Strandhill
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,750 residents
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “Larass”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Knocknarea and Coney Island.
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.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rosses Point and Knocknahur.
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 4½ km southeast of Strandhill.
Beltra
Locality
Photo: P L Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Beltra is a village in County Sligo, Ireland. Beltra is situated between the Ox Mountains and the Atlantic Ocean. There is a public house named AJ's situated near Beltra woods and Beltra Post Office. Beltra is situated 6 km south of Strandhill.
Strandhill
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: County Sligo, Connacht, Northwest Ireland and Lakelands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.27° or 54° 16′ 12″ northLongitude
-8.5943° or 8° 35′ 40″ westPopulation
1,750Elevation
27 metres (89 feet)Open location code
9C6H7C94+X7OpenStreetMap ID
node 52220248OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2963025Wikidata ID
Q282407
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Strandhill” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Strandhill”
- Bulgarian: “Страндхил”
- Cebuano: “Strandhill”
- Dutch: “Strandhill”
- French: “Strandhill”
- Georgian: “სტრანდჰილი”
- German: “Strandhill”
- Irish: “An Leathros”
- Italian: “Strandhill”
- Manx: “An Leathros”
- Polish: “Strandhill”
- Russian: “Страндхилл”
- Spanish: “Strandhill”
- Swedish: “Strandhill”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Strandhill”. Photo: T0mt0m42, CC BY-SA 3.0.