Leon O’Cathasaigh returns to replenish his soul and refill his imagination in the green mountains of Sligo and Leitrim. A long time ago in the sleepy summers of my youth, I discovered the magic scenery and green mountains of Sligo and North Leitrim.
Irelandâs best beaches named by travel guide, Lonely Planet
The popular travel expert has announced the ten best beaches in Ireland
IrishCentral Staff
Apr 09, 2021
Dogâs Bay/Gurteen Bay, County Galway was selected as one of the top ten best beaches in Ireland by Lonely Planet Tourism Ireland
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The world-famous travel guide, Lonely Planet has revealed the top ten must-visit beaches in Ireland.Â
The trusted travel expert has selected beaches scattered all over Ireland to give you a taste of what every corner of the country has to offer.
See below to check how many you have been to, and if there s some that need to be added to your Ireland bucket list for your next trip over.
WB Yeats grave
To Yeats, Sligo was The Land of Heart s Desire – the place that inspired his most beautiful poetry, reflecting the sense of peace and serenity he felt whenever he was here. Yeats himself is buried at Drumcliffe Cemetery. You can also feed your cultural appetite at the Yeats Experience at the home of Damien Brennan and Paula Gilvarry. Be welcomed at Broc House, where you can dine out on some of the finest local organic produce, crafted lovingly by the hosts. Then finish your evening by the fireside, as you re serenaded with some of the Nobel Laureate s best-loved poetic pieces.
Book Review: a Spanish captain s account of 1500s Ireland Captain de Cuéllar wrote himself into Ireland’s history with his Carta, a vibrant 11,000-word account – which is included in full as an annex in this book – of his seven months with the Gaelic Irish of the north-west
Fighting between the English fleet and the Spanish Armada during the abortive attempt by Spain to invade England in 1588.
Sat, 30 Jan, 2021 - 12:30
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It s September 1588 and what remains of the ill-starred Spanish Armada – possibly 30 ships – having been pursued up the North Sea by Francis Drake’s navy, is making for the Atlantic route home. Lashed by fierce gales, set back by navigation errors and with crews unfamiliar with these northern seas, the squadrons are in severe distress. They are leaking heavily, masts and rigging are damaged, and most of them have lost anchors. An exceptionally wild south-west gale brings a humiliating end to seven
Sligo Shipwreck Mystery Solved – 250 Years After it Sank
17th December 2020
The remains of the large, wooden vessel on Streedagh Strand in Sligo,known locally as the ‘Butter Boat”, and now identified as a 1770 shipwreck named Greyhound which claimed 20 lives. One man - a Mr Williams ‘from Erris’ - was recorded as surviving the wrecking
The National Monuments Service says it has resolved the mystery of a shipwreck off Co Sligo s Streedagh strand where three Armada ships are known to have foundered in 1588.
Research has confirmed that a wreck of a vessel off Streedagh known as the Butter Boat was a Yorkshire coastal trading ship, the Greyhound.