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| KILTUBRID, CO. LEITRIM - AN INTRODUCTION by Richard Hamilton Kiltubrid (Cill Tiobradin in Irish meaning church of the well) is a parish in the barony and county of Leitrim and the province of Connacht. It is about 7 miles from Carrick-on-Shannon, on the road to Ballinamore. It has an area of 12,098 statute acres, much of which is bog and mountain. On the northern side of Slieve an Iarann (iron mountain) iron ore is found in the beds of the mountain streams and limestone on their banks. Under the south and west brow of Slieve an Iarann is a stratum of coal as well as large, deep beds of pipe-clay and yellow ochre. The remains of several disused furnaces are visible near the mountain and under its brow is a deep cavity in which the waters disappear and emerge about a mile to the west of its base. The Church of Ireland Church is a standard building is located in the townland of Corglass on the Ballinamore road. The Catholic Churchs are at Drumcong and Rantogue. On an island in Lough Scur are the remains of Castle John, which was built by John Reynolds in the reign of Elizabeth I and was frequently attacked by the O'Rourkes. |
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