homes historical leitrim

A three-roomed thatched cottage, partially surrounded by rhododendrons, and with a fine view over Upper Lough Macnean. It was the house of Sean Mac Diarmada, the patriot who was one of the seven signatories of the Proclamation of Independence in 1916 and who was shot later in the same year....

Lough Rynn Estate is set on an isthmus between Loughs Rinn and Errew in an area which has been occupied for thousands of years. There is a Bronze Age burial tomb on the grounds and an old castle ruin was the seat of the Reynolds Clan up to the 17th century.

Confiscation enabled the property to be granted to the Crofton family in 1622 during the Plantation period. The lands were then acquired by the Earls of Leitrim in 1750 and a house was constructed in 1832 by Nathaniel Clements. Whe...