Carrick-on-Shannon

Carrick-on-Shannon Cora Droma Rúisc
Town
The River Shannon at Carrick-on-Shannon
Carrick-on-Shannon Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°56′38″N 8°05′42″W / 53.944°N 8.095°W / 53.944; -8.095
Country	Ireland
Province	Connacht
County	County Leitrim & County Roscommon
Baronies	Leitrim[1] and Boyle[2]
Elevation	45 m (148 ft)
Population  (2022)[3]	4,743
Time zone	UTC±0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (IST)
Eircode routing key	N41
Telephone area code	+353(0)71
Irish Grid Reference	M935996
Website	www.carrickonshannon.ie

Carrick-on-Shannon (Irish: Cora Droma Rúisc, meaning 'weir of the marshy ridge'^[4]) is the county town of County Leitrim in Ireland. It is the largest town in the county. A smaller part of the town located on the west bank of the River Shannon lies in County Roscommon and is home to the town's main train station. As of the 2022 census, the population of the town was 4,743.^[3] It is situated on a strategic crossing point of the River Shannon. The main part of the town, the County Leitrim part, is in the civil parish of Kiltoghert, which is in the barony of Leitrim, while Cortober, which is the County Roscommon side of the town, is in the civil parish of Killukin, in the barony of Boyle.^{[1][2][4][5][6]}