Keshcarrigan

Keshcarrigan
Ceis Charraigín
Village
Pub in Keshcarrigan
Pub in Keshcarrigan
Keshcarrigan is located in Ireland
Keshcarrigan
Keshcarrigan
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 54°01′04″N 7°56′36″W / 54.0178°N 7.9433°W / 54.0178; -7.9433
CountryIreland
ProvinceConnacht
CountyCounty Leitrim
Elevation
56 m (184 ft)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total155
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid ReferenceH037076

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.

  1. ^ "Population and Actual and Percentage Change 2011 to 2016". Central Statistics Office (Ireland). Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  2. ^ logainm.ie, pp. 29311.