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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 ...
James Gralton was born on 17 April 1886 in the townland of Effrinagh in Kiltoghert parish, about six miles from Carrick-on-Shannon in County Leitrim. His parents were Micheal Gralton and Alice Campbell. There were four girls and three boys in the family: Winnie, Mary Ann, Alice and Maggie Kate were the girls, and the boys were Jimmy, Charles ...
An election to all 18 seats on Leitrim County Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections. [ 1 ] County Leitrim is divided into 3 local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
The county town is Carrick-on-Shannon (population 4,062). [18] 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 km canal linking the two river systems. It is amongst the fastest growing towns in Ireland and has ...
The daughter of Timothy Murray from Carrick on Shannon, she was a scholarship student at the local Marist Convent [1] and noted musician. [2] After graduation she taught at Ardclough National School in Co Kildare. She married Alfred Whyte on 6 September 1919.
Pages in category "Carrick-on-Shannon" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
1948–2007. [] The Sligo–Leitrim constituency was created under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947, [ 2 ] and first used at the 1948 general election. It replaced the two previous constituencies of Sligo and Leitrim, which had been created at the 1937 general election to replace the 1923–1937 Leitrim–Sligo constituency.
Elphin (el-FIN; Irish: Ail Finn) [2] is a small town in north County Roscommon, Ireland. It forms the southern tip of a triangle with Boyle 18 km (11 mi) and Carrick-on-Shannon 14 km (9 mi) to the north west and north east respectively. It is at the junction of the R368 and R369 regional roads. Ireland West Airport is 50 km (31 mi) west of ...