Annaduff, County Leitrim
Civil parish in County Leitrim, Ireland
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Annaduff (Irish: Eanach Duibh, meaning 'marsh of Dubh')[1] is a civil parish in the baronies of Mohill and Leitrim in County Leitrim, Ireland.[2][3] Annaduff civil parish contains a townland of the same name, and overlaps with the electoral division of Annaduff.[1][4] The civil parish, which is approximately 44.6 km2 (17.2 sq mi) in area,[2] contains the villages of Drumod, Drumsna and Aghamore.[3][5][6]
Annaduff civil parish was historically coterminous with the Church of Ireland parish of the same name and the equivalent Catholic parish.[3] The Church of Ireland (Anglican) parish church, Saint Anne's Church in Annaduff townland, was built in 1815.[7] It is within the Diocese of Ardagh.[8] The Catholic parish church, St. Mary's Church of the Immaculate Conception in Aghamore townland, dates from the 1830s.[9] It is in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise.[10] Annaduff National School, which is located alongside the Catholic church in Aghamore,[11] had an enrollment of approximately 200 pupils as of 2024.[12]
Townlands
Annaduff civil parish contains approximately 60 townlands.[2] These include its namesake townland (Annaduff, 272 acres),[4] and larger townlands such as Annaduff Glebe (484 acres) and Derrycarne Demesne (438 acres).[2] Lavagh (135 acres)[13] and Dristernan (133 acres)[14] are also townlands within Annaduff parish.[2]
Sports
The local Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club, Annaduff GAA, won the Leitrim Intermediate Football Championship in 2023.[15]
Further reading
- Ward, Tony (1993). Eanach Dubh : A History of Annaduff and Dromod. Leitrim: Leitrim Observer – via Leitrim County Council Decade of Centenaries Programme.
