Part of Connacht's province and the Norther and Wester Region, County Leitrim is bordered by Donegal, Fermanagh, Cavan, Longford, Sligo, and Roscommon. It also has the shortest coastline of the sea. In ancient times Leitrim formed the western half of the Kingdom of Breifne; the area was influenced by the O'Rourke family of Dromahair, whose heraldic lion occupies the official county shield to this day. County Leitrim has a hilly and mountainous landscape in its northwest and is relatively flat in the southeast.","Ireland was first settled around 6000 BC by a race of Middle Stone Age hunter-gatherers who lived there. They tended to hunt such creatures as the megaceros, a giant variety of deer so large that their antlers spanned ten feet. ","Many of our last names in use today, cannot be found before the 17th and 18th century since the majority of them were changed. By example, the famed William Shakespeare, spelt his last name, Shakespeare, Shakespere, Shakespear, Shakspere, and Shaxspere.","County Monaghan (Monaghan, Contae Mhuineacháin)
The county had existed since 1585 when the Mac Mathghamhna rulers of Airgíalla agreed to join the Kingdom of Ireland. It is a part of the Border Region and the province of Ulster. County Monaghan is the birthplace of the poet and writer Patrick Kavanagh, who based much of his work in the county. Monaghan County Museum is recognized as one of the leading provincial museums in Ireland, being awarded the Council of Europe Award (1980).",null],"lnksHoverSummaryImgURL":[null,"/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/scotland-med2.webp","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/books2.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/county_leitrim.webp?pos=floatRight","","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/books.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/county_monaghan.webp?pos=floatRight",null],"mode":"f","s":"McCabee","sU":"MCCABE","oC":"IR","o":"Irish","o2":null,"cOk":true,"c":"/dpreview/MCCABE/IR/McCabee/family-crest-coat-of-arms.png","c2":"/dpreview/ANDERSON/SC/Anderson/family-crest-coat-of-arms.png","v":"1","sections":["","SettlersUS","SettlersCA","SettlersAU","SettlersNZ","SettlersZA","SettlersWI","Settlers","ContemporaryNotable","ContemporaryNotables","HistoricEvents","RelatedStories","Motto","SuggestedReading","Citations",""]}
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