County Leitrim Contae Liatroma
Location
Statistics
Province:	Connacht
County seat:	Carrick-on-Shannon
Code:	LM
Area:	1,588 km² (613 sq mi)
Population (2006)	28,837
Website: www.leitrimcoco.ie

County Leitrim (Irish: Contae Liatroma, meaning grey ridge) is one of the counties of the Republic of Ireland and is part of the province of Connacht. Poetic description This dinnseanchas poem named Ard Ruide (Ruide Headland poetically describes the kingdoms of Ireland A county town is the 'capital' of a County in the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland. Carrick-on-Shannon ( is situated in County Leitrim in Ireland on the County Roscommon border Registration marks on Number plates in Ireland issued since 1987 have the format YY-CC-SSSSSS where the components are YY &mdash a 2-digit Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology Irish (ga ''Gaeilge'' is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish. Since the late 16th century the Island of Ireland has been divided into 32 counties ( Irish language contae or condae Ireland ( Irish: Éire, ˈeːrʲə is a country in north-western Europe. Its name derives from the Irish Liath Druim, meaning "grey ridge. "

Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Demographics 4 Towns and Villages 5 References

History

In ancient times Leitrim formed the western half of the kingdom of Breifne. See Also East Bréifne The Kingdom of Bréifne (also Breffny, Brefnie, Brenny) was the traditional territory This region was long influenced by the O'Rourke family of Dromahair, whose heraldic lion occupies the official county crest to this day. Dromahair ( Droim Áth Thiar or Droim a dhá Eathair in Irish) is a picturesque small village in County Leitrim, Ireland. Close ties initially existed with East Breifne, now County Cavan, and the O'Reilly clan seated there. County Cavan ( Contae an Chabháin in Irish) is a County in Ireland. The Normans invaded in the 13th century and occupied the south of Breifne until the exile of Irish landholders in 1620. The Normans were the people who gave their names to Normandy, a region in northern France.

British Deputy Sir John Perrot had ordered the legal establishment of "Leitrim County" a half-century prior, in 1565. Sir John Perrot (c 1527 - September 1592 was lord deputy of Ireland under Queen Elizabeth I of England and is best known for his part in the Tudor re-conquest of Perrott also demarked the current county borders around 1583, enclosing the namesake grey mountains of the northwest and boggy glades of the southeast. Five forests are traditionally said to have stood in Leitrim up till the 17th century. Today's vast marshes likely formed soon after the county's trees were felled. Dampness quickly permeated the area's reputation: locals boasted that farmland "wasn't sold by the acre—it was sold by the gallon!". With such soil suitable solely for cows and potatoes, Leitrim's 155,000 residents (as of the 1841 census) were ravaged by the Potato Famine. After sixty years, the wounds had started to heal. William Butler Yeats spent the turn of the twentieth century fascinated with Lough Allen and the Sligo-march. The twentieth century of the Common Era began on Lough Allen ( Loch Aillionn in Irish) is a Lake situated on the River Shannon, in the north-central part of Ireland, near Ireland

Geography

Leitrim has a short length of Atlantic coastline, just three kilometres (1. 9 miles), and is a mostly inland county. Neighbouring Leitrim are the Ulster counties of Donegal to the north, Fermanagh to the northeast, and Cavan to the east, the Leinster county of Longford to the south and, to the west, the Connacht counties of Roscommon and Sligo. Ulster ( Ulaidh ˈkwɪɟɪ ˈʌlˠu / ˈʌlˠi is one of the four provinces of Ireland, in addition to Connacht, Munster and Leinster County Donegal (ˌdʌnəˈgɔːl Irish: Contae Dhún na nGall. County Fermanagh (fɚr'mænɘ Contae Fhear Manach or Fear Manach ('Men of Monach'in Irish) is the westernmost of the six counties that form Northern County Cavan ( Contae an Chabháin in Irish) is a County in Ireland. Leinster (ˈlɛnstər Irish: Laighin, lainʲ one of the Provinces of Ireland, lies in the east of Ireland and comprises the counties of County Longford (Contae an Longfoirt is a county situated in the Irish Midlands, in northwest Leinster. Not to be confused with Roscommon County Michigan, United States County Roscommon (Contae Ros Comáin is a County located in central Ireland County Sligo ( is a county in the province of Connacht in the west of Ireland. Fermanagh is in Northern Ireland while all the other neighbouring counties are within the Republic. Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a Country within the United Kingdom, lying in the northeast of The River Shannon and Lough Allen divide Leitrim into North Leitrim and South Leitrim. The River Shannon ( Sionainn or Sionna in Irish) is at 386 km (240 miles the longest river in Ireland. Lough Allen ( Loch Aillionn in Irish) is a Lake situated on the River Shannon, in the north-central part of Ireland, near Ireland The Shannon is linked to the Erne via the Shannon-Erne Waterway. The Shannon-Erne Waterway is a Canal linking the River Shannon in the Republic of Ireland with the River Erne in Northern Ireland.

Demographics

Today the county has the lowest population and the lowest population density in the Republic and is the smallest county by area in the province of Connacht. Leitrim has the second highest suicide rate by county over the past five years, and the highest in 2005. It also has the highest amount of elderly people per capita of any Irish county, with 7. 6% over the age of 75.

The county town is Carrick-on-Shannon (3,505 inhabitants)^[1]. Carrick-on-Shannon ( is situated in County Leitrim in Ireland on the County Roscommon border In 2003, the first sets of traffic lights in Leitrim were installed at a pedestrian crossing in Carrick-on-Shannon. The traffic light, also known as traffic signal, stop light, traffic lamp, stop-and-go lights, robot or semaphore, Crosswalk button neJPG|right|thumb|The button one pushes to activate the crosswalk signal

Towns and Villages

Ballinamore  · Buckode
Carrick-on-Shannon · Carrigallen  · Cloone
Dromahair  · Dromod  · Drumcong  · Drumkeeran  · Drumshanbo  · Drumsna
Fenagh
Glenfarne  · Gorvagh
Jamestown
Keshcarrigan  · Kiltyclogher  · Kinlough
Largydonnell  · Leitrim village
Manorhamilton  · Mohill
Roosky  · Rossinver
Tullaghan

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