Killaspug Point
Killaspug Point is a locality in County Sligo, Connacht. Killaspug Point is situated nearby to the locality Dorrin’s Strand, as well as near Doonanroe.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Killaspugbrone and Coney Island.
Killaspugbrone
Cemetery
Killaspugbrone is an early Christian church on the coast west of Sligo town and near the modern resort of Strandhill. Known as Caiseal Irrae in the earliest references.
Coney Island
Island
Coney Island or Inishmulclohy is an island in Sligo Bay, Ireland. It lies across the mouth of Sligo Harbour, between Rosses Point and the Coolera Peninsula, and can be reached from the latter via a tidal causeway.
Knocknarea
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Knocknarea is a large prominent hill west of Sligo town in County Sligo, Ireland, with a height of 327 metres. Knocknarea is visually striking as it has steep limestone cliffs and stands on the Coolera Peninsula overlooking the Atlantic coast. Knocknarea is situated 3½ km southeast of Killaspug Point.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Strandhill and Rosses Point.
Strandhill
Photo: T0mt0m42, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Strandhill is a village in County Sligo, 9 km west of Sligo town on the south shore of the bay, with a population in 2022 of 2000. Its name is apt: a great expanse of strand before it and a steep hill behind, the scarp of Knocknarea.
Rosses Point
Photo: Gerry Gallagher, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rosses Point is a village in County Sligo with a population of 900 in 2022. It's a fishing village at the outflow of Sligo Bay, and "Ross" means the peninsula between that and Drumcliffe Bay further north.
Knocknahur
Locality
Photo: Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Knocknahur, also known as Ransboro, is a village in County Sligo, Ireland. Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes examples of ringforts, souterrains and enclosures in the neighbouring townlands of Knocknahur North and Knocknahur South. Knocknahur is situated 6 km southeast of Killaspug Point.
Killaspug Point
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Kilaspug Point”
- Category: point
- Location: County Sligo, Connacht, Northwest Ireland and Lakelands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.28432° or 54° 17′ 4″ northLongitude
-8.61123° or 8° 36′ 40″ westElevation
-1 metres (-3 feet)Open location code
9C6H79MQ+PGOpenStreetMap ID
node 3089711542OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Killaspug Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Killaspug Point”
- Irish: “Rinn Chill Easpaig”
- Swedish: “Killaspug Point”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Dorrin’s Strand and Doonanroe.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Maguins Island and Killaspugbrone Church.
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