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Here's a selection of Leitrim heritage / historical, if you want the full list, Click on the "Go to ALL" link on the right. |
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Here's a selection of Leitrim heritage / historical, if you want the full list, Click on the "Go to ALL" link on the right. |
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| 1.Abbeys | Go to ALL Abbeys in Leitrim |
| Fenagh Abbey Co. Leitrim Please quote reference number 27325 when making a Reservation. |
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| About 3km from Ballinamore lies a ruined medieval church built on the site of an early Christian monastery founded by St Caillin. The Abbey was used for a time as a place of Church of Ireland worship until the present church was built nearby circa 1798. | |
| 2.Castles (Historical) | Go to ALL Castles (Historical) in Leitrim |
| Parke's Castle Co. Leitrim Please quote reference number 13274 when making a Reservation. |
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| 3.Churches (Historical) | Go to ALL Churches (Historical) in Leitrim |
| Drumsna's Catholic Church Co. Leitrim Please quote reference number 13275 when making a Reservation. |
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| Drumsna's Catholic Church (1845) is situated in the village. A memorial just beyond the church is dedicated to Robert Strawbridge who was born in Drumsna in 1732. He founded the Methodist Church in the USA and died in Baltimore, Maryland in 1781. A small cemetery close by is the burial place of Surgeon Thomas Parke, who accompanied Henry Morton Stanley on his celebrated expedition to the African Congo. Anthony Trollope, the English novelist lived here for a time when he worked with the postal service. He drew on the nearby ruined Headford House for his first novel, "The Macdermotts of Ballycloran". The next turn left runs to the little harbour where there is an amenity area provided. | |
| 4.Crosses (Historical) | Go to ALL Crosses (Historical) in Leitrim |
| Tullaghan Stone Cross Co. Leitrim Please quote reference number 13273 when making a Reservation. |
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| An ancient (9th-10th century) stone cross faces the N15 in the village. This was moved here to protect it from coastal erosion and was believed to be part of a long vanished monastery. The Annals of the Four Masters is one of the principal Irish historical sources for scholars. It was compiled in 1636 by Miceal O Cleirigh, O.F.M and three of his colleagues. A bronze memorial to the four can be seen at the bridge over the River Drowes at Mullinaleck. | |
| 5.Friaries | Go to ALL Friaries in Leitrim |
| Creevelea Franciscan Friary Co. Leitrim Please quote reference number 12493 when making a Reservation. |
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| 6.Homes (Historical) | Go to ALL Homes (Historical) in Leitrim |
| Woodbrook House Co. Leitrim Please quote reference number 13290 when making a Reservation. |
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| Down the road towards Carrick-on-Shannon, is Woodbrook House, once the home of the Kirkwood family, made famous in David Thomson's book Woodbrook. Major Charles Kirkwood, the last owner, was brother of Major Willie, who was married to Miss Jameson of the Whiskey family, and an international polo player. Major Charlie's uncle, colonel Tom Kirkwood, ran a famous racing stable and won the Aintre Grand National in 1881 with a horse called Woodbrook. His most famous horse was The White Knight, winner of the Ascot Gold Cup in 1907, 1908, the Ascot Gold vase 1906, the Corporation Cup 1907 and several other smaller races. These horses and others were trained where the Carrick-on-Shannon 9 hole golf course is situated on part of the Kirkwood estate. | |
| 7.Interpretative Centre | Go to ALL Interpretative Centre's in Leitrim |
| Sliabh An Iarainn Visitor Centre Co. Leitrim Please quote reference number 13291 when making a Reservation. |
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| 8.Railway Museums | Go to ALL Railway Museums in Leitrim |
| Cavan & Leitrim Railway The Narrow Gauge Station, Co. Leitrim Please quote reference number 13293 when making a Reservation. |
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| Climb on board for a short train ride - or travel further afield on a special mainline steam excursion. Many engines and coaches are on display in transport museums and railway centres, with memorabilia from the golden age of steam. The first railway in Ireland opened in 1834, and the network quickly reached into all corners of the island. By 1920 almost 3,500 miles of track threaded the countryside and no Irish town was more than 10 miles from a railway station. Ireland's national railway gauge is 5ft 3 inches. This, together with the widespread use of the 3 ft narrow gauge, makes Irish railways quite distinctive. | |
| 9.Stones (Historical) | Go to ALL Stones (Historical) in Leitrim |
| Cloonmorris church and Ogham Stone Co. Leitrim Please quote reference number 13277 when making a Reservation. |
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| A church, built around 1200, which served as an auxiliary to the Augustinian Priory of Mohill. The church has simple but attractive east and south lancet windows. The moulding on the outside of the east window ends with two upturned heads. The plain north doorway was inserted in the 15th century. Beside the entrance to the graveyard an Ogham stone has been re-erected - it is the only one in Co. Leitrim. All that can be read of the inscription is the name of the person commemorated: 'Qenuven'; the other letters have been defaced. | |
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| 10.Tombs | Go to ALL Tombs in Leitrim |
| Corracloona Megalithic Tomb Corracloona, Co. Leitrim Please quote reference number 13050 when making a Reservation. |
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| A megalithic tomb consisting of a rectangular chamber and what seems like a forecourt. The forecourt wall is made of drystone walling. The unusual feature of this tomb is the stone blocking the entrance to the tomb, at the bottom of which is a 'port hole' - presumably to allow subsequent burials to take place. The whole is surrounded by the remains of a cairn 60 feet long, The tomb was excavated, but the results were never published. | |
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