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Sligo Road Trip
Inishmurray - Inis Muireadheach
“Muireadheach’s island”
This island is 7 km off the coast of County Sligo.
There are remains of an early Irish monastic
settlement. Laisrén (Saint Molaise) Mac Decláin
reputedly founded a monastery here in the 6th century.
He was confessor of Saint Columba after the Battle of
Cúl Dreimhne on the mainland nearby. His feast day is
the 12 August. The island’s ecclesiastical settlement was
attacked in 807 by the Vikings.
www.inishmurray.com
Strandhill
the healing power of this gift of the sea. According to
legend, St. Patrick lost a tooth here in Strandhill. You
never know what you might find here, but the journey is
sure to please!
www.gostrandhill.com
Drumcliff - Droim Chliabh
“ridge of the baskets”
In Drumcliff you find the burial place of poet and
Nobel laureate W. B. Yeats(1865–1939) buried in the
graveyard of St. Columba’s Church of Ireland church.
While Yeats died in in January 1939 at Roquebrune-
Cap-Martin, France, his remains were brought home
to Ireland by the Irish Naval Service and re-interred at
Drumcliff in 1948. His epitaph reads:
Inishmurray Island “Cast a cold eye
On life on death
Strandhill - Larass Horseman, pass by”
“an Leathros”
Drumcliff sits on the river which bears its name but was
Strandhill is a magical place set in awe-inspiring originally called the “Codnach”, which drains Glencar
scenery. Knocknarae mountain looms large across lake.The name Codnach means chief or princely river.
the bay from this golden sand beach with it's endless The old name of Drumcliff was Cnoc na Teagh. The
dunes – a child's adventure dream. Outdoor enthusiasts village is one of several possible locations in Co. Sligo
can enjoy a wide variety of land and sea activities here. for the settlement of Nagnata as marked on Claudius
Strandhill is a fabulous surfing destination or if you like Ptolemy’s early map of Ireland.
kayaking you can join Sligo Kayak tours to explore this
other local waterways. St. Colmcille founded a monastery in Drumcliff in about
575. St. Mothorian was the first abbot here.
Voya seaweed baths offer one of Ireland's only
indigenous spa therapies – an opportunity experience
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Inishmurray - Inis Muireadheach
“Muireadheach’s island”
This island is 7 km off the coast of County Sligo.
There are remains of an early Irish monastic
settlement. Laisrén (Saint Molaise) Mac Decláin
reputedly founded a monastery here in the 6th century.
He was confessor of Saint Columba after the Battle of
Cúl Dreimhne on the mainland nearby. His feast day is
the 12 August. The island’s ecclesiastical settlement was
attacked in 807 by the Vikings.
www.inishmurray.com
Strandhill
the healing power of this gift of the sea. According to
legend, St. Patrick lost a tooth here in Strandhill. You
never know what you might find here, but the journey is
sure to please!
www.gostrandhill.com
Drumcliff - Droim Chliabh
“ridge of the baskets”
In Drumcliff you find the burial place of poet and
Nobel laureate W. B. Yeats(1865–1939) buried in the
graveyard of St. Columba’s Church of Ireland church.
While Yeats died in in January 1939 at Roquebrune-
Cap-Martin, France, his remains were brought home
to Ireland by the Irish Naval Service and re-interred at
Drumcliff in 1948. His epitaph reads:
Inishmurray Island “Cast a cold eye
On life on death
Strandhill - Larass Horseman, pass by”
“an Leathros”
Drumcliff sits on the river which bears its name but was
Strandhill is a magical place set in awe-inspiring originally called the “Codnach”, which drains Glencar
scenery. Knocknarae mountain looms large across lake.The name Codnach means chief or princely river.
the bay from this golden sand beach with it's endless The old name of Drumcliff was Cnoc na Teagh. The
dunes – a child's adventure dream. Outdoor enthusiasts village is one of several possible locations in Co. Sligo
can enjoy a wide variety of land and sea activities here. for the settlement of Nagnata as marked on Claudius
Strandhill is a fabulous surfing destination or if you like Ptolemy’s early map of Ireland.
kayaking you can join Sligo Kayak tours to explore this
other local waterways. St. Colmcille founded a monastery in Drumcliff in about
575. St. Mothorian was the first abbot here.
Voya seaweed baths offer one of Ireland's only
indigenous spa therapies – an opportunity experience
241
