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Carrick-on-Shannon is situated on a fording point of the Shannon. In the vicinity of Drumsna, on the County Roscommon border, are the remains of an Iron Age fortification. . Corryolus townland on the Shannon (Irish: Coraidh-Eoluis, meaning 'weir of Eolais') remembers Eolais Mac Biobhsach, ancestor of the Muintir Eolais who were the most famous ancient Leitrim sub-septs in the Barony of Mohill ...
Carrick (also known as Carrigdrumruske or Carrick-on-Shannon Borough) ... The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.
Humbert faced over 12,000 Irishmen and English forces. General Lake was close behind with 14,000 men, and Cornwallis was on his right at Carrick-on-Shannon with 15,000. The battle began with a short artillery duel followed by a dragoon charge on exposed Irish rebels.
It is situated 6 km east of Carrick-on-Shannon on the River Shannon and is located off the N4 National primary route which links Dublin and Sligo. The harbour dates to 1817 and was a hive of commercial waterway activity until the more northern navigation canal to Carrick-on-Shannon was opened in 1850. Today, the waterway is busy with anglers ...
It took place at Sheemore near Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim. The ambush was carried out by the IRA's South Leitrim Brigade on a British Army and Auxiliary Division convoy. [2] The British force suffered casualties and admitted one fatality, a captain in the Bedfordshire Regiment, although some local sources claimed several more were ...
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Drumcong is between Ballinamore and Carrick-on-Shannon on the R208 road.The village consists of St. Bridget's National School, also known as Drumcong Central School, [4] St. Brigid's Church, burial grounds, and two businesses.
The Roman Catholic parish of Mohill also includes the nearby church areas of Eslin and Gorvagh and is administered from St Patrick's Church at the top of the town. The Church of Ireland is located at the bottom (east) of the town where the Augustinian Monastery once stood.