homes historical leitrim

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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Susan Langstaff Mitchell was born here 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...

Sean MacDiarmada was one of the leaders of the 1916 rising. He was born and rared in Kiltycougher, Co. Leitrim and was educated by the Christian Brothers.
At the age of 25 he moved to Dublin, and he became envolved with the Irish Rebublician Brotherhood (IRB) was made secretary and he was one of the first member of the Irish Volenteers.

As he was stricken with Polio, he did very little fighting duing the 1916 rising,  but he was still stationed at the GPO giving order...