Template:FP-Carrick-on-Shannon

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The Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim

Carrick-on-Shannon

Carrick-on-Shannon is the county town of County Leitrim in the Republic of Ireland. It is the largest town in the county, but also the smallest main county town in the country. The town stands on a strategic crossing point of the River Shannon, across which lies County Roscommon.

The name of the town is from Cora Droma Rúisc, meaning "Weir of the marshy ridge". (Read more)

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