east, Longford to the south, Roscommon to the south-west and Sligo to the west. Fermanagh is in Northern Ireland while all the other neighbouring counties are within the Republic of Ireland.

Leitrim has a hilly and mountainous landscape in its northwest and is relatively flat in the southeast, each separated from the other by Lough Allen in the middle of the county. Leitrim has the shortest length of coastline of any Irish county that touches the sea. At Tullaghan, the coastline is only 4.7 kilometres (2.9 mi) long.[7] The Shannon is linked to the Erne via the Shannon–Erne Waterway. Notable lakes include:

History

In ancient times Leitrim formed the western half of the Kingdom of Breifne. This region was long influenced by the O'Rourke family of Dromahair, whose heraldic lion occupies the official county shield to this day. Close ties initially existed with the O'Reilly clan in the eastern half of the kingdom, however, a split occurred in the 13th century and the kingdom was divided into East Breifne, now County Cavan, and West Breifne, now County Leitrim. The Normans invaded south Leitrim in the 13th century but were defeated at the Battle of Áth an Chip in 1270.

Much of the county was confiscated from its owners in 1620 and given to Villiers and Hamilton. Their initial objective was to plant the county with English settlers. However, this proved unsuccessful. English Deputy Sir John Perrot had ordered the legal establishment of "Leitrim County" a half-century prior, in 1565. Perrott also demarcated the current county borders around 1583.

 
Leitrim countryside

Long ago Ireland was covered in woodland,[8][9] and five great forests are traditionally said to have stood in Leitrim, with a 19th-century county survey stating- "a hundred years ago almost the whole country was one continued, undivided forest, so that from Drumshanbo to Drumkeeran, a distance of nine or ten miles, one could travel the whole way from tree to tree by branches".[10] Many of these great forests were denuded for the making of charcoal for iron works around Sliabh an Iarainn.[8] Working of the county's rich deposits of iron ore began in the 15th century and continued until the mid-18th century. Coal mining became prominent in the 19th century to the east of Lough Allen at Sliabh an Iarainn and also to the west in Arigna, on the Roscommon border. The last coal mine closed in July 1990 and there is now a visitor centre.[11] Sandstone was also quarried in the Glenfarne region.

 
The Stone bridge at Drumsna that connects counties Leitrim and Roscommon.

Writing in 1791, the geographer Beaufort suggested the county housing population encompassed 10,026 homes with "upwards of 50,000 inhabitants", the primary agriculture being cattle production, and the growth of flax sustaining the linen industry.[12] Leitrim was first hit by the recession caused by the mechanisation of linen weaving in the 1830s and its 155,000 residents (as of the 1841 census) were ravaged by the Great Famine and the population dropped to 112,000 by 1851. The population subsequently continued to decrease due to emigration. After many years, the wounds of such rapid population decline have finally started to heal. Agriculture improved over the last century. Leitrim now has the fastest growing population in Connacht.

The Book of Fenagh is the most famous medieval manuscript originating here. In the 19th century the poet John McDonald (of Dromod) lived in the county, and William Butler Yeats spent the turn of the twentieth century fascinated with Lough Allen and much of Leitrim. Glencar Waterfall, 11 kilometres (7 mi) from Manorhamilton, inspired Yeats and is mentioned in his poem The Stolen Child.

Subdivisions

 
North and South Leitrim

Geographically, the county is almost evenly divided along north–south lines by Lough Allen, the River Shannon and Sliabh an Iarainn. Uniquely among Irish counties, there is no way to cross from the north of the county to the south (or vice versa) by road without leaving its boundaries. North Leitrim is slightly larger than the south, comprising 51% of County Leitrim's land area. However, South Leitrim, with towns such as Carrick-on-Shannon, Ballinamore and Drumshambo, is significantly more populous, containing approximately 65% of the county's population as of 2016.[13]

Baronies

There are five historic baronies in the county. While baronies continue to be officially defined units, they are no longer used for many administrative purposes. Their official status is illustrated by Placenames Orders made since 2003, where official Irish names of baronies are listed under "Administrative units". They are Carrigallen, Drumahaire, Leitrim, Mohill and Rosclogher.[14]

Rural districts

Under the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898, County Leitrim was divided into the rural districts of Ballyshannon No. 3 (later renamed Kinlough), Bawnboy No. 2 (later renamed Ballinamore), Carrick-on-Shannon No. 1, Manorhamilton and Mohill.[15][16] The rural districts were abolished in 1925.[17]

Largest towns in County Leitrim

As of the 2016 census:[18]

  1. Carrick-on-Shannon*, 4,062 (A small part of Carrick-on-Shannon is in County Roscommon)
  2. Manorhamilton, 1,466
  3. Kinlough, 1,032
  4. Ballinamore, 914
  5. Drumshanbo, 902
  6. Mohill, 855
  7. Dromahair, 808
  8. Leitrim, 594
  9. Roosky*, 564 (Most of Roosky is in County Roscommon)
  10. Dromod, 555

Demographics

 
Leitrim is Ireland's most sparsely populated county
  • Leitrim has the fastest-growing population of any county in Connacht. As measured by the census, the population rose by 36% between 2002 and 2022 to 35,087.[20]
  • 2005 HEA statistics identified that Leitrim has the highest rate of participation in higher education in Ireland with 75% of 17- to 19-year-olds being admitted to a higher course.[21]
  • The county town is Carrick-on-Shannon (population 4,062).[18] It is a highly developed, prospering river port on the River Shannon and many tourists hire cruising boats here to explore the Shannon and the Shannon–Erne Waterway, which is a 63 km canal linking the two river systems. It is amongst the fastest growing towns in Ireland and has grown by 25% in the past few years.[22]

Local government and politics

Leitrim County Council is the local authority for the county. The county is divided into three local electoral areas, each of which is also a municipal district: Ballinamore (6 councillors), Carrick-on-Shannon (6 councillors), and Manorhamilton (6 councillors).[23] Leitrim County Council has two representatives on the Northern and Western Regional Assembly.[24]

2019 seats summary

The following were elected at the 2019 Leitrim County Council election:

National politics

Leitrim is part of the Dáil constituency of Sligo–Leitrim. This constituency existed from 1948 to 2007, and previously from 1923 to 1937 as Leitrim–Sligo. From 1937 to 1948, the county formed the Leitrim constituency. From 2007 until 2016, County Leitrim was divided between two constituencies: Roscommon–South Leitrim and Sligo–North Leitrim. This proved controversial, and at the 2007 general election there was no TD elected whose domicile was in the county. Sligo–Leitrim was recreated at the 2016 general election.

Transport

 
A typical country lane near Carrigallen.

People

 
Wild roses (Rosa canina), one of the county's nicknames
See also: Category:People from County Leitrim

1400s

1600s

1700s

1800s

1900s

See also

References and notes

Primary references

  1. ^ "The History of Leitrim". from the original on 20 June 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  2. ^ "County Profiles – Leitrim". Western Development Commission. from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  3. ^ a b c . Central Statistics Office (Ireland). Archived from the original on 18 October 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  4. ^ Hayward, Richard. Ulster and the City of Belfast. A Barker, 1949. p.234
  5. ^ Shearman, Hugh. Ulster. R Hale, 1949. p.393
  6. ^ Corry, Eoghan (2005). The GAA Book of Lists. Hodder Headline Ireland. pp. 186–191.
  7. ^ An Article on the geography/history of Leitrim http://www.libraryireland.com/Atlas/Leitrim.php 13 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ a b Boate 1652, pp. 120.
  9. ^ Henry 1914, pp. 243.
  10. ^ Correspondent 1882, pp. 37.
  11. ^ Sliabh an Iarainn Visitor Centre 27 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ Beaufort 1792, pp. 69.
  13. ^ "ROI Saps Mapping Census 2016". Maynooth University. from the original on 28 April 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  14. ^ "Baronies of County Leitrim". Placenames Database of Ireland. Government of Ireland – Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Dublin City University. from the original on 16 December 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  15. ^ Clancy, John Joseph (1899). A handbook of local government in Ireland: containing an explanatory introduction to the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898: together with the text of the act, the orders in Council, and the rules made thereunder relating to county council, rural district council, and guardian's elections: with an index. Dublin: Sealy, Bryers and Walker. p. 424.
  16. ^ "1926 Census: Table 9: Population, Area and Valuation of urban and rural districts and of all towns with a population of 1,500 inhabitants or over, showing particulars of town and village population and of the number of persons per 100 acres" (PDF). Central Statistics Office. p. 28. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  17. ^ Local Government Act 1925, s. 3: Abolition of rural district councils (No. 5 of 1925, s. 3). Enacted on 26 March 1925. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 22 December 2021.
  18. ^ a b "Population and Actual and Percentage Change 2011 to 2016 by Alphabetical List of Towns, CensusYear and Statistic". Central Statistics Office. May 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  19. ^ [https://web.archive.org/web/20050309005718/http://www.cso.ie/census/ Archived 9 March 2005 at the Wayback Machine for post-1821 figures 1653 and 1659 figures from Civil Survey Census of those years Paper of Mr Hardinge to Royal Irish Academy 14 March 1865 For a discussion on the accuracy of pre-famine census returns see JJ Lee "On the accuracy of the pre-famine Irish censuses" in Irish Population Economy and Society edited by JM Goldstrom and LA Clarkson (1981) p54 in and also New Developments in Irish Population History 1700–1850 by Joel Mokyr and Cormac Ó Gráda in The Economic History Review New Series Vol. 37 No. 4 (Nov. 1984) pp. 473–488.
  20. ^ "Census - CSO - Central Statistics Office". www.cso.ie. from the original on 13 July 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  21. ^ HEA statistics 2005[dead link]
  22. ^ . Archived from the original on 13 November 2008.
  23. ^ County of Leitrim Local Electoral Areas and Municipal Districts Order 2018 (S.I. No. 623 of 2018). Signed on 19 December 2018. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. from the original on 23 November 2019. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 1 September 2020.
  24. ^ Local Government Act 1991 (Regional Assemblies) (Establishment) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 573 of 2014). Signed on 16 December 2014. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 25 February 2022.
  25. ^ "Locomotives - County Leitrim - The Cavan and Leitrim Railway". Home. from the original on 20 June 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  26. ^ Grossman, Stefan (2016). Deluxe Anthology of O'Carolan Music for Fingerstyle Guitar. Mel Bay Publications, Incorporated. p. 4. ISBN 9781609740153.

Secondary sources

Historical

  • Boate, Gerard (1652). Irelands Natural History (Digitized 2009 ed.). Samuell Hartlib, For the Common Good of Ireland, and more especially, for the benefit of the Adventurers and Planters therein; Imprinted at London for John Wright at the Kings Head, in the Old Bayley. from the original on 24 February 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  • Henry (1914). "Woods and Trees of Ireland". Journal of the County Louth Archaeological Society. County Louth Archaeological and History Society. Journal of the County Louth Archaeological Society Vol. 3, No. 3 (Dec) (3): 237–245. doi:10.2307/27728012. JSTOR 27728012.
  • Correspondent (1882). The Timber, Woollen, and Pottery Industries of Ireland, review of paper by G. P. Bevan. Vol. The Furniture Gazette, XVII-New Series (An illustrated weekly journal, January – June ed.). 74, 75, Great Queen Street, Lincoln's-Inn fields, London, W.C. from the original on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  • Beaufort, Daniel Augustus (1792). Memoir of a map of Ireland; illustrating the topography of that kingdom, and containing a short account of its present state, civil and ecclesiastical; with a complete index to the map (PDF). London, Faden, [etc.]

External links

 
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for County Leitrim.
  • Leitrim GAA

Coordinates: 54°07′01″N 8°00′00″W / 54.117°N 8.000°W / 54.117; -8.000

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County Leitrim ˈ l iː t r em LEE trem Irish Contae Liatroma is a county in Ireland It is in the province of Connacht and is part of the Northern and Western Region It is named after the village of Leitrim Leitrim County Council is the local authority for the county which had a population of 35 087 according to the 2022 census 3 County Leitrim Contae LiatromaCountyCoat of armsNicknames The Wild Rose County Others County Leitrim shown in darker green with Northern Ireland in pinkCountryIrelandProvinceConnachtRegionNorthern and WesternEstablished1565 83 1 County townCarrick on ShannonGovernment Local authorityLeitrim County Council Dail constituencySligo Leitrim EP constituencyMidlands North WestArea 2 Total1 589 km2 614 sq mi Rank26thHighest elevation Truskmore SE Cairn 631 m 2 070 ft Population 2022 3 Total35 087 Rank32nd Density22 km2 57 sq mi Time zoneUTC 0 WET Summer DST UTC 1 IST Eircode routing keysF91 N41 primarily Telephone area codes071 primarily Vehicle indexmark codeLMWebsiteOfficial websiteThe county encompasses the historic Gaelic territory of West Breffny Breifne corresponding to the northern part of the county 4 5 and Muintir Eolais or Conmaicne Rein corresponding to the southern part Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 Subdivisions 3 1 Baronies 3 2 Rural districts 3 3 Largest towns in County Leitrim 4 Demographics 5 Local government and politics 5 1 2019 seats summary 5 2 National politics 6 Transport 7 People 7 1 1400s 7 2 1600s 7 3 1700s 7 4 1800s 7 5 1900s 8 See also 9 References and notes 9 1 Primary references 9 2 Secondary sources 9 2 1 Historical 10 External linksGeography Edit Glencar Waterfall at Glencar Lough Leitrim is the 26th of the 32 counties by area 21st in size of the 26 counties of the Republic and the smallest by population 6 It is the smallest of Connacht s five counties in both size and population Leitrim is bordered by the counties of Donegal to the north Fermanagh to the north east Cavan to the east Longford to the south Roscommon to the south west and Sligo to the west Fermanagh is in Northern Ireland while all the other neighbouring counties are within the Republic of Ireland Leitrim has a hilly and mountainous landscape in its northwest and is relatively flat in the southeast each separated from the other by Lough Allen in the middle of the county Leitrim has the shortest length of coastline of any Irish county that touches the sea At Tullaghan the coastline is only 4 7 kilometres 2 9 mi long 7 The Shannon is linked to the Erne via the Shannon Erne Waterway Notable lakes include Lough Melvin Lough Allen Lough Gill is to the northwest of Dromahair Parke s Castle is located on the lakeshore Belhavel Lough is also located in Dromahair within the parish of Killargue Lough Scur and Saint John s Lough on the Shannon Erne Waterway Glencar Lough which lies mostly in Leitrim is fed via Glencar waterfall made famous in the poem The Stolen Child by William Butler Yeats Rockfield Lake just east of Carrigallen in South Leitrim is popular with anglers while part of this lake is in County Leitrim most of it is in County Cavan Other lakes include Upper Lough MacNean Glenade Lough Garadice Lough Rinn Lough Lough Scannal Lough Erril and Lough Machugh History EditIn ancient times Leitrim formed the western half of the Kingdom of Breifne This region was long influenced by the O Rourke family of Dromahair whose heraldic lion occupies the official county shield to this day Close ties initially existed with the O Reilly clan in the eastern half of the kingdom however a split occurred in the 13th century and the kingdom was divided into East Breifne now County Cavan and West Breifne now County Leitrim The Normans invaded south Leitrim in the 13th century but were defeated at the Battle of Ath an Chip in 1270 Much of the county was confiscated from its owners in 1620 and given to Villiers and Hamilton Their initial objective was to plant the county with English settlers However this proved unsuccessful English Deputy Sir John Perrot had ordered the legal establishment of Leitrim County a half century prior in 1565 Perrott also demarcated the current county borders around 1583 Leitrim countryside Long ago Ireland was covered in woodland 8 9 and five great forests are traditionally said to have stood in Leitrim with a 19th century county survey stating a hundred years ago almost the whole country was one continued undivided forest so that from Drumshanbo to Drumkeeran a distance of nine or ten miles one could travel the whole way from tree to tree by branches 10 Many of these great forests were denuded for the making of charcoal for iron works around Sliabh an Iarainn 8 Working of the county s rich deposits of iron ore began in the 15th century and continued until the mid 18th century Coal mining became prominent in the 19th century to the east of Lough Allen at Sliabh an Iarainn and also to the west in Arigna on the Roscommon border The last coal mine closed in July 1990 and there is now a visitor centre 11 Sandstone was also quarried in the Glenfarne region The Stone bridge at Drumsna that connects counties Leitrim and Roscommon Writing in 1791 the geographer Beaufort suggested the county housing population encompassed 10 026 homes with upwards of 50 000 inhabitants the primary agriculture being cattle production and the growth of flax sustaining the linen industry 12 Leitrim was first hit by the recession caused by the mechanisation of linen weaving in the 1830s and its 155 000 residents as of the 1841 census were ravaged by the Great Famine and the population dropped to 112 000 by 1851 The population subsequently continued to decrease due to emigration After many years the wounds of such rapid population decline have finally started to heal Agriculture improved over the last century Leitrim now has the fastest growing population in Connacht The Book of Fenagh is the most famous medieval manuscript originating here In the 19th century the poet John McDonald of Dromod lived in the county and William Butler Yeats spent the turn of the twentieth century fascinated with Lough Allen and much of Leitrim Glencar Waterfall 11 kilometres 7 mi from Manorhamilton inspired Yeats and is mentioned in his poem The Stolen Child Subdivisions Edit North and South Leitrim Geographically the county is almost evenly divided along north south lines by Lough Allen the River Shannon and Sliabh an Iarainn Uniquely among Irish counties there is no way to cross from the north of the county to the south or vice versa by road without leaving its boundaries North Leitrim is slightly larger than the south comprising 51 of County Leitrim s land area However South Leitrim with towns such as Carrick on Shannon Ballinamore and Drumshambo is significantly more populous containing approximately 65 of the county s population as of 2016 13 Baronies Edit There are five historic baronies in the county While baronies continue to be officially defined units they are no longer used for many administrative purposes Their official status is illustrated by Placenames Orders made since 2003 where official Irish names of baronies are listed under Administrative units They are Carrigallen Drumahaire Leitrim Mohill and Rosclogher 14 Rural districts Edit Under the Local Government Ireland Act 1898 County Leitrim was divided into the rural districts of Ballyshannon No 3 later renamed Kinlough Bawnboy No 2 later renamed Ballinamore Carrick on Shannon No 1 Manorhamilton and Mohill 15 16 The rural districts were abolished in 1925 17 Largest towns in County Leitrim Edit As of the 2016 census 18 Carrick on Shannon 4 062 A small part of Carrick on Shannon is in County Roscommon Manorhamilton 1 466 Kinlough 1 032 Ballinamore 914 Drumshanbo 902 Mohill 855 Dromahair 808 Leitrim 594 Roosky 564 Most of Roosky is in County Roscommon Dromod 555Demographics Edit Leitrim is Ireland s most sparsely populated county Historical populationYearPop 15002 511 15102 520 0 4 15502 544 1 0 15802 588 1 7 15852 603 0 6 16002 645 1 6 16102 663 0 7 16112 701 1 4 16132 744 1 6 16162 788 1 6 16212 819 1 1 16312 877 2 1 16412 901 0 8 16512 923 0 8 16532 970 1 6 16594 275 43 9 16684 550 6 4 16724 707 3 5 16804 999 6 2 16815 244 4 9 16865 779 10 2 16896 444 11 5 16906 999 8 6 16917 515 7 4 16937 999 6 4 16958 333 4 2 16968 970 7 6 16979 554 6 5 169910 224 7 0 170010 475 2 5 170310 976 4 8 170511 960 9 0 170812 880 7 7 171013 110 1 8 171513 575 3 5 171814 020 3 3 172014 445 3 0 172114 975 3 7 172516 100 7 5 172716 330 1 4 173017 055 4 4 173517 775 4 2 173619 550 10 0 173921 224 8 6 173723 920 12 7 174525 799 7 9 175528 950 12 2 176538 992 34 7 177137 801 3 1 177568 707 81 8 178194 201 37 1 1788108 402 15 1 1790116 804 7 8 1801115 801 0 9 1811120 783 4 3 1813101 211 16 2 1821124 783 23 3 1831141 524 13 4 1841155 297 9 7 1851111 897 27 9 1861104 744 6 4 187195 562 8 8 188190 372 5 4 189178 618 13 0 190169 343 11 8 191163 582 8 3 192655 907 12 1 193650 908 8 9 194644 591 12 4 195141 209 7 6 195637 056 10 1 196133 470 9 7 196630 572 8 7 197128 360 7 2 197927 844 1 8 198127 609 0 8 198627 035 2 1 199125 301 6 4 199625 057 1 0 200225 799 3 0 200628 950 12 2 201131 798 9 8 201632 044 0 8 202235 087 9 5 19 3 Leitrim has the fastest growing population of any county in Connacht As measured by the census the population rose by 36 between 2002 and 2022 to 35 087 20 2005 HEA statistics identified that Leitrim has the highest rate of participation in higher education in Ireland with 75 of 17 to 19 year olds being admitted to a higher course 21 The county town is Carrick on Shannon population 4 062 18 It is a highly developed prospering river port on the River Shannon and many tourists hire cruising boats here to explore the Shannon and the Shannon Erne Waterway which is a 63 km canal linking the two river systems It is amongst the fastest growing towns in Ireland and has grown by 25 in the past few years 22 Local government and politics EditLeitrim County Council is the local authority for the county The county is divided into three local electoral areas each of which is also a municipal district Ballinamore 6 councillors Carrick on Shannon 6 councillors and Manorhamilton 6 councillors 23 Leitrim County Council has two representatives on the Northern and Western Regional Assembly 24 2019 seats summary Edit The following were elected at the 2019 Leitrim County Council election Party SeatsFianna Fail 6Fine Gael 6Sinn Fein 2Independent 4National politics Edit Leitrim is part of the Dail constituency of Sligo Leitrim This constituency existed from 1948 to 2007 and previously from 1923 to 1937 as Leitrim Sligo From 1937 to 1948 the county formed the Leitrim constituency From 2007 until 2016 County Leitrim was divided between two constituencies Roscommon South Leitrim and Sligo North Leitrim This proved controversial and at the 2007 general election there was no TD elected whose domicile was in the county Sligo Leitrim was recreated at the 2016 general election Transport Edit A typical country lane near Carrigallen Supplementing the local and regional road networks are the N15 Sligo Leitrim Donegal N16 Sligo Leitrim Enniskillen and N4 Sligo Leitrim Dublin national roads Railway stations in Leitrim on the Dublin to Sligo line include Dromod and Carrick on Shannon The Cavan and Leitrim Railway opened on 17 October 1887 It consisted of two branches meeting at Ballinamore which connected Dromod and Arigna with Belturbet Services carried goods passengers and coal from around Lough Allen Although protested the line finally closed on 31 March 1959 A revived heritage railway centre and transport museum with a running line has been based at Dromod since the 1990s 25 Railway stations in Leitrim on the former Sligo Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway which ran between Sligo and Enniskillen included Dromahair Manorhamilton and Glenfarne The Shannon and Shannon Erne Waterway give access to much of Leitrim by boat People Edit Wild roses Rosa canina one of the county s nicknames See also Category People from County Leitrim 1400s Edit Charles Reynolds 1496 1535 posthumously attainted of treason for convincing the Pope to excommunicate Henry VIII 1600s Edit Turlough Carolan 1670 1738 harpist 26 1700s Edit Robert Strawbridge d 1781 American Methodist preacher born at Drumsna 1800s Edit Margaret Haughery 1813 1882 philanthropist Margaret of New Orleans known as the mother of the orphans William Henry Drummond 1854 1907 Mohill born Canadian poet Sean Mac Diarmada 1883 1916 political activist and revolutionary leader executed following the 1916 Rising Thomas Heazle Parke 1857 1893 doctor explorer soldier and naturalist Patrick Rogan 1847 1912 US Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient James Gralton 1886 1945 Socialist activist and only Irish person ever deported from independent Ireland John McDonald of Dromod 1846 1911 19th century poet and nationalist William Lendrim 1830 1891 Victoria Cross recipient John Willoughby Crawford QC 1817 1875 Lieutenant Governor of Ontario 1873 75 Charles Irwin 1824 1873 Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross Anthony Durnford 1830 1879 Lieutenant Colonel in British Army served in Anglo Zulu War1900s Edit John Joe McGirl 1921 1988 Sinn Fein TD 1957 1961 and former Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army Katherine Lynch b 1972 comedian James Kilfedder 1928 1995 Unionist Politician and MP for North Down UK Parliament constituency 1970 1995 John McGahern 1934 2006 award winning author and novelist Pat Quinn 1935 2009 founder of Quinnsworth Ireland s first supermarket chain Patrick McGoohan 1928 2009 actor Paul Williams b 1964 journalist Eleanor Shanley Singer Gordon Wilson 1927 1995 peace campaigner and Irish senator Seamus O Rourke award winning actor writer director and producer of award winning plays such as Victor s Dung and Padraig Pott s Guide to Walking John Godley 1920 2006 3rd Baron Kilbracken Victor Costello b 1970 Ireland rugby international and Olympian was a former resident of Keshcarrigan Carole Coleman b 1966 RTE broadcaster Charlie McGettigan 1950 2019 Singer songwriter and Eurovision winner has been a Drumshanbo resident since 1973 Paschal Mooney b 1947 RTE broadcaster and former member of Seanad Eireann Colm O Rourke b 1957 retired Gaelic footballer and currently a sports broadcaster is originally from Aughavas Ray O Rourke businessman b 1947 chairman and CEO of the construction multinational Laing O Rourke Declan Maxwell b 1980 81 former Gaelic footballerSee also EditMuintir Eolais Kingdom of Breifne Lord Lieutenant of LeitrimReferences and notes EditPrimary references Edit The History of Leitrim Archived from the original on 20 June 2019 Retrieved 19 June 2019 County Profiles Leitrim Western Development Commission Archived from the original on 2 June 2021 Retrieved 2 June 2021 a b c Census 2016 Sapmap Area County Leitrim Central Statistics Office Ireland Archived from the original on 18 October 2018 Retrieved 18 October 2018 Hayward 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act the orders in Council and the rules made thereunder relating to county council rural district council and guardian s elections with an index Dublin Sealy Bryers and Walker p 424 1926 Census Table 9 Population Area and Valuation of urban and rural districts and of all towns with a population of 1 500 inhabitants or over showing particulars of town and village population and of the number of persons per 100 acres PDF Central Statistics Office p 28 Retrieved 12 October 2022 Local Government Act 1925 s 3 Abolition of rural district councils No 5 of 1925 s 3 Enacted on 26 March 1925 Act of the Oireachtas Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 22 December 2021 a b Population and Actual and Percentage Change 2011 to 2016 by Alphabetical List of Towns CensusYear and Statistic Central Statistics Office May 2017 Retrieved 23 May 2017 https web archive org web 20050309005718 http www cso ie census Archived 9 March 2005 at the Wayback Machine for post 1821 figures 1653 and 1659 figures from 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