Seán Mac Diarmada

male, deceased (1916)
Rebel, revolutionary, executions by the United Kingdom, Irish, Irish Freedom, fenian…County Galway, CountyLeitrim, from County Leitrim
Seán Mac Diarmada (born John MacDermott and also referred to as Sean MacDermott) was one of the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland. Mac D...

John Ellis

male, 57 years old
Roscommon-South Leitrim, 25th Dáil, 17th Seanad, Teachta Dála, Fianna Fáil, Sligo-Leitrim…CountyLeitrim, from County Leitrim
John Ellis is an Irish Fianna Fáil party politician who served for nearly thirty years in the Oireachtas, as a Senator and TD. Born in Fenagh, C...
Marian Harkin

Marian Harkin

female, 56 years old
bachelor of science, Roman Catholic, Connacht, from County Sligo, County Donegal, Sligo-Leitrim…CountyLeitrim
Marian Harkin is an Irish politician. She was elected as an independent TD to Dáil Éireann in the 2002 general election for the Sligo-Leitrim co...

Gordon Wilson

male, deceased (1995)
death by myocardial infarction, Ulster-Scot, myocardial infarction, heart attack, Northern Irish, Irish…County Fermanagh, CountyLeitrim, from County Leitrim
Gordon Wilson (25 September 1927 - 27 June 1995) was the father of Marie Wilson, one of 11 victims of the Enniskillen Remembrance Day Bombing by...
Vincent Woods

Vincent Woods

male, 49 years old
poet, The Colour of Language, At the Black Pig's Dyke, John Hughdy and Tom John, Song of the Yellow Bittern, A Cry from Heaven…from County Leitrim, CountyLeitrim, The Leitrim Hotel
Vincent Woods is an Irish poet and playwright born in County Leitrim in 1960. Woods lived in the United States, New Zealand and Australia and...
John Hart

John Hart

male, deceased (1957)
Roman Catholic, Speaker of the British Columbia legislature, politician, Irish immigrants to Canada, premier, Canadian politician…CountyLeitrim
John Hart (Mohill, County Leitrim, Ireland March 31, 1879-April 7, 1957, Victoria, British Columbia) was premier of British Columbia, Canada, from...

Luke White

male, deceased (1824)
member of parliament, Irish, Irish politician, whig, Irish rebellion, British Whig Party…Leitrim, CountyLeitrim, High Sheriff of County Longford
Luke White was an Irish bookseller, operator of a lottery and Whig politician. In 1778 Luke White started as an impecunious book dealer, buying in...
Eleanor Shanley

Eleanor Shanley

female
singer, Irish, CountyLeitrim, Dé Danann, Keshcarrigan
Eleanor Shanley is an Irish vocalist. Born in Keshcarrigan, County Leitrim, she was born into a family steeped in musical tradition. In her...
John Joe McGirl

John Joe McGirl

male, deceased (1988)
Irish Republican Army member, Mountjoy Prison, ira, Member of the 16th Dáil, Sinn Féin politician, Provisional Irish Republican Army member…CountyLeitrim, from County Leitrim
John Joe McGirl was an Irish republican, and former chief of staff of the Irish Republican Army. Born and raised in Ballinamore, County Leitrim,...

Brian O'Rourke

male, deceased (1591)
executed under the Tudors, executed for treason, Sir Brian na Murra O'Rourke, extradition, Tudor reconquest of that country, Irish chieftains…CountyLeitrim
Sir Brian na Murra O'Rourke, hereditary lord of West Breifne (modern County Leitrim) in Ireland during the later stages of the Tudor reconquest of...