Tobernalt Bay

Tobernalt Bay is a bay in County Sligo, Connacht. Tobernalt Bay is situated nearby to the locality Stony Point, as well as near Nut Point.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tobernalt and Carns Cairn.

Tobernalt

Spring

Photo: Bob Embleton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Tobernalt is a holy well in north County Sligo, Ireland near the southwest corner of Lough Gill. It is an ancient natural spring dating back to the 5th century as a pagan meeting place and later a Penal Law mass site.

Carns Cairn

Archaeological site

Carns Cairn is a cairn and National Monument located in County Sligo, Ireland.

Hazelwood

Deciduous forest

Hazelwood is an ancient area of woodland located just over 2 miles outside the town of Sligo in northwest Ireland, in the parish of Calry. It is the setting for W.B.Yeats's The Song of Wandering Aengus.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sligo and Ballysadare.

Sligo

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Sligo is the principal town in County Sligo in Northwest Ireland & Lakelands. In 2022 it had a population of 21,000, with the service sector the main employer.

Ballysadare

Village

Photo: Zxcode, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Ballysadare, locally also Ballisodare, is a town in County Sligo, Ireland. It is about 7 km south of Sligo town. The town developed on an important crossing of the Owenmore River. Ballysadare is in a townland and civil parish of the same name.

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.

Tobernalt Bay

Type: Bay
Category: body of water
Location: County Sligo, Connacht, Northwest Ireland and Lakelands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.24532° or 54° 14′ 43″ north

Longitude

-8.43992° or 8° 26′ 24″ west

Elevation

1 metre (3 feet)

Open location code

9C6H6HW6+42

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2730367343

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=bay

GeoNames ID

12133253

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Stony Point and Nut Point.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bernard’s Island and Flat Island.

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