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Tracing the Footsteps of O'Sullivan Beare

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Drumshanbo

3rd April 2018 by Beara Breifne

Drumshanbo

Drumshambo takes its name from the Gaelic: Drum-Sean-Bhoth meaning ‘the Ridge of the Old Huts’

It is a pleasant little town situated on the southern end of Lough Allen and nestling beneath the Sliabh an Iarainn Mountain.

The town’s fascinating history began with the middle age iron smelting industry. When the industry collapsed, coal was used for smelting and Drumshambo Pig Iron became famous far and wide. Furnace Hill at the fringe of the town remains a testimony to this bygone age. A Heritage Centre in the Market House reflects the areas special links with narrow Gauge Steam Trains, Coal-Mining and also features local folklore.

Clan Name

Drumshanbo is part of the ancestral home of the MacManus’s and forms a stage of the Beara-Breifne Way which is based on the historic march of O’Sullivan Beara in 1603.

Stamp Locations

Conway’s
Gibbons’ Centra

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Contact the Leitrim Way

To find out more about the route, accommodation or local services, contact the Leitrim Way via our contact form, or at:

Leitrim Tourism Office,
Carrick-on-Shannon,
Co. Leitrim
Tel: 071-9620170
Web: http://irelandnorthwest.ie/walking

How to Walk the Beara-Breifne Way

You can walk the whole of O’Sullivan Beare’s route from West Cork to Leitrim

We’ve created a unique walking passport you can use to catalogue your progress over days, months or even years. Each community has chosen a stamp to represent its character, and as you collect your passport stamps, you’ll get to meet some of the people behind the walk’s creation.

 


 

How to use the passport

You can order your  Beara-Breifne Way passport online and plan your route using our handy maps.

Stamp locations are listed on on this website for each walk and walk section. When you complete your  walk, call in to its passport point, and we’ll stamp your passport for you.

At the end of your journey, you can claim the final stamp which proves you walked the entire Beara-Breifne Way!

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