Carrick on Shannon
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Carrick-on-Shannon Cora Droma Rúisc
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The Dock, former courthouse which is now an arts centre.
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 Carrick-on-Shannon
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| Coordinates: 53°56′38″N 8°05′42″W / 53.944°N 8.095°WCoordinates: 53°56′38″N 8°05′42″W / 53.944°N 8.095°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Connacht |
| County | County Leitrim & County Roscommon |
| Elevation | 45 m (148 ft) |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | 5,931 |
| Irish Grid Reference | M935996 |
| Website | www |
Carrick-on-Shannon (Irish: Cora Droma Rúisc, meaning "weir of the marshy ridge") is the county town of County Leitrim in the Republic of Ireland. It is the largest town in the county of Leitrim and the smallest main county town in the entire country. A smaller part of the town lies in County Roscommon. The population of the town was 5,931 in 2016. It is situated on a strategic crossing point of the River Shannon. The Leitrim part of the town is in the civil parish of Kiltogert which is in the ancient barony of Leitrim. For ecclesiastical purposes, the town is in the parish of Kiltoghert in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise The nearest Anglican church is in Drumshanbo in the Diocese of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh.
Carrick-on-Shannon is situated on a fording point of the Shannon. In the vicinity of Drumsna, on the County Roscommon border, are the remains of an Iron Age fortification. Corryolus townland beside the Shannon (Irish: Coraidh-Eoluis, meaning "weir of Eolais") is anciently named after Eolais Mac Biobhsach, ancestor of the medieval Muintir Eolais rulers of Mohill (barony) and Leitrim (barony). Carrick-on-Shannon was granted a royal charter and named a borough with its own seal in 1607. Throughout at least the 19th and 20th centurys, three annual fairs were held at Carrick on- May 12, August 11, and November 21 (or 22nd).
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