Lough GillLough Gill lies east of Sligo town and holds the small island Yeats named in his poem.
Forest
Hazelwood
Sligo, County Sligo
The wooded peninsula on Lough Gill has a lakeside path with wooden sculptures standing along it.
The Hazelwood Forest is 5km outside Sligo Town, located at Half Moon Bay along the shores of Lough Gill.
- Where
- Sligo, County Sligo
- Address
- Kiltycahill
- Official site
- coillte.ie
- Map
- Directions · OpenStreetMap
- Before you go
- Opening times, prices and access change. Check with the place itself.
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Lough GillLough Gill lies east of Sligo town and holds the small island Yeats named in his poem.
Sligo AbbeyThe Dominican friary ruin in the middle of the town kept its cloister and a carved stone altar.
The ModelThis gallery on The Mall holds the Niland Collection of Jack B Yeats paintings.
Parke's CastleThe OPW restored this fortified house of the early 1600s, on the shore of Lough Gill.
Carrowmore Megalithic CemeteryPassage tombs and stone circles spread through fields west of Sligo town, with an OPW visitor centre on site.What’s on nearby
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Strandhill BeachBeach · StrandhillThe surf beach west of Sligo town has a promenade behind it. The currents in the water are strong.
Mullaghmore HeadViewpoint · MullaghmoreA low headland with a small harbour on it, and a big wave break offshore.
DrumcliffeMonastic site · Co. SligoAn early monastic site under Benbulben, with a carved high cross beside the churchyard W B Yeats is buried in.
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Gleniff HorseshoeViewpoint · CliffoneyThe road loops through a glacial valley in the Dartry mountains, with a cave up high on the rock face.