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Drumsna is a village
in south west County Leitrim located just 6km from
Carrick-on-Shannon. It is situated on a hill overlooking the Shannon
on a loop of the river.
This quaint village has always been associated with activity on the
water. Its harbour dates back to 1817 and was the hub of commercial
waterway activity in Leitrim until the more northern navigation to
Carrick on Shannon was opened in 1850. Today the waterway is still a
hive of activity especially in the summer months but at a much more
leisurely pace.
Drumsna is widely acknowledged as an anglers paradise. The many
lakes and rivers in the area support a large population of wild
fish. Coarse fish species in the locality include Bream, Roach,
Rudd, Hybrids, Tench, Pike, Perch and Eels. The Shannon flows
through the village and there are a number of good fishing lakes
close by. The Shannon has Bream, Rudd, Tench, Roach, Perch and Pike.
Lough Aduff is just outside Drumsna and is a very good Bream and
Roach lake with good Tench present to 5lbs . Headford is a small
lake located about 2km north east of of Drumsna. This lake has a
good stock of Bream to 3lbs and some very good Tench fishing can be
had here, especially during the summer months.
Excavations near Drumsna in the summer of 1989 unearthed huge
stretches of a Stone Age wall - one of the oldest artificial
structures in the world. This is know as the Doon of Drumsna. The
Dún (Doon) of Drumsna is an Iron Age fortification which was
designed to protect Connacht from invaders from the north.
Drumsna has many historical associations in particular that of
Surgeon Thomas Heazle Parke who accompanied Stanley on his
expedition in the African Congo. |
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