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Visitor experiences to enjoy

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tel +353 87 2320820 email yeatssligo@gmail.com

Web www.yeatssligoireland.com gps 54.24150669610791, -8.44548225402832

eat and drink the poetry of W.B. yeatsYeats Experience, Tobernalt, Holy Well Lane, Aughamore, Near Carraroe, Co. Sligo

It’s no secret that Irish poet William Butler Yeats was inspired by the landscape of County Sligo. This is where he spent his childhood holidays, and set such famous poems as The Lake Isle of Innisfree. During this experience, you’ll learn all about that poetry over an intimate lunch or dinner in Broc House, surrounded by art and architecture. Enjoy the view from the terrace, taking in several locations featured in Yeats’s work. Tuck into sandwiches, seasonal soup, salads from the garden and Irish tea brack, while you listen to Damien Brennan tell the inspiring story of a visionary writer and his beloved Land of Heart’s Desire. This is about landscape, and bringing a Nobel Prizewinner’s poetry to life. You’ll leave relaxed, inspired – and probably heading to the nearest bookshop to buy a book of poems. Oh, and you’ll eat amazingly well, too!

tel + 353 87 254 0190 email keithclarkesligo@eircom.net

Web www.inishmurrayislandtrips.com gps 54.4664, - 8.4486

explore a Monastic settlement at inishmurray islandInishmurray Island Tours, Mullaghmore, Co. Sligo

Get set for some island romance and mystery when you travel out to Inishmurray Island, 7km off the coast of Sligo. Captain Keith Clarke will take you over by boat, and you’ll begin by exploring beehive huts, where the monks of this remarkable sixth-century Christian site once lived. The stones of the large altar known as the Clocha Breacha – the ‘Cursing’ or ‘Speckled Stones’ – are said to have dark powers. As you move among the deserted landscape, can you feel any energy from them? The last of Inishmurray’s islanders moved to the mainland in 1957, and today the place is a wildlife sanctuary for both breeding and wintering birds. Depending on the time of year, you may find it alive with Arctic tern, shag, gulls and eider duck, as well as pairs of black guillemot, barnacle geese, storm petrels, fulmars and more. It’s a birdwatcher’s paradise.

tel +353 86 8913618 email info@sligoboatcharters.com

Web www.sligoboatcharters.com gps 54.30468987493382, -8.56873030487668

catch and eat your Wild atlantic dinner Sligo Boat Charters, Rosses Point, Co. Sligo

Catching your own dinner and having it cooked for you is an amazing way to appreciate the wealth of this wild ocean off the West of Ireland.

Your experience begins with a welcome on board at Rosses Point, before heading out to sea to track and catch your dinner in Sligo Bay. What you catch (flatties or mackerel) depends on the type of trip, but expect to be taken to local fishing grounds to spot your meal and, after the fun of learning lots of fishing tricks and tips, you’re guaranteed to bring back the freshest food ever!

Back on shore, you can have your fish cooked for you at either Harry’s or Austie’s restaurant in Rosses Point - you’ll eat like a king…

tel +353 85 7402836 email mairtinfeeney@eircom.net

Web www.facebook.com/atlanticsh.. gps 54.39029777302336, -8.5453483089359

round up a sheep with atlantic dogsAtlantic Sheep Dogs, Streedagh, Grange, Co. Sligo

At Atlantic Sheep Dogs, you’ll get to meet and spend time with some of the smartest dogs in the world. No, seriously! Martin Feeney has been working with these trusty companions all of his life and during this hour-long experience, you’ll get to see the dogs at work, understand how they herd sheep on the farm and see the incredible teamwork between man and dog. You’ll also learn all about border collies, how they are trained, and how they genuinely do have to work for their dinner.

Depending on the time of year, you’ll also meet new arrivals on the farm, so you may find yourself feeding a pet lamb or playing with a new-born puppy, all in a beautiful setting with views of County Sligo’s Atlantic coast.

tel +353 71 915 3714email info@hargadons.com

Web www.hargadons.com gps 54.270669 -8.475164

enjoy poetry in a pubYeats at One in Hargadons, 5 O’Connell Street, Sligo, Co. Sligo

Sligo is Yeats country so where better to enjoy daily readings of the Nobel prize winning poet’s work than in one of Sligo’s oldest pubs, Hargadon Bros every day throughout the year! Everyone is welcome to take part, so clear your throat, practice your lines and away you go – at 6pm on Sundays and 1pm every other day of the week! Yeats poems were written to be spoken, so come along, you ‘hearers and hearteners’, poets and passers-by, everyone is welcome at Hargadons to honour Yeats, whether you want to read a poem, or just listen and enjoy.

tel +353 71 9142809gps 54.270324 -8.473609

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stock up on goodies in sligoM Cosgrove & Son Delicatessen, 32 Market Street, Sligo, Co. Sligo

Fine food stores don’t come much better than Cosgrave & Son in the heart of Sligo town, owned and run by the Cosgrove family since 1898. Always an innovator, it was the first business in Sligo to sell ice cream! Today it offers a feast of gourmet fare, the traditional style deli’s shelves heaving with the weight of goodies. It’s a food lover’s haven – cold meats, homemade salads, cheeses and olives – if you’re planning a picnic you’ll be spoiled for choice in this Aladdin’s Cave of food!

tel +353 86 022952email northwestadventuretours@gmail.com

Web www.northwestadventuretours.iegps 54.269967 -8.609747

Bike to a seaweed bath in strandhillNorthwest Adventure Tours, Strandhill, Co. Sligo

Take a bike tour from the seaside village of Strandhill around beautiful Knocknarea Mountain and through the striking lowlands and coastal roads with stunning views of Sligo Bay, the Dartry Mountain Range and Coney Island. Stop off to see the megalithic tombs at Carramore, picnic in the giant sand dunes south of Strandhill and, if you’re lucky, catch a glimpse of the local seal population. Finish up at Strandhill Village with a relaxing soak in the famous Voya Seaweed bath.

Cionn Mhucrois

Sliabh Liag

Málainn Bhig

Malaidh Ghleann

Gheis

Narin-Portnoo Strand

CarrowniskyStrand

Inishturk

Clare Island

Roonagh Pier

Old HeadCroagh

Patrick View

Keem Bay Keel Strand

Trá Dhumha Goirt

Cuan na hAisléime

An Chéibh Bheag Spanish Armada Viewpoint

Dumhach Bheag

Claggan

Inis Bigil

Doran`s Point

An Ceann Ramhar

Oileán Chloigeann

An Fód Dubh

An Fál Mór

Trá Oilí

Ceann an Eanaigh

Dún na mBó

Ceann Iorrais An Bhinn Bhuí Céide

Downpatrick Head

Lackan Strand

Killala Quay

Ballina Quay

Inishcrone Pier

Easky Pier

Aughris Head

Strandhill Beach

Rosses Point Beach

Streedagh Beach

Mullaghmore Head

Rossnowlagh Beach

TullanStrand

Murvagh Beach

Mountcharles PierBá

Fhionntrá

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Signature Discovery Point

Discovery Point

Wild Atlantic Way

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