County Leitrim Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
county in Ireland
About County Leitrim
Leitrim is fromLiath Druim, "grey ridge", a common Irish place name. The county is fringed by mountains and almost bisected by Lough Allen, with sparsely-populated boggy terrain to the north, but more settlement to the south along the Shannon valley. It lay in the province of Connacht, and in medieval times was part of the kingdom of Bréifne. Its Gaelic rulers the O'Rourke dynasty staunchly resisted the Normans but then warred among themselves, and their kingdom sundered into east and west. Once Elizabeth I of England subdued it, east Bréifne became County Cavan while west Bréifne became County Leitrim. It's named for the village of Leitrim, an O'Rourke stronghold and place where the Shannon could be forded. The district around Drumshanbo developed industry in early modern times, based on
County Leitrim Travel Guide Sections
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