County Leitrim

Co.Leitrim Map (source: Wikipedia)

County Leitrim has a short length of coastline but is a mostly inland County with hills, lofty mountains and deep valleys. Divided into North and South Leitrim by the river Shannon and Lough Allen, the county town, Carrick-on-Shannon, is the largest town in Leitrim. The county was very badly affected by the Great Famine of 1845-49.

Resources

Primary Reference Links

• GENUKI: County Leitrim

• Leitrim-Roscommon Genealogy Homepage

Countywide Interest

• County Leitrim IGP Project

• Leitrim Genealogy Centre

• Leitrim Genealogy Centre Online

• Leitrim-Roscommon 1901 Census Search Page

• 1834 Official Authorities of County Leitrim

Specific Town and Village Interest

• Lough Rynn Castle, near Mohill, Co. Leitrim

Maps and Photographs

Register Offices

Carrick on Shannon
Civil Registration Office
Leitrim Road
Carrick on Shannon
Co. Leitrim

Opening Hours: 09:15 - 12:30 13:00 - 16:30 (M-F) Late opening Tues 17.45 Fri 15.00
Contact: 071 9650349

Requests for Research and Photographs in this area

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A list of members who have volunteered to do Research lookups or take photographs can be found in the Research Offers forum or on the following pages in the Wiki:

• Research Offers: Cemetery
• Research Offers: Photograph
• Research Offers: Probate
• Research Offers: Record Office/Archive

If any member wishes to offer to do lookups or take photographs in a particular location, please leave a message on our Volunteers Needed thread.

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