Leitrim, County Down

Leitrim
Irish: *Liatroim*
Leitrim / Liatroim
Leitrim Irish: Liatroim; Leitrim / Liatroim;
	Leitrim from the view of Mccartans road, July 2022
	Location within County Down
Population	150 (only includes Leitrim townland.) (2011 Census)
District	Newry, Mourne and Down;
County	County Down;
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CASTLEWELLAN
Postcode district	BT31
Dialling code	028
Police	Northern Ireland
Fire	Northern Ireland
Ambulance	Northern Ireland
UK Parliament	South Down;
NI Assembly	South Down;
	List of places UK Northern Ireland Down 54°17′08″N 5°59′54″W / 54.285506°N 5.9982461°W

Leitrim (from

MacCartan clan of Kinelarty. ^[1]

Within the centre of Leitrim village there is a

pre-school, ^[3] an animal feed factory and the local Gaelic

Leitrim's Gaelic club (Liatroim Fontenoys GAC) is reputed to be the oldest in Down – being founded in 1888.^{[citation needed]} Leitrim has developed friendly rivalries with Kilcoo GAC and Castlewellan GAC. Most years Leitrim will hold a festival in and around the club grounds.

Although there is only one village named Leitrim in south down, near Hilltown there is a small forest area and camping site named Leitrim lodge. ^[4]

History

Legananny Dolmen, a megalithic dolmen or cromlech, is located nearby on the slopes of Slieve Croob.^[5]

Leitrim railway station, which opened on 24 March 1906, was closed on 2 May 1955.^[6]

Tom Herron, Northern Irish motorcyclist. Although Born in Lisburn, County Antrim, Herron spent most of his childhood in Leitrim. After Herron's death he was buried at Leitrim Presbyterian church, not far outside the village.^[7]