Rinnatalleen
Rinnatalleen is a cape in County Sligo, Connacht.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Knocknarea and Carrowmore.
Knocknarea
Peak
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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.
Carrowmore
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Carrowmore is a large group of megalithic monuments on the Coolera Peninsula to the west of Sligo, Ireland. They were built in the 4th millennium BC, during the Neolithic.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Strandhill and Sligo.
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.
Sligo
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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.
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.
Rinnatalleen
- Type: Cape
- Category: landform
- Location: County Sligo, Connacht, Northwest Ireland and Lakelands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.2167° or 54° 13′ 0″ northLongitude
-8.5772° or 8° 34′ 38″ westOpen location code
9C6H6C8F+M4OpenStreetMap ID
node 12585824670OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Illanbaun and Kellystown.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Carrigeenfadda Island and Carrigeengare.
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