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Benbulben
A 526-metre limestone mountain with a flat top and grooved slopes, dominating the landscape north of Sligo, with a 4 km forest trail at the foot of the escarpment.
Sligo · Ireland Capital
Sligo
In the destination Westport, Mayo and Sligo.
In the photo: Sligo Abbey
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The city
What to expect from Sligo.
Sligo is the county town of the same name, on the banks of the Garavogue River, between Sligo Bay and Lough Gill. It is the land of the poet W. B. Yeats, buried in Drumcliff at the foot of Benbulben. Near the town are the Neolithic tombs of Carrowmore, Knocknarea and the beaches of Strandhill; in the centre, the ruins of Sligo Abbey.
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What to see in Sligo
Church
Drumcliff
The church and cemetery where the poet W. B. Yeats is buried, at the foot of Benbulben, in an old monastery of St Columba with a tall 11th-century high cross and the stump of a round tower.
Archaeological site
Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery
One of the largest megalithic cemeteries in Ireland, with about 30 stone tombs visible among fields, some more than 5,500 years old, 4 km from Sligo and at the foot of Knocknarea.
Trail
Knocknarea
A 327-metre hill west of Sligo, topped by a large stone tomb attributed to Queen Maeve, with a trail of about 45 minutes and views of the bay and Strandhill.
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Monastery
Sligo Abbey
Ruins of the Dominican convent founded in 1252 in central Sligo, with the cloister, the carved 15th-century high altar and stone tombs—the only examples of this kind preserved in Ireland.