scenic drives sligo

"Through a countryside immortalised in the writing of W B Yeats, Nobel Prize winner in 1923, and captured on canvas by his brother Jack B Yeats, a countryside which they thought of as the "Land of Heart's Desire"....

Sligo-Carrigart 265km Start your tour from Sligo, a beautifully situated town, surrounded by mountains. Pay a visit to Sligo Abbey and the museum, situated in the county library. Follow the road through Drumcliffe to Grange and Cliffoney into Bundoran- a resort where you'll find enjoyment for all the family. Continue your tour of Donegal from Ballyshannon, leading north to Donegal town and on to Killybegs by way of Mountcharles, Inver and Dunkineely. Following the coast to Glencolumbkille, a p...

This drive steeps you not only in the poetic inspiration of WB Yeats but also in the scenery painted so often by his famous brother Jack. The works of both are the pride of Sligo Museum. Fishing in the two big Loughs Erne (and the countless other waters in his region) has been likened to pardise by anglers inspired to cast words on paper. Foreign tongues extol the cruising in the Ulster Lakeland. Views range from vast horizons at Lough Navar Forest's mightly clifs to the slow-dropping peace...

You're never far from Benbulben on this tour, the mountain that so inspired Yeats. The coast is quiet and much broken; inland are lakes and pastures.
This area is called 'Yeats Country' as the poet passed much of his childhood and was eventually buried here, though his adult life was largely spent in Dublin, and in Galway at Thoor Ballylee or at Coole Park.
Above Sligo Town the curious hulk of Benbulben looms like a capsized ship, its flat limestone top scored by erosin. Off...

One of the mot significant prehistoric cemeteries in Europe. Despoiled by quarrying over many years, the remaining monuments consist mostly of dolmens and small passage tombs. Now under the protection of the office of Public Works, which provides a guide service during the summer months, the preservation of these remarkable stones is ensured....