Drumshanbo
Sign in to saveDrumshanbo () is a small town situated in the heart of County Leitrim, Ireland. Drumshanbo is surrounded by a scenic area of soft rolling hills, woodlands, lakes and the Sliabh an Iarainn and Arigna mountains. It is a well preserved town with traditional pubs, shops, and restaurants.
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- Locality
- Drumshanbo
- Region
- Connacht
- Country
- Éire / Ireland
- Population
- 902
- Timezone
- Europe/Dublin
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.name
- Drumshanbo
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ga
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Market Square, Drumshanbo - geograph.org.uk - 1612551.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Market Square
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ireland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Ireland
- Settlement.blank_name_sec1
- Irish Grid Reference
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Connacht
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- County Leitrim
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2022
- Settlement.population_total
- 1,240
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- County Leitrim
- Elevation
- 60
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Market Square, Drumshanbo - geograph.org.uk - 1612551.jpg
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- Irish Grid Reference
- G978111
- Commons category
- Drumshanbo
- historic county
- County Leitrim
- native label
- Droim Seanbhó
- twinned administrative body
- Locquirec
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Economy
- Transport
- Rail transport
- Bus/coach transport
- Tourism and facilities
- Sport
- Events
- Religion
- Education
- History
- International relations
- Twin towns – Sister cities
- Notable residents
- References
- Sources
- External links
Drumshanbo () is a small town situated in the heart of County Leitrim, Ireland. Drumshanbo is surrounded by a scenic area of soft rolling hills, woodlands, lakes and the Sliabh an Iarainn and Arigna mountains. It is a well preserved town with traditional pubs, shops, and restaurants.
==Geography== Drumshanbo is situated at the lower tip of Lough Allen, the third biggest lake on the Shannon. It is overlooked by Sliabh an Iarainn, the iron mountain, which is approximately 585 metres high, with a history of iron being mined there for over three hundred years.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Drumshanbo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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