Ballyigilgan Nature Reserve

Ballyigilgan Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in County Sligo, Connacht. Ballyigilgan Nature Reserve is situated nearby to the locality Paddy McGowan’s Wood, as well as near Ewing’s Wood.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lower Rosses Lighthouse and Lissadell House.

Lower Rosses Lighthouse

Lighthouse

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Lissadell House is a neo-classical Greek revivalist style country house in County Sligo, Ireland. The house was built between 1830 and 1835 for Sir Robert Gore-Booth, 4th Baronet by London architect Francis Goodwin.

St Columba’s Church, Drumcliff

Church

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St Columba's Church is a parish church of the Church of Ireland, located in the village of Drumcliff, County Sligo. It is best known for its association with William Butler Yeats, who was buried in the churchyard in 1948, having previously been buried close to where he died, in France.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rosses Point and Drumcliff.

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.

Drumcliff

Village

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Drumcliff or Drumcliffe is a village in County Sligo, Ireland. It is 8 km north of Sligo town on the N15 road on a low gravel ridge between the mountain of Ben Bulben and Drumcliff Bay.