Housing

Finding a House / Home in Leitrim

Leitrim has a very varied selection of housing options available. Housing is available at very competitive prices and there are numerous options to live in towns or in rural areas. Leitrim is in the North West of Ireland and has a mountainous North and a South dominated by lakes and rivers giving you a choice of landscape or indeed you can choose to live near Leitrim’s coastline in Tullaghan – the shortest coastline in Ireland stretching out to the Atlantic Ocean.

A quick way to find your ideal property in Leitrim is to look at the auctioneers list in the Leitrim Business Directory or check out www.daft.ie

To explore affordable housing scheme options, checking out the housing section of www.leitrimcoco.ie

Transport

Leitrim is easily accessible by road, rail and bus from all the major towns and cities in Ireland. Leitrim’s direct transport links are mainly from Dublin by rail, bus and road links. 

Roads

Leitrim is accessible by a number of National Primary Roads:

  • N4 Dublin (approx. 2 hours) o A4 and M1 Leitrim-Belfast (approx. 2 hours)

  • N17 Leitrim-Galway (approx. 2 hours)

  • N5 Leitrim-Knock Ireland West Airport (50 minutes)

RailLeitrim is accessible by rail – taking less than 2 hours. There are 7 daily services which pick-up and drop-off in Dromod and Carrick-on-Shannon.

Buses

Bus Eireann provide a number of bus services which connect Leitrim with Westport, Belfast, Athlone, Sligo, Longford, Enniskillen, Cavan, and Ballyshannon.

Airports

  • Knock Ireland West Airport - (approx. 50 mins)
  • Dublin Airport - (approx. 2 hours)
  • Belfast Airports - (approx. 2.5 hours)
  • Derry City Airport – (2.5 Hours)
  • Shannon Airport - (approx. 2.5 hours)