In 1556 King ’ s County and Queen ’ s County were created and the Kingdom of Connacht was broken up into the counties of Galway, Mayo and Sligo, while Leitrim was separated from Roscommon in 1565.

The Macdermots of Ballycloran was written while he was staying in the village of Drumsna, County Leitrim .< ref >

A pit was allegedly dug in the desolate mountains near Ballinamore, County Leitrim.

Established by the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals in 1941 as 1 Special Wireless Station and renamed Ottawa Wireless Station in 1949, CFS Leitrim acquired its current name when the Supplementary Radio System ( SUPRAD ) was created in 1966.

In 1929 he resigned from the Army and was elected at a by-election to Dáil Éireann for the Leitrim – Sligo constituency.

Born and raised in Cootehall near Boyle, County Roscommon, he was educated at national level in County Leitrim and then at University College Dublin and King's Inns.

After serving for four years as a local representative Doherty was selected to be a Fianna Fáil candidate for the Roscommon – Leitrim constituency in general election of 1977.

Their first family home was a cottage on a parcel of land near the town of Mohill in Co Leitrim, where they settled.

John Hart ( 31 March 1879, in Mohill, County Leitrim, Ireland – 7 April 1957, Victoria, British Columbia ) was the 23rd Premier of British Columbia, Canada, from December 9, 1941 to December 29, 1947.

Shortly after he was born, McGoohan's parents moved back to Mullaghmore, County Leitrim, Ireland, and, seven years later, they moved to Sheffield, England.

Ormsby-Gore was the eldest son of William Ormsby-Gore, Member of Parliament for County Leitrim, Carnarvon and North Shropshire, and the great-great-great-grandson of William Gore, third and youngest son of Sir Arthur Gore, 1st Baronet, of Newtown, second son of Sir Paul Gore, 1st Baronet, of Magharabag, whose eldest son Paul was the grandfather of Arthur Gore, 1st Earl of Arran.

He was a former Conservative Member of Parliament for County Sligo and County Leitrim and also served as Lord Lieutenant of County Leitrim for many years.

Durnford was born in to a military family at Manor Hamilton, County Leitrim, Ireland.

Clarke was born on the Isle of Wight to James Clarke from Carrigallen, Leitrim, and his newly married bride, Mary Palmer from Clogheen Tipperary.

Mac Diarmada was born in Corranmore, close to Kiltyclogher in County Leitrim, an area where the landscape was marked by reminders of poverty and oppression.

Along with Garda recruit Gary Sheehan, he was killed in a shoot-out with Provisional IRA gunmen at Derrada Woods, Ballinamore, Co Leitrim.

She was elected as an independent Teachta Dála ( TD ) to Dáil Éireann at the 2002 general election for the Sligo – Leitrim constituency, receiving the highest number of first preference votes in the constituency.

William Gordon Wilson was born in the town of Manorhamilton in County Leitrim in the Irish Free State on 25 September 1927, a few years after the partition of Ireland.

Ormsby-Gore bought an estate at Derrycarne near Dromod in County Leitrim and went on to rise to high office in the county: he became High Sheriff there for 1857, and was appointed as Lord Lieutenant of County Leitrim in 1878, which he remained until his death.

On the 22nd of February 2008, the Leitrim Observer reported that a number of locations in Drumshanbo were being examined as potential sites for Leitrim's first mosque.

Both Clubs have won Senior Titles in the past and in fact Mohill Faugh-an-Bealaghs won the first ever Leitrim Championship in 1890, defeating Ballinamore in the final.

7th century ), also known as Áedan, was a saint in Irish tradition, founder and first bishop of Ferns ( Co. Wexford ) and a patron of other churches, such as Rossinver ( County Leitrim ) and Drumlane ( County Cavan ).

He was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 2007 general election for Sligo – North Leitrim.

Leyden was elected to Dáil Éireann on his first attempt, at the 1977 general election, when he was returned to the 21st Dáil as TD for the Roscommon – Leitrim constituency.

The Sligo – Leitrim constituency was created under the Electoral ( Amendment ) Act 1947, and first used for the 1948 general election.

Beyer, Peacock delivered the first two of this class, Fermanagh and Leitrim, in 1882.

He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Sinn Féin Teachta Dála ( TD ) for the Leitrim – Sligo constituency at the 1925 by-election caused by the resignation of Thomas Carter of Cumann na nGaedheal.

Most memorably, it hosted the 1994 Connacht Final which seen Leitrim triumph over Mayo to win their first title since 1927.

Leitrim is the 26th largest of the 32 counties by area and the smallest by population.

Leitrim is bordered by the counties of Donegal to the north, Fermanagh to the north-east, Cavan to the east, Longford to the south, Roscommon to the south-west and Sligo to the west.

Leitrim has a dramatic hilly and mountainous landscape in its north-west and is relatively flat in the south-east, each separated from the other by Lough Allen in the middle of the county.

In December 2001, Harney used a Government plane, 50 % funded by the European Commission, to travel to County Leitrim to open a friend's off-licence in Manorhamilton.

A modified plan for the site which includes the existing dwelling with non original extensions removes is applied for by the County Leitrim owned developers.

His great-grandson, the fourth Viscount, served as Lord Lieutenant of County Leitrim between 1872 and 1878. the titles are held by his great-grandson, the seventh Viscount, who succeeded his uncle in 1960.

Carrick-on-Shannon is served by the Leitrim Observer which is published every Wednesday and the fortnighty free Northwest Express newspapers.

It is bounded on the north and east by Highway 417, on the west by the Rideau River and on the south by a line beginning at the Rideau River and the former Ottawa city limits, then east to Limebank Road, south to Leitrim Road, east to the CP Rail line, north to Lester Road, then east along Lester and Davidson Road to Conroy Road, north to Hunt Club Road and east along Hunt Club and its prolongation to Highway 417.

Robert Chambers was raised by his mother, Phyllis ( née Shanley ), a nurse who emigrated from County Leitrim in Ireland to New York City.

** bounded on the north by the City of Ottawa, and on the east, south and west by a line drawn from the boundary south along Conroy Road, west along Davidson Road and Lester Road, south along Albion Road, west along the road allowance between lots 10 and 11, Concession 3, south along the Canadian Pacific Railway line, west along Leitrim Road, north along Limebank Road and River Road to the Ottawa city limit ;

** the part bounded on the north by the City of Ottawa, and on the east, south and west by a line drawn from the border south along Conroy Road, west along Davidson Road and Lester Road, south along the Canadian Pacific Railway, west along Leitrim Road, and north along Limebank Road to the City of Ottawa ;

Lord Leitrim was succeeded by his second son, the third Earl.

A headstone, found in Conwall cemetery in Glenade, Co. Leitrim depicts the Dobhar-chú and is related to a tale of an attack on a local woman by the creature.

A headstone, found in Conwall cemetery in Glenade, Co. Leitrim depicts the Dobhar-chú and is related to a tale of an attack on a local by the creature.