Information about Leitrim

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Leitrim
Irish Form of Name:
Translation:
Civil Parish:
Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Leitrim
Leitrim B.S. Sketch
Description:
A large barony bounded on the E. by Lough Derg which separated it from the County Tipperary on the S.W. by the County Clare and on the N. by Loughrea and Longford.
Situation:
In the S.E. end of the County Galway on the West side of Lough Derg on the River Shannon.