Editing County Leitrim

{{Short description|County in Ireland}}
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{{Infobox settlement
|name                   = County Leitrim
|native_name            = {{lang|ga|Contae Liatroma}}
|settlement_type        = [[Counties of Ireland|County]]
|native_name_lang       = ga
|image_shield           = County Leitrim arms.svg
|image_map              = Island of Ireland location map Leitrim.svg
|map_caption            = County Leitrim shown in darker green with [[Northern Ireland]] in pink
|image_flag             = 
|nickname               = The Wild Rose County <small>([[List of Irish county nicknames|Others]])</small>
|coordinates            = 
|area_footnotes         = <ref name=WDC>{{cite web | title = County Profiles – Leitrim | url = https://westerndevelopment.ie/policy/our-region/leitrim-county-analysis/ | publisher = Western Development Commission | access-date = 17 April 2024}}</ref>
|area_total_km2         = 1589
|area_rank              = [[List of Irish counties by area|26th]]
|seat_type              = [[County town]]
|seat                   = [[Carrick-on-Shannon]]
|blank_name_sec1        = [[Vehicle registration plates of Ireland|Vehicle index<br/>mark code]]
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|population_total       = 35199
|population_density_km2 = auto
|population_rank        = [[List of Irish counties by population|32nd]]
|population_as_of       = [[2022 census of Ireland|2022]]
|population_footnotes   = <ref name=cso2022>{{cite web | title = Census Mapping – Leitrim County Council | url = https://visual.cso.ie/?body=entity/ima/cop/2022&boundary=C03789V04537&guid=2ae19629-148e-13a3-e055-000000000001 | work = [[2022 census of Ireland|Census 2022]] | publisher = [[Central Statistics Office (Ireland)|Central Statistics Office]] | access-date = 9 January 2024}}</ref>
|leader_title           = [[Local government in the Republic of Ireland|Local authority]]
|leader_name            = [[Leitrim County Council]]
|leader_title2          = [[Dáil constituency]]
|leader_name2           = [[Sligo–Leitrim (Dáil constituency)|Sligo–Leitrim]]
|leader_title3          = [[European Parliament constituencies in the Republic of Ireland|EP constituency]]
|leader_name3           = [[Midlands–North-West (European Parliament constituency)|Midlands–North-West]]
|subdivision_type       = [[Sovereign state|Country]]
|subdivision_name       = [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
|subdivision_type1      = [[Provinces of Ireland|Province]]
|subdivision_name1      = [[Connacht]]
|subdivision_type2      = [[Regions of Ireland|Region]]
|subdivision_name2      = [[Northern and Western Region|Northern and Western]]
|website                = {{official website}}
|timezone               = [[Western European Time|WET]]
|utc_offset             = ±0
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| established_title     = Established
| established_date      = 1565–83<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.leitrimireland.com/the-history-of-leitrim/|title=The History of Leitrim|access-date=19 June 2019|archive-date=20 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190620011057/https://www.leitrimireland.com/the-history-of-leitrim/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| area_code_type        = [[Telephone numbers in the Republic of Ireland|Telephone area codes]]
| area_code             = 071 {{small|(primarily)}}
| postal_code_type      = [[Eircode]] routing keys
| postal_code           = F91, N41 {{small|(primarily)}}
| elevation_max_m       = 631 
| elevation_max_point   = [[Truskmore SE Cairn]]
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'''County Leitrim''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|iː|t|r|əm}} {{respell|LEE|trəm}}; {{langx|ga|Contae Liatroma}}) is a [[Counties of Ireland|county]] in [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. It is in the [[Provinces of Ireland|province]] of [[Connacht]] and is part of the [[Northern and Western Region]]. It is named after the village of [[Leitrim, County Leitrim|Leitrim]]. [[Leitrim County Council]] is the [[Local government in the Republic of Ireland|local authority]] for the county, which had a population of 35,199 according to the [[2022 census of Ireland|2022 census]].<ref name=cso2022/>

The county was based on the [[Gaelic Ireland|Gaelic]] territory of [[West Breifne|West Breffny]] ({{lang|ga|Bréifne}}) as it existed in the 1580s.<ref>Hayward, Richard. ''Ulster and the City of Belfast''. A Barker, 1949. p.234</ref><ref>Shearman, Hugh. ''Ulster''. R Hale, 1949. p.393</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Morgan |first1=Hiram |title=Tyrone's Rebellion: The Outbreak of the Nine Years War in Tudor Ireland |date=1999 |publisher=Boydell Press |page=71}}</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:Glencar waterfall01.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Glencar Waterfall at Glencar Lough]]
Leitrim is the 26th in size of the 32 counties by area  (21st of the 26 counties of the Republic) and the smallest by population.<ref>{{cite book| first=Eoghan| last=Corry| title=The GAA Book of Lists| publisher=Hodder Headline Ireland| year=2005| pages=186–191}}</ref> It is the smallest of Connacht's five counties in both size and population. Leitrim is bordered by the counties of [[County Donegal|Donegal]] to the north, [[County Fermanagh|Fermanagh]] to the north-east, [[County Cavan|Cavan]] to the east, [[County Longford|Longford]] to the south, [[County Roscommon|Roscommon]] to the south-west and [[County Sligo|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 [[List of Irish counties by coastline|shortest length of coastline]] of any Irish county that touches the sea. At [[Tullaghan]], the coastline is only {{convert|4.7|km|mi}} long.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.libraryireland.com/Atlas/Leitrim.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713203751/http://www.libraryireland.com/Atlas/Leitrim.php |archive-date=13 July 2011|title=LEITRIM }}</ref>  The Shannon is linked to the [[River Erne|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 [[W. B. Yeats]].
*[[Rockfield Lake]], just east of [[Carrigallen]] in South Leitrim, is popular with [[Angling|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==
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 [[Frederick Hamilton (soldier)|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.

[[File:Countyleitrimcows.jpg|thumb|220px|left|Leitrim countryside]]
Long ago Ireland was covered in woodland,{{sfn|Boate|1652|pp=120}}{{sfn|Henry|1914|pp=243}} 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".{{sfn|Correspondent|1882|pp=37}} Many of these great forests were denuded for the making of charcoal for iron works around [[Sliabh an Iarainn]].{{sfn|Boate|1652|pp=120}}  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.<ref>[http://www.goireland.com/leitrim/sliabh-an-iarainn-visitor-centre-attraction-mountains-id13291.htm Sliabh an Iarainn Visitor Centre] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927045408/http://www.goireland.com/leitrim/sliabh-an-iarainn-visitor-centre-attraction-mountains-id13291.htm |date=27 September 2011 }}</ref> Sandstone was also quarried in the Glenfarne region.
[[File:Stone bridge at Drumsna.jpg|250px|thumbnail|The Stone bridge at Drumsna that connects counties Leitrim and Roscommon.]]

Writing in 1791, the geographer [[Daniel Augustus Beaufort|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.{{sfn|Beaufort|1792|pp=69}} 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 (Ireland)|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, {{convert|11|km|0}} from Manorhamilton, inspired Yeats and is mentioned in his poem [[The Stolen Child]].

==Subdivisions==
[[File:North Leitrim.png|thumb|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://airo.maynoothuniversity.ie/mapping-resources/airo-census-mapping/national-viewers/roi-census-2016-saps-mapping-viewer|title=ROI Saps Mapping Census 2016|work=[[Maynooth University]]|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=28 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428225445/https://airo.maynoothuniversity.ie/mapping-resources/airo-census-mapping/national-viewers/roi-census-2016-saps-mapping-viewer|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Baronies===
There are five historic [[Barony (Ireland)|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 (barony)|Carrigallen]], [[Drumahaire (barony)|Drumahaire]], [[Leitrim (barony)|Leitrim]], [[Mohill (barony)|Mohill]] and [[Rosclogher]].<ref name=logainm>{{cite web | url = https://www.logainm.ie/en/s?txt=in:100018&cat=BAR | title = Baronies of County Leitrim | work = Placenames Database of Ireland | publisher = [[Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht|Government of Ireland – Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht]] and [[Dublin City University]] | access-date = 13 December 2016 | archive-date = 16 December 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171216162459/https://www.logainm.ie/en/s?txt=in%3a100018&cat=BAR | url-status = live }}</ref>

===Rural districts===
Under the [[Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898]], County Leitrim was divided into the [[rural district (Ireland)|rural districts]] of Ballyshannon No. 3 (later renamed Kinlough), Bawnboy No. 2 (later renamed Ballinamore), Carrick-on-Shannon No. 1, Manorhamilton and Mohill.<ref>{{cite book |last=Clancy |first=John Joseph|author-link=J. J. Clancy (North Dublin MP)|title=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|url=https://archive.org/details/handbookoflocalg00clan/page/424/mode/2up |page=424 |year=1899|publisher=Sealy, Bryers and Walker|location=Dublin }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=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 |url=https://www.cso.ie/en/media/csoie/census/census1926results/volume1/C_1926_V1_T9.pdf |publisher=Central Statistics Office |page=28 |access-date=12 October 2022}}</ref> The rural districts were abolished in 1925.<ref>{{cite Irish legislation|year=1925|parl=ifs|number=5|name=[[Local Government Act 1925]]|date=26 March 1925|section=3|stitle=Abolition of rural district councils|access-date=22 December 2021}}</ref>

===Largest towns in County Leitrim===
As of the 2016 census:<ref name="cso2011">{{cite web|url=http://www.cso.ie/px/pxeirestat/Statire/SelectVarVal/Define.asp?maintable=E2016&PLanguage=0|title=Population and Actual and Percentage Change 2011 to 2016 by Alphabetical List of Towns, CensusYear and Statistic|date=May 2017|publisher=[[Central Statistics Office (Ireland)|Central Statistics Office]]|access-date=23 May 2017}}</ref>
# [[Carrick-on-Shannon]]*, 4,062 <small>(A small part of Carrick-on-Shannon is in County Roscommon)</small>
# [[Manorhamilton]], 1,466
# [[Kinlough]], 1,032
# [[Ballinamore]], 914
# [[Drumshanbo]], 902
# [[Mohill]], 855
# [[Dromahair]], 808
# [[Leitrim, County Leitrim|Leitrim]], 594
# [[Roosky]]*, 564 <small>(Most of Roosky is in County Roscommon)</small>
# [[Dromod]], 555

==Demographics==
[[File:Leitrim Density Map 2016.png|230px|left|thumbnail|Leitrim is Ireland's most sparsely populated county]]
{{Historical populations
|state=collapsed
|1500|2511
|1510|2520
|1550|2544
|1580|2588
|1585|2603
|1600|2645
|1610|2663
|1611|2701
|1613|2744
|1616|2788
|1621|2819
|1631|2877
|1641|2901
|1651|2923
|1653|2970
|1659|4275
|1668|4550
|1672|4707
|1680|4999
|1681|5244
|1686|5779
|1689|6444
|1690|6999
|1691|7515
|1693|7999
|1695|8333
|1696|8970
|1697|9554
|1699|10224
|1700|10475
|1703|10976
|1705|11960
|1708|12880
|1710|13110
|1715|13575
|1718|14020
|1720|14445
|1721|14975
|1725|16100
|1727|16330
|1730|17055
|1735|17775
|1736|19550
|1739|21224
|1737|23920
|1745|25799
|1755|28950
|1765|38992
|1771|37801
|1775|68707
|1781|94201
|1788|108402
|1790|116804
|1801|115801
|1811|120783
|1813|101211
|1821|124783
|1831|141524
|1841|155297
|1851|111897
|1861|104744
|1871|95562
|1881|90372
|1891|78618
|1901|69343
|1911|63582
|1926|55907
|1936|50908
|1946|44591
|1951|41209
|1956|37056
|1961|33470
|1966|30572
|1971|28360
|1979|27844
|1981|27609
|1986|27035
|1991|25301
|1996|25057
|2002|25799
|2006|28950
|2011|31798
|2016|32044
|2022|35199
||footnote=<ref name=cso2022/><ref>[http://www.cso.ie/census] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050309005718/http://www.cso.ie/census/ |date=9 March 2005 }} 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 [[J. J. Lee (historian)|J. J. 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.</ref><ref name=cso2016>{{cite web | url = http://census.cso.ie/sapmap2016/Results.aspx?Geog_Type=CTY31&Geog_Code=2AE19629148E13A3E055000000000001 | title = Census 2016 Sapmap Area: County Leitrim | publisher = [[Central Statistics Office (Ireland)]] | access-date = 18 October 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181018161835/http://census.cso.ie/sapmap2016/Results.aspx?Geog_Type=CTY31&Geog_Code=2AE19629148E13A3E055000000000001 | archive-date = 18 October 2018 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
}}
*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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cso.ie/en/census/|title=Census - CSO - Central Statistics Office|website=CSO|access-date=20 June 2019|archive-date=13 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713033959/https://www.cso.ie/en/census/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*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.<ref>[http://extranet.hea.ie/index.cfm/page/news/category/134/section/details/id/105 HEA statistics 2005]{{Dead link|date=July 2012}}</ref>
*The county town is [[Carrick-on-Shannon]] (population 4,062).<ref name=cso2011/> 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&nbsp;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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.idaireland.com/home/index.aspx?id=281 |title=IDA Population information on Carrick-on-Shannon |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081113222602/https://www.idaireland.com/home/index.aspx?id=281 |archive-date=13 November 2008  }}</ref>

==Local government and politics==
[[Leitrim County Council]] is the [[Local government in the Republic of Ireland|local authority]] for the county. The county is divided into three [[local electoral area]]s, each of which is also a municipal district: [[Ballinamore]] (6 councillors), [[Carrick-on-Shannon]] (6 councillors), and [[Manorhamilton]] (6 councillors).<ref>{{cite Irish legislation|year=2018 |type=si |number=623 |name=County of Leitrim Local Electoral Areas and Municipal Districts Order 2018 |date=19 December 2018 |access-date=1 September 2020 |archive-date=23 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191123113736/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2018/si/623/made/en/print}}</ref> Leitrim County Council has two representatives on the [[Northern and Western Regional Assembly]].<ref>{{Cite Irish legislation|year=2014|type=si|number=573|name=Local Government Act 1991 (Regional Assemblies) (Establishment) Order 2014|date=16 December 2014|access-date=25 February 2022}}</ref>

===2019 seats summary===
The following were elected at the [[2019 Leitrim County Council election]]:
{| class="wikitable"
|- 
!colspan=2|Party
!Seats
|-
| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}
|align="right"|6
|-
| {{party name with colour|Fine Gael}}
|align="right"|6
|-
| {{party name with colour|Sinn Féin}}
|align="right"|2
|-
| {{party name with colour|Independent politician (Ireland)}}
|align="right"|4
|}

===National politics===
Leitrim is part of the [[Dáil constituency]] of [[Sligo–Leitrim (Dáil constituency)|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 (Dáil constituency)|Leitrim]] constituency. From 2007 until 2016, County Leitrim was divided between two constituencies: [[Roscommon–South Leitrim (Dáil constituency)|Roscommon–South Leitrim]] and [[Sligo–North Leitrim (Dáil constituency)|Sligo–North Leitrim]]. This proved controversial, and at the [[2007 Irish general election|2007 general election]] there was no [[Teachta Dála|TD]] elected whose domicile was in the county. Sligo–Leitrim was recreated at the [[2016 Irish general election|2016 general election]].

==Transport==
[[File:County lane at Clooncorick - geograph.org.uk - 1299048.jpg|259px|thumbnail|A typical country lane near [[Carrigallen]].]]
*Supplementing the local and regional road networks are the [[N15 road (Ireland)|N15]] (Sligo-Leitrim-Donegal), [[N16 road (Ireland)|N16]] (Sligo-Leitrim-Enniskillen) and [[N4 road (Ireland)|N4]] (Sligo-Leitrim-Dublin) national roads.
*Railway stations in Leitrim on the [[Rail transport in Ireland#Dublin to Sligo|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cavanandleitrim.wixsite.com/home|title=Locomotives - County Leitrim - The Cavan and Leitrim Railway|website=Home|access-date=20 May 2019|archive-date=20 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190620075540/https://cavanandleitrim.wixsite.com/home|url-status=live}}</ref>
*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 [[River Shannon|Shannon]] and [[Shannon–Erne Waterway]] give access to much of Leitrim by boat.

==People==
[[File:Vadrózsa ( Rosa canina).jpg|thumbnail|Wild roses (''[[Rosa canina]]''), one of the county's nicknames]]
{{category see also|People from County Leitrim}}

===1400s===
*[[Charles Reynolds (cleric)|Charles Reynolds]] (1496–1535) – posthumously [[Attainder|attainted]] of treason for convincing the Pope to excommunicate [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]].

===1600s===
*[[Turlough Carolan]] (1670–1738) – harpist.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Grossman|first=Stefan|title=Deluxe Anthology of O'Carolan Music for Fingerstyle Guitar|publisher=Mel Bay Publications, Incorporated|year=2016|isbn=9781609740153|pages=4|language=English}}</ref>

===1700s===
* [[Robert Strawbridge]] (1732–81) – American Methodist preacher born at Drumsna.

===1800s===
* [[William Henry Drummond]] (1854–1907) – Mohill-born Canadian poet.
* [[Anthony Durnford]] (1830–79) – Lieutenant-Colonel in British Army, served in [[Anglo-Zulu War]].
* [[James Gralton]] (1886–1945) – Socialist activist and only Irish person ever deported from independent Ireland.
* [[Margaret Haughery]] (1813–82) – philanthropist, Margaret of New Orleans, known as "the mother of the orphans".
* [[Thomas Heazle Parke]] (1857–93) – doctor, explorer, soldier and naturalist.
* [[Charles Irwin]] (1824–73) – [[Victoria Cross]] recipient.
* [[William Lendrim]] (1830–91) – [[Victoria Cross]] recipient.
* [[Seán Mac Diarmada]] (1883–1916) – political activist and revolutionary leader executed following the [[Easter Rising|1916 Rising]].
* [[John McDonald (of Dromod)|John McDonald]] (1846–1911) – poet and [[Irish nationalism#Cultural nationalism|nationalist]].
* [[Patrick Rogan (Medal of Honor)|Patrick Rogan]] (1847–1912) – [[US Army]] soldier and [[Medal of Honor]] recipient.
* [[John Willoughby Crawford]] QC (1817–75) – Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario.

===1900s===
* [[Carole Coleman]] (b. 1966) – [[RTÉ]] broadcaster.
* [[Victor Costello]] (b. 1970) – rugby player and Olympian, former resident of Keshcarrigan.
* [[John Godley, 3rd Baron Kilbracken|John Godley]] (1920–2006) – 3rd Baron Kilbracken.
* [[Tony Hayden]] – Gaelic footballer.
* [[James Kilfedder]] (1928–95) – member of parliament for [[North Down (UK Parliament constituency)|North Down]].
* [[Katherine Lynch]] (b. 1972) – comedian.
* [[Declan Maxwell]] (b. 1980/81) – Gaelic footballer.
* [[John McGahern]] (1934–2006) – author and novelist.
* [[Charlie McGettigan]] (b. 1950) – singer-songwriter and Eurovision winner; Drumshanbo resident since 1973.
* [[John Joe McGirl]] (1921–88) – Sinn Féin TD and Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army.
* [[Patrick McGoohan]] (1928–2009) – actor.
* [[Paschal Mooney]] (b. 1947) – [[RTÉ]] broadcaster and senator.
* [[Colm O'Rourke]] (b. 1957) – Gaelic footballer and sports broadcaster, originally from Aughavas.
* [[Ray O'Rourke (businessman)|Ray O'Rourke]] (b. 1947) – chairman and CEO of the construction multinational Laing O'Rourke.
* [[Pat Quinn (businessman)|Pat Quinn]] (1935–2009) – founder of [[Quinnsworth]], Ireland's first supermarket chain.
* [[Eleanor Shanley]] – singer.
* [[Paul Williams (Irish journalist)|Paul Williams]] (b. 1964) – journalist.
* [[Gordon Wilson (peace campaigner)|Gordon Wilson]] (1927–95) – peace campaigner and  senator.

==See also==
* [[Muintir Eolais]]
* [[Kingdom of Breifne]]
* [[Lord Lieutenant of Leitrim]]

==References and notes==

===Primary references===
{{Reflist|42em}}

===Secondary sources===

====Historical====
{{refbegin}}
*{{cite book
|title=Irelands Natural History
|last=Boate
|first=Gerard
|year=1652
|edition=Digitized 2009
|publisher=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
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KpY9AAAAcAAJ
|access-date=8 March 2017
|archive-date=24 February 2017
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170224133952/https://books.google.com/books?id=KpY9AAAAcAAJ
|url-status=live
}}
*{{cite journal
|title=Woods and Trees of Ireland
|volume=Journal of the County Louth Archaeological Society Vol. 3, No. 3 (Dec)
|year=1914
|pages=237–245
|last=Henry
|journal=Journal of the County Louth Archaeological Society
|issue=3
|publisher=County Louth Archaeological and History Society
|doi=10.2307/27728012
|jstor=27728012
}}
*{{cite book
|title=The Timber, Woollen, and Pottery Industries of Ireland, review of paper by G. P. Bevan
|year=1882
|edition=An illustrated weekly journal, January – June
|author=Correspondent
|volume=The Furniture Gazette, XVII-New Series
|publisher=74, 75, Great Queen Street, Lincoln's-Inn fields, London, W.C.
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z2woAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA37
|access-date=8 March 2017
|archive-date=5 March 2017
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305153042/https://books.google.com/books?id=z2woAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA37
|url-status=live
}}
*{{cite book
|title=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
|last=Beaufort
|first=Daniel Augustus
|year=1792
|publisher=London, Faden, [etc.]
|url=https://archive.org/download/memoirofmapofire00beau/memoirofmapofire00beau.pdf#page=109
}}
{{refend}}

==External links==
* {{wikivoyage inline}}
* {{Commons category-inline}}
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20081225002926/http://www.statusireland.com/statistics/population-statistics-for-ireland/16/Population-of-Leitrim.html Statusireland.com Leitrim Population Chart (1841–2006)]}}
* [https://www.leitrimgaa.ie/ Leitrim GAA]

{{Geographic Location
|North = [[County Donegal]] [[File:Donegalcocologo.png|36px]]
|South = [[County Longford]]|East = [[County Cavan]] [[File:Cavan Coat of Arms.png|22px]]
|West = [[County Sligo]] [[File:Sligococo.png|30px]]
|Northeast = [[County Fermanagh]] [[File:Ferm arms.png|30px]]
|Southwest = [[County Roscommon]] [[File:Logo-contea-Roscommon.png|30px]]
|Centre = County Leitrim
}}

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[[Category:Connacht|Leitrim]]
[[Category:Counties of the Republic of Ireland|Leitrim]]
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