Definitions for "Leitrim"
A county in the north-west of Ireland, Leitrim holds the unfortunate record of having the largest percentage of its population in psychiatric care. The mere mention of Leitrim in a Dublin pub is usually good for a snigger or two.
A former UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning two Members of Parliament 1801-1885 and one in 1918-1922.
Leitrim is a former parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. Covering the whole of County Leitrim and part of County Sligo, it existed from 1937 to 1948. It elected three Teachtaí Dála (TDs) to the Dáil, using the Single Transferable Vote method of proportional representation (PR-STV).