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SURNAMES OF COUNTY LEITRIM
In clan terms, Leitrim is the home of the O’Rourkes of Breifne. They were the major chieftains and their castles extended the whole length of the county, from Carrigallen in the extreme south-east to Dromahair in the north-west, with Leitrim Village, final refuge of O’Sullivan Beare in 1603, in the middle.

For centuries, until the early 1700s, they were the most powerful family in Leitrim but they had their sub-chieftains, most notably the Reynolds and the McClancys....
 
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