homes historical leitrim

A three-roomed thatched cottage, partially surrounded by rhododendrons, and with a fine view over Upper Lough Macnean. It was the house of Sean Mac Diarmada, the patriot who was one of the seven signatories of the Proclamation of Independence in 1916 and who was shot later in the same year....

There is a point on the lawn at the rear of Lough Rynn House, overlooking the lake, where the visitor may witness 4,000 years of history by simply turning through 180 degrees. The neolithic burial tomb a top "Druids Hill" was constructed some two thousand years B.C. Reynolds Castle, stands now as a lonely sentinal by the lake shore, dates from the 16th century. Lough Rynn House itself was constructed in 1832 and serves as a "full stop" to the historical tour which spans 4,000 years.

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Lough Rynn Estate is set on an isthmus between Loughs Rinn and Errew in an area which has been occupied for thousands of years. There is a Bronze Age burial tomb on the grounds and an old castle ruin was the seat of the Reynolds Clan up to the 17th century.

Confiscation enabled the property to be granted to the Crofton family in 1622 during the Plantation period. The lands were then acquired by the Earls of Leitrim in 1750 and a house was constructed in 1832 by Nathaniel Clements. Whe...

Down the road towards Carrick-on-Shannon, is Woodbrook House, once the home of the Kirkwood family, made famous in David Thomson's book Woodbrook. Major Charles Kirkwood, the last owner, was brother of Major Willie, who was married to Miss Jameson of the Whiskey family, and an international polo player.

Major Charlie's uncle, colonel Tom Kirkwood, ran a famous racing stable and won the Aintre Grand National in 1881 with a horse called Woodbrook. His most famous horse was The White K...

Susan Langstaff Mitchell was born in 1866. She was a poet and one of the figures of the Irish Literary Revival. Her father was manager of the Provincial Bank in Carrick.

Through her friendship with the Yeats family and her post as assistant to A.E. (George Russell) on "The Irish Homestead" she got to know Yeats, A.E., Colum, Stephens, George Moore and the others and became part of the Irish Literary Revival. She wrote both poetry and satire, and was considered to be very talented, char...