Mohill is a small town in the south of Leitrim, around 16km away from Carrick-on-Shannon. It is named after St. Manachan who founded a monastery there as early as 500AD. The picture below shows the town's main street in the early 20th century.
Mohill
Leitrim County Library
Leitrim County Library
It is surrounded by many rivers and lakes thus it has a long reputation as a center for very good fishing spots.
O'Carolan Monument
Leitrim County Library
Leitrim County Library
Hyde Street in Mohill is named after the first president of Ireland, Douglas Hyde, whose father and grandfather lived on the street and who spent part of his childhood in the town.
There is a statue in Mohill to commemorate the famous blind harpist and composer Turlough Carolan, who came to live in the town after his marriage.
The Clements Family
The Clements Family & Lough Rynn House
The Clements Family (Lord Leitrim) were the biggest and most famous landlord family in Leitrim. The family also had estates in Donegal, Cavan and Kildare. At the height of their glory they owned 96,000 acres. The family continued to live at their Leitrim house, Lough Rynn, near Mohill, until Marcus Clements sold the last remaining property in the 1980s. Some of the family still live at Killadoon, Co Kildare.
The Clements Family & Lough Rynn House
The Clements Family & Lough Rynn House
The Clements Family (Lord Leitrim) were the biggest and most famous landlord family in Leitrim. The family also had estates in Donegal, Cavan and Kildare. At the height of their glory they owned 96,000 acres. The family continued to live at their Leitrim house, Lough Rynn, near Mohill, until Marcus Clements sold the last remaining property in the 1980s. Some of the family still live at Killadoon, Co Kildare.
A few miles from the town is the Lough Rynn Estate and Castle which was the home of the Earls of Leitrim the Clements family.The estate which overlooks Lough Rynn comprises of 100 acres of rambling woodland and large ornamental walled gardens dating back to 1859.
William Sydney Clements, the third Earl of Leitrim, was one of Leitrim's notorious characters. His bullying behaviour as a landlord brought him much hatred from his tenants, Catholic and Protestant alike, whom he evicted with equal enthusiasm. He was murdered in Donegal in 1878.