Around AD440 St Patrick, patron saint of Ireland settled in this valley, where the rushing sound of the Bonet’s rapids and waterfalls fills the air. During the following 17 years he founded a Church, Monastery, and Nunnery, but little is left of the ancient ruins...
Four mountain valleys sweep down to the beautiful Manorhamilton which sits on a little plain , or ‘little field’ as its Irish name translates , and is a great place to visit on your tours of Ireland. The surrounding peaks climb to 1500ft or so...
Worth seeing on any Ireland tours. County Leitrim is a maritime county in the province of Connacht, with an area of 613 square miles, it has the smallest population (25,815 @ 2002 census). Historically, the reason for so few inhabitants was that the county's poorly drained...