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Looking along a lock chamber at Kilclare on a sunny day, with the paved lockside and control pillars on the right and moored boats and a red-roofed building in the distance.
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Village Co. Leitrim

Kilclare

A small village at the foot of the Kilclare locks, close to Sheemore and Sheebeg, the two fairy hills of south Leitrim.

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About Kilclare

Kilclare marks the point where the still canal from Leitrim reaches the foot of the climb to the summit: Lisconor Lock sits by the village and the three Kilclare locks follow within a kilometre. It is a quiet place to pause before or after the flight, and a 5 km towpath walk links it with lock 16 at Killarcan. Nearby rise Sheemore and Sheebeg, two small hills said to be ancient burial sites. Their Irish names, Sí Mór and Sí Beag, mean the big and the little fairy mound, and they gave their names to “Sí Bheag, Sí Mhór”, the air usually credited to the blind harper Turlough O’Carolan as his first composition. For supplies, Waterways Ireland mentions a shop at lock 12.

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    Sheemore

    One of two small neighbouring hills in south Leitrim said to be ancient burial sites; with Sheebeg it gave its name to the O’Carolan air “Sí Bheag, Sí Mhór”.

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Neighbours by water

  • Lisconor Lock ≈ 0.2 km · ≈ 5 min Next opening 09:00 (in 4 h 57 min)
  • Newbrook Lock ≈ 0.7 km · 1 lock · ≈ 30 min Next opening 09:00 (in 4 h 57 min)
  • Kilclare Lower Lock ≈ 0.9 km · 1 lock · ≈ 30 min Next opening 09:00 (in 4 h 57 min)
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  • Drumduff Lock ≈ 1.1 km · 2 locks · ≈ 55 min Next opening 09:00 (in 4 h 57 min)
  • Kilclare Middle Lock ≈ 1.1 km · 2 locks · ≈ 55 min Next opening 09:00 (in 4 h 57 min)
  • Kilclare Upper Lock ≈ 1.3 km · 3 locks · ≈ 1 h 15 min Next opening 09:00 (in 4 h 57 min)

≈ distances are computed along the water, not along the marked channel. Times are our estimate: 5 km/h and 20 minutes a lock. Check the Waterways Ireland marine notices