Manorhamilton

Ireland
Manorhamilton, Ireland
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Manorhamilton, the main town of northern County Leitrim in northwest Ireland, sits where the River Owenbeg and the Bonet meet amid a valley landscape backed by heather moorland hills. The town itself dates to 1620, when Scottish soldier-of-fortune Sir Frederick Hamilton built a castle on lands seized from the Irish chieftain O'Rourke and laid out a settlement on the east bank of the Owenbeg, naming it after himself. It serves as the practical base for a thinly populated district stretching from Lough Allen to the Atlantic coast.

  • Population1,466
  • Nearest water from center0.0 km
  • Nearest mountain from center4.1 km

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