Cora Droma Rúisc

Cora Droma Rúisc—the weir of the marshy ridge—describes the townland's strategic position on a fording point of the River Shannon. The area has ancient roots: Iron Age fortification remains lie near Drumsna to the south, and the townland of Corryolus ('Coraidh-Eoluis', weir of Eolais) preserves memory of Eolais Mac Biobhsach, an ancestor of the Muintir Eolais, the most prominent Leitrim sub-sep...