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| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Connacht |
| County | County Leitrim |
| Elevation | 76 m (249 ft) |
| Time zone | WET (UTC+0) |
| • Summer (DST) | IST (WEST) (UTC-1) |
| Irish Grid Reference | G976455 |
Kiltyclogher (Irish: Coillte Clochair, meaning stoney woods) is a small village in County Leitrim, Ireland. It is on the border with Fermanagh, however two of the connecting roads were blocked by the British authorities during the Troubles of the late 20th century - these have since been re-opened, however the town was isolated during the Troubles, hence the small population.
Kiltyclogher (known locally as "Kilty") annually holds the Michael Shanley Traditional Music Weekend, in commemoration of Michael Shanley. It is also the birthplace of Seán Mac Diarmada, one of the leaders executed in 1916 by the British.
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Corracloona or Coracluna, also called "Prince Connell's Grave", is located outside Kiltyclogher, on the Glenfarne road. It is a passage grave and dates from the 2nd millennium B.C.
This house was the family home of the ill-fated 1916 Rebellion leader, Sean Mac Diarmada, the patriot who was one of the seven signatories of the Proclamation of Independence in 1916 and who was executed by the British in May, 1916. It is a three-roomed thatched cottage with some thatched out-buildings, partially surrounded by rhododendrons, and with a fine view over Upper Lough Macnean.
The "Black Pig's Dyke" (Irish: Gleann na muice duibhe - literally, "glen of the black pig"), also known as The Dane's Cast, was a series of numerous defensive, discontinuous segments of ditches, built between the old rival Irish provinces of Ulster and Connacht in the 1st century AD. Today, remnants of the ditches stretch through South County Down, County Armagh, County Monaghan, County Cavan, County Leitrim and South County Donegal.
Its purpose is not fully clear, but is has been assumed that it was either for the vital protection of Cattle between Ulster and Connacht, or for protection of warring tribes in each side of the numerous ditches.[1]
The series of ditches are scattered in a discontinuous line, sometimes many miles apart and stretch between numerous bog areas and lakes, particularly in County Cavan. It takes its name from old Gaelic folklore, namely how a large boar tore up the Irish country side with its huge tusks. In County Cavan it is locally known as 'the worm ditch', because according to local folklore in the area, it was made by a huge worm wriggling across the countryside. Ardkill Hill, 3½ miles from the town of Ballinagh in County Cavan, contains a good example of the dyke which has survived.[2] Efforts to save part of the dyke in County Cavan are ongoing. Cavan Heritage Group have called for the cessation of operations on a nearby quarry which they maintain is damaging part of the dyke.[3]
On the border of Cavan and Monaghan the Pig's Dyke stretches 4 miles between the Finn River above Redhills and Bunnoe River 2 miles west of Drum village and 1 mile north of the hillfort at MagheraTemple.
In Leitrim part of the dyke can be viewing in the townland of Corracloone, outside the village of Kiltyclogher in 1755.
In 2002 Kiltyclogher had a population of 254 Residents but it grew by 6.4 percent in the year 2006 to 435 Residents