placenamesLeitrim
Liatroim
Lewis’s account of Clonrush records the practical importance of the lake alongside the effects of flooding.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Liatroim · Irish · main form
- Leitrim · English · main form
Place & story
Water as a route and a constraint
Clonrush parish forms part of Leitrim barony in County Clare today. Samuel Lewis’s 1837 account places it in the historical County Galway division and describes a substantial area flooded annually by the Shannon, together with extensive marsh land. Lough Derg also supplied communication with Limerick and Dublin. His account presents the water both as a constraint on the parish’s land and as a route linking this lakeside district with larger centres. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Leitrim. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Clonrush: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2017-02-07. How this page was prepared.