Leitrim Ireland

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Land Area: 1,588 km

County Town: Carrick-on-Shannon

Code: LM

Population: 25,799 (2002)

Province: Connacht

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Leitrim (Hotels, Leitrim, Ireland) may be the most undiscovered county in Ireland, which is a genuine shame as it offers some of the most impressive inland scenery in the whole country. The county stretches from the Longford border to Donegal Bay. Famous for its traditional music sessions, the people of this county have an abundance of talent for storytelling, singing, music, food and fun. This county has an enormous variety to offer to the traveler, with lots of history around these parts and many festivals every July and August, from the Wild Rose Festival to the An Tostal. Plenty of ceol, agus, craic here and some very fine pubs indeed.

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Leitrim, a maritime county of Ireland, province of Connaught, bounded S by Roscommon and Sligo, W by the bay of Donegal, N by Donegal and Fermanagh, and E and SE by Cavan and Longford. The surface is extremely uneven, being composed of bogs and high mountains, which afford sufficient herbage for the breeding of cattle. The valleys are fertile, and watered with rivulets, and the mountains contain inexhaustible stores of lead, iron, and copper ores, and coal mines. Potatoes, barley, rye, and wheat, are cultivated in small quantities, and oats in greater abundance. Its chief river is Shannon.

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The name for County Leitrim (Holiday Homes, Leitrim, Ireland) comes from the Gaelic word Liathdroim, which means the grey esker.

In its ancient days, Leitrim (Hotels, Leitrim, Ireland) was the sovereignty of the ORourkes. In the 13th century, southern Leitrim (Bed and Breakfasts, Leitrim, Ireland) was conquered by the Anglo-Normans. The ORourkes maintained rulership of Northern Leitrim until the 16th century, when it fell to the English. In the 17th century, English and Scottish settlers were moved onto land in Leitrim that was sequestered by the British crown.

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Chiefly in Leitrim, but extending into the several counties round, several hill-groups rise, separated by valleys often containing considerable lakes.

The soils of Ireland are commonly good loams, and are rarely deficient in lime, owing to the diffusion of pebbles of limestone in the glacial drifts. But the Old Red Sandstone and the quartzite mountain lands are naturally barren, except where covered by glacial material. In upraised wind-swept areas the Carbonifer- ous Limestone maybe practically devoid of soil, and karst conditions may prevail. Peat occupies large areas of the central plain, and furnishes a cheap fuel to the inhabitants. Experiments are being made in the development of forests on boglands that have been cut away.

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Leitrim (Hotels, Leitrim, Ireland) is well known for being a laid back, relaxed county, with plenty of virgin countryside. A popular pastime here is river cruising along the Shannon river. Book a cruise on the river and catch a glimpse of the beautiful Glencar Waterfall on Glencar Lough. Leitrim (Accommodation, Leitrim, Ireland) is a fine place for golfing, walking, horse riding, and cycling as well. Heritage and history enthusiasts will be drawn toward the newly restored Parkes Castle on Lough Gill, which was the ancestral manor of the ORourke family.

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