The Leitrim Genealogy Centre offers a Full Service to enquirers and has access to church, civil, land and census returns for that county. The centre is one of the longest established Irish Family History Foundation Centres.
Postal enquirers can anticipate a delay of about ten weeks for a reply.
The chief surnames found in Co. Leitrim include Reynolds, McGowan, Rooney, Flynn, Kelly, Gallagher, Moran, Dolan, McLoughlin and McMorrow. Emigration From County Leitrim Emigration from Co. Leitrim has been principally to America, chiefly to the east coast of the US, but some Leitrim emigrants ventured as far west as Oregon. The Great Famine of 1845 - 1850, had a devastating effect on Leitrim and the county's population has been on the decline ever since. The Leitrim Genealogy Centre houses a retail outlet which sells local history and genealogy publications. See Out of Mayo, Ireland for other Irish sites.