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Boat Hire and Travel Guide to the Shannon River in Ireland.

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Leitrim village is known as the gateway to the Shannon-Erne waterway, and has an excellent record in the national tidy towns competition. The village is just three miles from Carrick-on-Shannon, and has a population of about 600 people. There are several good pubs in Leitrim village, so good food and drink are assured.

History

There is strong evidence of stone age settlements in nearby Lough Scur, and the national museum in Dublin holds some interesting relics from the lake. There is a dolmen as the south western end of the lake believed to have been constructed four and a half thousand years ago.

Leitrim Castle was the destination of an epic march from Glengariff by Donal O'Sullivan Beare in 1602. Following defeat at the battle of Kinsale, O'Sullivan Beare led one thousand of his kinsfolk from Bantry bay to join with Brian of the Battleaxes in Leitrim and continue the fight against the English. He arrived 14 days later with only 35 of his people, the rest were dead or fallen by the wayside.

A castle existed nearby called the Castle of Dromahaire. In ancient times, the princess Devorghal was taken from the castle by Dermod the king of Leinster, and this act would prove to be one of the causes of the English invasion.

This travel guide is available free of charge due to the travel agents commission taken on boat hire services on the river. Feel free to browse the site at your leisure - all we ask is that if you are taking a boating holiday on the Shannon, you book it through the Shannon River web site.