Carrick-on-Shannon
Town in County Leitrim, Ireland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Carrick-on-Shannon (Irish: Cora Droma Rúisc, meaning "weir of the marshy ridge"[2]) is the county town of County Leitrim in Ireland. It is the largest town in the county of Leitrim. A smaller part of the town lies in County Roscommon. As of the 2022 census, the population of the town was 4,743.[1] It is situated on a strategic crossing point of the River Shannon. The Leitrim part of the town is in the civil parish of Kiltoghert which is in the ancient barony of Leitrim.[2]
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Carrick-on-Shannon
Cora Droma Rúisc | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 53.944°N 8.095°W / 53.944; -8.095 | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Connacht |
County | County Leitrim & County Roscommon |
Elevation | 45 m (148 ft) |
Population | 4,743 |
Time zone | UTC±0 (WET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (IST) |
Eircode routing key | N41 |
Telephone area code | +353(0)71 |
Irish Grid Reference | M935996 |
Website | www |
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