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Leitrim Society of Boston
P.O.
Box 204
Milton
MA 02186
LeitrimSociety@yahoo.com
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Images of Leitrim
(click to enlarge)
Map
of Leitrim
Glencar
Waterfall, near Manorhamilton, famed by the poet WB Yeats
Parkes
Castle, on the shores of Lough Gill
Glenade
Lake, with Ben Bulben in the background
Lough
Rynn House, Mohill, former home of Lord Leitrim.
Sliabh
an Iarainn, with Lough Scur in the foreground.
Pollanessa
Waterfall, Aughnasheelin, Ballinamore
Hamilton
Castle, Manorhamilton
A
barge on the Shannon-Erne Waterway near Ballinamore.
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Next Up...
The LSB annual Winterfest weekend is set for March 12, 13, and 14,
2004. This year's location, per popular demand, is Sugarbush/Mad
River Glen, Warren, Vermont. Please check our events
page for more details.
The date for eagerly awaited Annual Spring Dance has been announced as April 25th. The dance will be held at Concannons Irish Village, Norwood. More details to follow.
Monthly Meeting
We hold our monthly meeting on the first monday of each month at
the CastleBar, Oak Square, Brighton MA.
Membership
Membership costs $10 a year, and runs from January to December.
We are now renewing memberships for the Year 2004. You can get your
membership application form by clicking here.
For more Information contact Public Relations
Officer Jim Gallagher @ 781-444-7037, or send us an E-mail @
LeitrimSociety@yahoo.com
Events
The first event we held was a Spring Dance in the AOH Hall in Watertown
in April 1995, and we have held a Spring Dance every year since.
We also hold an annual Christmas party, Golf Tournament, and ski
trip. Other activities have included trips to the Catskill Mountains
in New York, The Leitrim - New York Football game in May 2003, and
whitewater rafting expeditions. Check out our photos
page for a review of these activities.
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Proceeds
Proceeds from our events got to charities and worthy causes. Over
the years we have donated thousands of dollars, to numerous charitable
organizations and worthy causes in Leitrim and Boston.
History
The County Leitrim Society of Boston was revived in 1994
by a group of Leitrim exiles in the Boston area, in the aftermath
of Leitrim's historic Connacht Football Championship victory. The
original society had gone out of the existence in the 1950's. We
number around 200 members, and consist of natives of County Leitrim,
(a county in the North West of Ireland), people of Leitrim extraction
and anyone with an interest in Leitrim, or Ireland in general.
Frank O'Rourke was our first President from 1995 -1997, followed
by Jim Gallagher 1997- 1999, Theresa Mawn 1999 - 2001, and John
McGrath 2001 - 2003.
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