Leitrim

Leitrim lies near the River Shannon in the country of the O'Rourkes, lords of western Bréifne. Their castle offered a place of refuge during the final stages of the Nine Years' War. In January 1603 Donal Cam O'Sullivan Beare reached Leitrim after a desperate march from the Beara peninsula, accompanied by only a small remnant of the people who had set out with him. Brian Óg O'Rourke continued to resist English forces here, until the struggle for the lordship came to an end.