Part of Connacht's province and the Norther and Wester Region, County Leitrim <\/span>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 <\/span>has a hilly and mountainous landscape in its northwest and is relatively flat in the southeast.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>","Ireland<\/strong> 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. ","The Irish Potato Famine<\/strong>, also known as The Great Famine<\/strong> or Great Hunger<\/strong> lasted from 1845 to 1850 and resulted in a great exodus of Irish refugees fleeing to Britain, Australia, and North America, one of the most dramatic waves of Irish migration in history. It was one of the world's worst disasters in world history - over one million people died in a five year span.","Nottingham is a city located in the county of Nottinghamshire, England. In 2020 it was estimated to have a population of 330,000. Most famous for its connection with Robin Hood and Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire (Notts.) has created the Nottingham Caves Survey to help increase tourist interest.","Dutch navigator Willem Jansz<\/strong> aboard the Duyfken was the first European to land in waht is now known as Australia<\/strong> in 1606. He charted much of the Gulf of Carpentaria, located on the northern coast of Australia. In 1616, another Dutch captain, Dirk Hartog, landed on the west coast of Australia near Shark Bay.","England<\/strong> is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It occupies more than half of the land of the area. It shares its borders with Wales to the West and Scotland the to its north. Laced by great rivers and small streams, England is a fertile land which has supported a thriving agricultural economy for millenia.","Located on the South East side of England, Kent <\/strong>is considered one of the Home Counties. Bordered by Greater London, Surrey, East Sussex and Essex it also runs across the estuary of the River Thames and the Strait of Dover.",null],"lnksHoverSummaryImgURL":[null,"\/cdn\/webp\/i\/kb\/200w\/books.webp?pos=floatRight","","\/cdn\/webp\/i\/kb\/200w\/county_leitrim.webp?pos=floatRight","","","\/cdn\/webp\/i\/kb\/200w\/Nottinghamshire England.webp","","","\/cdn\/webp\/i\/kb\/200w\/Kent England.webp?pos=floatRight",null],"mode":"f","s":"Meakin","sU":"MEIGHAN","oC":"IR","o":"Irish","o2":null,"cOk":true,"c":"\/dpreview\/MEIGHAN\/IR\/Meakin\/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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