Shannon Waters Flow Songs, Stories & Cultural Change in 1920s Leitrim The Shannon has always carried more than water. It carried people, memory, music and ideas — flowing outwards from Leitrim to the wider world and back again. Shannon Waters Flow brings together songs, stories, people and moments from a […]
Location: Rossinver
Cumann na mBan & the Leitrim Connection
Cumann na mBan Cyclist Corp – date unknown Military Archives Cumann na mBan, founded in 1914, emerged at a defining moment in Irish history. Created as a women’s organisation aligned with the ideals of national self-determination, it became a vital force in the struggle for independence. Its members were fundraisers, […]
Seán Mac Diarmada
Picture courtesy of Leitrim Observer Seán Mac Diarmada (1883–1916) – A Leitrim Revolutionary Seán Mac Diarmada was born in Kiltyclogher, County Leitrim, a small village whose landscape, people and traditions shaped the values that would guide his life. Though much of his revolutionary work unfolded in Dublin and beyond, Mac […]
Paddy Sheridan & The Sheridan Family, Killargue
Centre photo – Rose Ann Sheridan nee Flynn (Great Grandmother), Back left – Paddy Sheridan, (Grandfather) Back right – Julia Sheridan (Grandmother), Baby Joeseph Sheridan (Dave’s Father) and siblings, Maureen, Packie, John, Julia & Eamonn Dave Sheridan is a flute player from Killargue in North Leitrim, immersed in the traditional […]
Rakes More Music, Song & Dance
Picture courtesy of Val Fitzpatrick, Mohill – taken at Leitrim Fleadh 1983. Back Row (l-r) Felix Gallagher (Drumshanbo), Tom Mulligan (Bornacoola), Barney McCormack (Drumshanbo), John Daly (Jamestown), Patricia Coffey aka Bangles (Dublin). Front Row (l-r) Packie Duignan (Arigna), Mick Clancy (Manorhamilton), Jack McGrath (Carrick-on-Shannon), Peter “Pee” Fitzpatrick (Aughavas/Mohill) Lilting Nobody […]

