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About ten miles northeast of Manorhamilton, KILTYCLOGHER , although
trim and pretty has little to detain you after you've seen its Seán
MacDiarmada statue. The dedicated can visit the three-room cottage where
MacDiarmada, executed in Dublin in 1916 for his part in the uprising,
was born; it is maintained as a kind of national shrine, a short way out
of town and signposted off the Manorhamilton road (summer only, by
arrangement; tel 072/53249). There's nowhere to eat in the village, but
there's B&B at Meehan's (tel 072/54179; £40-55/¬50.79-69.84). The
Leitrim Lakes Hostel (IHH; April-Oct; tel 072/54044) is a large, well-run
affair, but is often filled by groups; it's advisable to phone ahead to
reserve.
Heading south, less than a mile from the village, the road passes a well-preserved
gallery grave , dated between 2000 and 1500 BC, on a tranquil windblown
site among the heather-covered slopes of Thur Mountain, overlooking a
tiny lough; it's known locally as Prince Connell's Grave.
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