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Leitrim (), is a small village in 
Leitrim has a
File:Shop, Bar and Church on the cross roads at Leitrim - geograph.org.uk - 3433801.jpg, Shop, bar and church on the cross roads at Leitrim
File:The Church of the Immaculate Conception, Leitrim - geograph.org.uk - 3433747.jpg, The Church of the Immaculate Conception, Leitrim
File:Bridge at the centre of the village of Leitrim - geograph.org.uk - 3433837.jpg, Bridge at the centre of Leitrim
County Down
County Down () is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. It covers an area of and has a population of 531,665. It borders County Antrim to the ...
, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...
, approximately 6 miles from Castlewellan
Castlewellan () is a small town in County Down, in the south-east of Northern Ireland close to the Irish Sea. It is beside Castlewellan Lake and Slievenaslat mountain, southwest of Downpatrick. It lies between the Mourne Mountains and Slieve C ...
, near Dromara. It is set between the Dromara Hills (Slieve Croob
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Slieve Croob () is a mountain with a height of in the middle of County Down, Northern Ireland. It is the heart of a mountainous area known as the Dromara Hills, north of the Mourne Mountains. It is designated an Area of Outstanding Nat ...
) and the Mourne Mountains. It is claimed to be home to the MacCartan clan of Kinelarty
Kinelarty () is a former Irish district and barony in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies east of the centre of the county, and is bordered by five other baronies: Iveagh Upper, Lower Half to the west; Lecale Upper to the south and south-east; ...
.
Leitrim has a Gaelic
Gaelic is an adjective that means "pertaining to the Gaels". As a noun it refers to the group of languages spoken by the Gaels, or to any one of the languages individually. Gaelic languages are spoken in Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man, and Ca ...
club (Liatroim Fontenoys GAC
Liatroim Fontenoys is a Gaelic Athletic Association Club in County Down, Northern Ireland. The club promotes hurling, Gaelic football, and camogie.
History
Liatroim Fontenoys, a small rural club in County Down, founded in the village wit ...
) and it is disputed to be the oldest in Down – being founded in 1888. Leitrim has developed friendly rivalrys with Kilcoo GAC
Kilcoo Owen Roes (Irish: Eoghan Rúa Cill Chua) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club from Kilcoo, County Down, Northern Ireland.
They are the most successful club in the Down Senior Football Championship having won it 19 times. The club has a ...
and Castlewellan GAC
Castlewellan GAC (also known as St Malachy's GAC, or in Irish, CLG Naomh Maolmhoig Caisleán a' Mhuilinn) is a Gaelic Athletic Association Club in Castlewellan, County Down, Northern Ireland. The club promotes the Gaelic Games of Hurling, Foot ...
. Most years Leitrim will hold a festival in and around the club grounds.
Although there is only one village named Leitrim in south down, near Hilltown there is a small forest area and camping site named Leitrim lodge.
Photos
Places of interest
*Legannany Dolmen
Legananny Dolmen is a megalithic dolmen or cromlech nine miles southeast of Banbridge and three miles north of Castlewellan, both in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is on the slopes of Slieve Croob near the village of Leitrim, in Drumgoola ...
is situated nearby, on the slopes of Slieve Croob.
* Leitrim railway station was opened on 24 March 1906 and closed on 2 May 1955.
Notable people
*Tom Herron
Tom Herron (14 December 1948 – 26 May 1979) was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Lisburn, County Antrim in Northern Ireland. He specialised in street circuits such as the Isle of Man TT and the North West 200.
Career
The begin ...
was born in Leitrim and after his death buried at Leitrim Presbyterian church, not far outside the village.
See also
*List of townlands in County Down
In Ireland, Counties are divided into Civil Parishes and Parishes are further divided into townlands. The following is a list of townlands in County Down, Northern Ireland:
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Acre McCricket, Aghacullion, Aghandunvarran, Aghavill ...
*List of places in County Down
County Down is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland.
County Down is bordered by County Antrim to the north, the Irish Sea to the east, County Armagh to the west and County Louth in the Republic of Ireland across Carlingford Lough to th ...
*List of towns and villages in Northern Ireland
This is an alphabetical list of towns and villages in Northern Ireland. For a list sorted by population, see the list of settlements in Northern Ireland by population. The towns of Armagh, Lisburn and Newry are also classed as cities (see city sta ...
References
External links
* http://www.dromaradgooland.org/contact-us.html {{County Down Townlands of County Down Civil parish of Drumgooland Villages in County Down