Keshcarrigan

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Keshcarrigan Ceis Charraigín
Village
Pub in Keshcarrigan
Keshcarrigan Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 54°01′04″N 7°56′36″W / 54.0178°N 7.9433°W / 54.0178; -7.9433
Country	Ireland
Province	Connacht
County	County Leitrim
Elevation	56 m (184 ft)
Population  (2016)[1]
• Total	155
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid Reference	H037076

Keshcarrigan (Irish: Ceis Charraigín, meaning 'Kesh, or causeway, near the little rock')^[2] is a village in County Leitrim, Ireland. It is situated on the Shannon-Erne Waterway and R209 road and under Sheebeg (Sí Beag), an ancient pagan burial site which overlooks Lough Scur to the north and Keshcarrigan Lough to the south. Keshcarrigan features in the writing of the novelist John McGahern who lived nearby.