 County Sligo is a county
of extraordinary beauty and vivid contrast with its lakes and
forests, mountains and rivers. It is a county for the lovers of
nature and the wildlife enthusiast, the angler, sportsman,
antiquarian or the person who simply wants to relax in peace and
tranquillity. Immortalised by W.B. Yeats as the 'Land of Hearts
Desire', Sligo has much to offer, and
Ballymote makes an ideal
centre for touring the whole region. As well as Sligo, there are
many scenic areas to be enjoyed in Counties Mayo, Donegal and
Leitrim - and all comfortably covered within a day's drive. (For
those without a car - Discover Sligo provide a variety of daily
minibus tours)
Ancient Heritage
The rich beauty of the countryside around Ballymote was obviously
appreciated by our ancestors. The whole area is an archaeologist's
dream with monuments dating from the stone, bronze and iron ages as
well as remains of buildings from the last two thousand years. A Land Carved in Ice
About 200,000 years ago, glaciers ground their way through
southern Sligo on their way to the sea, carving the countryside
through which they moved. When the ice receded 10,000 years ago,
one of Connaught's most beautiful and unspoilt places - the area
around Ballymote - was revealed, sculptured with valleys and
shimmering lakes. Benbulben Mountain is a main
focal point along Sligo's country side as the mountain has a very
distinctive and impressive shape, the ideal area for enjoying the
beauty of Yeats County with its stone walls, and the ancient
archelogical sites in Sligo at Carrowmore, Creevykeel and the Holy
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YEATS
SOCIETY
The aims of the Yeats Society is to promote, celebrate and foster
the works of W.B. Yeats and his family. The Society is based at
the Yeats Memorial Building on Hyde Bridge in Sligo and is
internationally famous for the Yeats International Summer School
which is now going into its 39th Year.
The town of Sligo has a statue to the well
known Irish poet W.B. Yeats. a very fine bronze statue to the poet
who was buried in Drumcliff and where you can visit the grave
located below the foot of the well known Belbulben Mountain range.
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