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Glenfarne
Sign in to saveGlenfarne or Glenfarn () is a village in north County Leitrim, Ireland. It is the site of the original 'Ballroom of Romance', which inspired a short story by William Trevor that was subsequently turned into a television film in a BBC/RTÉ co-production. Glenfarne has a lakeside forest near Lough MacNean. The village is located on the N16 (Sligo–Blacklion) road, 13 km east of Manorhamilton.
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- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- County Leitrim
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- Glenfarne
- Irish Grid Reference
- H011371
- historic county
- County Leitrim
- native label
- Gleann Fearna
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Glenfarne or Glenfarn () is a village in north County Leitrim, Ireland. It is the site of the original 'Ballroom of Romance', which inspired a short story by William Trevor that was subsequently turned into a television film in a BBC/RTÉ co-production. Glenfarne has a lakeside forest near Lough MacNean. The village is located on the N16 (Sligo–Blacklion) road, 13 km east of Manorhamilton.
== History == The name of the village is an anglicisation of , meaning "valley of the alders". It was referred to by this name in the Annals of the Four Masters as far back as 1235 as a location in West Bréifne and under a further derivation, as far back as 1217, where it is cited as "containing 20 quarters of land".
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