Carrick-on-ShannonLeitrim's county town sits on the Shannon, with a marina on the water and a Georgian main street above it.
Museum
The Dock
Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim
An arts centre in the old courthouse on the Shannon quay, with galleries and a theatre inside.
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- Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim
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Carrick-on-ShannonLeitrim's county town sits on the Shannon, with a marina on the water and a Georgian main street above it.
Costello Memorial ChapelThe chapel on Bridge Street is very small and was put up in 1877 as a family burial place.
Leitrim WayThis route runs the length of the county from Drumshanbo to Manorhamilton over bog and hill.More in Leitrim
Glencar WaterfallWaterfall · ManorhamiltonGlencar drops into a wooded glen above the lough, a few minutes on foot from the car park.
Parke's CastleCastle · DromahairThe OPW restored this fortified house of the early 1600s, on the shore of Lough Gill.
Creevelea FriaryAbbey · DromahairThe Franciscan friary beside the Bonet River was founded in 1508. It is roofless and you can walk straight into it.- The Shed Distillery ExperienceDistillery or brewery · DrumshanboThe gin and whiskey distillery in Drumshanbo is working, and it runs a tour and a tasting room.
Manorhamilton CastleRuin · ManorhamiltonThe fortified house of the 1630s is ruined now, standing on a rise above the town with a visitor centre in the grounds.- Sean Mac Diarmada HomesteadMuseum · KiltyclogherA 1916 signatory was born in this thatched cottage outside Kiltyclogher, and it is kept as it was.
Cavan and Leitrim RailwayMuseum · DromodRestored engines and short rides on the line, at the narrow gauge railway museum in Dromod station.- Fenagh AbbeyMonastic site · BallinamoreTwo roofless medieval churches in a graveyard south of Ballinamore, on an early monastic site.