Ireland
- Sightseeing - Sligo and Yeats Country
Sligo is the most important town in the Northwest of Ireland and
is set in the county that become the chosen home of the most celebrated
Irish poet, Yeats who is buried in the county.
From the surf beaches along the coast to the tranquil lakes with
forested islands, County Sligo
boasts
spectacular scenery that is rich in archeological sites and megalithic
monuments such the Neolithic cemetery at Carrowmore and the prehistoric
village at Carrowkeel.
Places of Interest in Sligo
Carrowmore
Neolithic Cemetery
Carrowmore
County Sligo
Tel:+ 353 71 61 534
Ancient
cemetery dated to 4000 BC
Cooldrumman
Carney
Sligo
Sligo Abbey
Abbey Street
Tel: + 353 71 46 406
Originally a Francescan Friary founded in 1214 by the Normans
Culkins Emigration Museum
Cannaghanally
Dromore West
Tel: + 353 96 47 152
Fax: + 353 96 47 416
Culleenamore Middens
Ballysadare Bay
Ballysadare
Sligo
Yeats Memorial Building
Douglas Hyde Bridge
Sligo
Tel: +353 71 42 693
Castle MacFirbis
Enniscrone
Black Monument
Skreen
Sligo
Magheraghanrush
Deerpark
This 15 metre long oval tomb is a neolithic
construction that
was originally a court tomb, used like temples to host rituals.
Lisnalurg
Ceremonial Enclosure
Sligo
Achonry Boulder Burial
Achonry
Sligo
Bronze
age
Irish burial site
Carraig na Spainneach
Streedagh Strand
Historical site where three galleons from the Spanish Armada sank..
Knocknarea
Sligo
Passage tomb built by Neolithic people around 3000 BC.
Labby Portal Tomb
Carrickglass
Sligo
Ireland's second biggest dolmen, built in the neolithic period.
Moygara Castle
Lough Gara
Gurteen
Principal
fortress and dwelling of the O' Garas clan.
Nolan's Castle
Enniscrone
Sligo
Rathdooney Beg
Ballymote
Sligo
St. Attracta's Well
Kilturra
Monasteraden
Sligo
Relic of St. Attracta's ancient mission, builtin the 5th century.
The Green Fort
Sligo
Wildlife, Scenery and Nature in Sligo
Coney Island
Strandhill
Sligo
New York's Coney Island takes its name from this little Irish Island
that is accessible only at low tide.
Aughris Cliff Walk
Aughris Head
Aughris
Inishmurray Island
Mullaghmore
Sligo
Tel: + 353 72 41 350
Small island off the coast of County Sligo that has the
most complete remains of an early Irish monastic settlement Ireland.
Dead Man's Point
Rosses Point
Sligo
Dead Man's Point juts out from the Rosses Point Village towards
Coney Island.
Glencar Lake and Waterfalls
Sligo
Located in Leitrim, this setting inspired the poet W. B. Yeats to
write the"The Stolen Child"
Dooney Rock Forest Park
Sligo
Knoxpark
Ballysadare
Sligo
Ireland
Cairns Hill Forest Park
Sligo
Split Rock
Easkey
Sligo
Tel: + 353 96 49 020
For
more detailed information about places of interest in County Sligo
contact:
North
West Tourism
Áras Redden
Temple Street
Sligo
Tel: + 353 71 61 201
Fax: + 353 71 60 360
Email: irelandnorthwest@eircom.net
Useful Sites
Yeats-Sligo.Com
