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MAIGO Says: Founded for Dominicans by Maurice Fitzgerald in 1252,and destroyed by the fire in 1414.The present ruinous condition dates from 1641.
MAIGO Says: Bronze Age cemetery, which has the largest concentraction of megliths in Ireland.
globetrott Says: Sligo is quite a large town for Ireland and it is closeby Drumcliff, so why dont you combine a visit to both places. I remember the great cathedral of Sligo and a church-ruin, but to be honest I prefer the countryside to the small towns and so that was all that I visited in...
globetrott Says: Another sidestep from Drumcliff might be Parke's Castle, situated directely at the banks of Lough Gill and once the home of Robert Parke and his family. This castle dates back to the 17th century and it is a pity I saw it only in the evening and my photo is rather...
Carrowmore and Carrowkeel are 2 km from Drumcliff
globetrott Says: Only 2 km north of Drumcliff you will pass by another interesting place of history:Carrowmore and Carrowkeel are a wide area of neolithic stonegraves with interesting giant structures, beeing several thousands of years old. The grave of Queen Maeve is the most famous of...
globetrott Says: William Butler Yeats' grave is the main attraction for most tourists coming to Drumcliff and most of them will be puzzled by the strange inscription: Cast a cold eyeon life, on death.Horseman, pass by!These lines were taken out of one of his last poems.William Buttler Yeats...
globetrott Says: The celtic cross on the graveyard of Drumcliff is the first interesting sight that you will see, when arriving in Drumcliff and not far from it there is also a ruin of a celtic round-tower, you will see it in the back of my 2nd photograph !
helenjones Says: For all those literary types out there a detour through Drumcliff will take you to the alleged resting place of William Butler Yeats. I say 'alleged' as apparently there is some doubt as to the authenticity of the bones but then I read that somewhere on the internet so it...
MAIGO Says: Lough Gill 8km long and well stocked withSalmon, Trout and Pike.
globetrott Says: Driving to Drumcliff by your own car is the best solution, although I am sure that this place is also served by the local buses, simply because this place is directely on the main road from Sligo to Donegal.You will be able to see the celtic cross and the ruins of the round...
MAIGO Says: There setting on the shore of Lough Gill, This manor house was built in 1609 by Captain Robert Parke,an English setter who later became MP for Leitrim.
MAIGO Says: Well preserved Cistercian Abbey founded in 1161 as a sister houseto Mellifont Abbey in Co. Louth.
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Lough Gill 8km long and well stocked withSalmon, Trout and Pike.
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To the north of the Drumcliffe village, Ben Bulben 517m flattopped hill. W B Years (Irish poet) as aschool boy in London, longed for his native Sligo, and as an adult he often returned here. He...
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