The Town Hall (right) was erected in 1850 by the County Leitrim Grand Jury after the townspeople had petitioned for an assembly hall. The site was provided free by the Whyte family, landlords of the town.

Next we meet the house where in 1866 was born Susan Langstaff Mitchell, one of the most colourful of the minor figures of the Irish Literary revival. Her father was manager of the Provincial Bank in Carrick.

Through her acquaintance with the Yeats family and her post as assistant to A.E. (George Russell) on "The Irish Homestead" she became part of the circle of Yeats, A.E., Colum, Stephens, George Moore and the others who brought about the Irish Literary Revival. A lady of irresistibly charming personality and radiant beauty she wrote both tender poignant poetry and tough-minded satire.

Susan L. Mitchell in "Carrick"

"Here in your little streets begin
Again for me the young surprise of life, give back the eager eyes,
The bounding hearts, the hands that clung
The song other comrade voices sung".