Plaidwerx: Irish Counties and Surnames

COUNTY LEITRIM

Irish Name: Liatroim
Nickname: The Wild Rose County
County Town: Carrick-on-Shannon
Province: Connacht
Region: Border

Tartan: The County Leitrim tartan is a traditional plaid pattern in gray, red, and brown with black, sky blue, and light orange accents. It was designed by Polly Kitteridge for the house of Edgar in 1997. (Reproduction rights restricted to House of Edgar, Macnaughton Holdings Ltd.)

County Leitrim Common Surnames

(Ireland Census):
Beirne, Dolan, Flynn, Gallagher, Keany, Kelly, MacGovern, MacGowan, MacMorrow, MacSharry, Maguire, McDermott, McHugh, McLoughlin, McTernan, Moran, Mulvey, Reilly, Reynolds, Rooney

(Irish Emigrants):
Darcy, Dunne, Gilmartin, Gormley, Kelly, McGowan, McHarry, Mulligan, O'Rourke, Reilly, Reynolds

Next page: County Limerick

References: The counties of Ireland and their nicknames, 2019, Aidan Lonergan, The Irish Post; Surname Connections to the Irish Counties, RootsWeb, 2007; Irish Surnames and Their Counties, A Letter From Ireland, 2016; Counties of Ireland, Wikipedia, The Scottish Register of Tartans.

Photo credits: (Header) County Leitrim tartan pattern © 1997, House of Edgar, Perth Scotland; used with express permission from House of Edgar, Macnaughton Holdings Ltd.; (Featured) Lough Allen, County Leitrim, © 2012, Jesse Burgle Johnson, used under Creative Commons License CC BY-SA 4.0, (Related Resources) Island of Ireland location map, © 2010, NordNordWest, used under Creative Commons License CC BY-SA 3.0. Edited by Susan Wallace.

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Location map of County Leitrim
Location of County Leitrim
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