Connecting Through Heritage with Leitrim County Council
The Connecting Through Heritage Podcast Series highlights much of Leitrim’s built, natural and cultural heritage from the people who know most about it.
In our latest Memory Meitheals episodes, Fionnuala Maxwell will be speaking to Leitrim residents about the heritage of their local area and their memory’s of growing up and living in Leitrim
The Connecting Through Heritage Podcast Series is an initiative of the Leitrim County Council Heritage Office and is part-funded by the Heritage Council.
Connecting Through Heritage with Leitrim County Council
Latest Episodes
Heritage Home – The Leitrim Basket Project
The Leitrim Basket Project aims to celebrate basket making traditions in Leitrim. This project explores the historical context, techniques, materials, and the enduring cultural significance of basketmaking in the 1900’s with particular emphasis...
Heritage Home – The Leitrim Sweathouse Project
The Leitrim Sweathouse Project is a community heritage initiative which aimed to provide opportunities for people to engage with the traditions of sweathouses in Leitrim, through a coordinated programme of heritage activities and events. The pr...
Heritage Home – The Leitrim Fieldnames Project
The Leitrim Fieldnames Project aims to record the unique field names found in the county that offer insight into times past and the heritage of the county. The names of our fields are an important connection to our heritage and they can tell us...
Heritage Home – The Leitrim Holy Wells Project
The Leitrim Holy Wells Project is a community heritage initiative to research Holy Wells across Co. Leitrim. The first phase of the holy wells project took place this past summer (2026). Experts surveyed 44 known wells, probed traditions surrou...
Leitrim Memory Meitheals - Acheson's Mill Part Two
School Days & Growing Up in DrumcreeIn the second part of this Memory Meitheals feature, the conversation moves from mill life to school days and the everyday adventures of growing up in the Drumcree and Glebe area....