Leitrim village is the gateway to the Shannon waterways and boasts a jetty with excellent facilities for the cruising traffic which pass through. A well-kept village with lively night-time entertainment that can be found in many of its pubs. For those who prefer outdoor activities Doherty's trekking centre is located on the Drumshambo road.

The Castle of Leitrim, built in 1540, was a stronghold of the O'Rourkes, chieftains of Breifne. It was the last of the Irish Castles to resist the armies of Elizabeth 1st after the collapse of the Gaelic Social System, which followed the Irish defeat at Kinsale in 1601. The O'Rourke's fiercely opposed English rule in Connaught and their names are mentioned in many of the ancient annals and in English correspondence with Elizabeth and her successor, James.

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Leitrim Village is part of the ancestral home of the Rourkes and forms a stage of the Beara-Breifne Greenway which is based on the historic march of O'Sullivan Beara in 1603.

Greenways Festival 2003

Leitrim village is talking part in the Greenways Festival in summer 2003 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the legendary 1603 march of O’Sullivan Beara from the Beara Peninsula to the Breifne area. Click here for info on the events