Leitrim (from Irish Liatroim 'grey ridge'), is a small village in County Down, Northern Ireland, approximately 3 miles from Castlewellan, near Dromara, in the parish of Drumgooland.
It is set between the Dromara Hills (Slieve Croob) and the Mourne Mountains.
[1] Within the centre of Leitrim village there is a Catholic church,[2] a shop and a bar.
Along the Backaderry road there is also a pre-school, [3] an animal feed factory and the local Gaelic club.
Leitrim's Gaelic club (Liatroim Fontenoys GAC) is reputed to be the oldest in Down – being founded in 1888.