At the end of the 1300s, Richard de Burgo - the Red Earl - built County Sligo’s first road. The Red Earl’s Road was an...

Crawling into Cairn K at Carrowkeel is an unforgettable experience. The passage tomb is at least 5000 years old. It’s one of 14 that make...

For 600 years Ballindoon Abbey has stood above the clear blue waters of Lough Arrow. Built as a Dominican Friary in 1507 by Thomas O’Farrell,...

With a capstone weighing around 70 tonne, Labby Rock is one of the largest Dolmen’s in Ireland. Four metres tall, two metres thick and three...

Sligo is famous for its musical traditions, and the Coleman Irish Music Centre celebrates and preserves them, especially the music of Michael Coleman and his...

Sligo Folk Park is devoted to recreating rural life at the turn of the 19th century. Highlights include Ireland’s largest collection of agricultural and rural...

Ballymote is most famous for its castle, which was once the strongest in Connaught. Moated, double-walled and double gated, it was conquered many times nonetheless....

Ireland’s largest sanctuary for birds of prey occupies 27 hectares and houses 270 birds and animals. A special treat is the Eagles Flying Show. It...

During the Irish Confederate Wars, Cromwell gave this castle and its grounds to Edward Cooper, who married a widow, Marie Rua O’Brien. Their family went...

The Isle of Innisfree has been made famous by Yeats’ most popular poem. It is a small wooded isle set in the beautiful Lough Gill....

St Mary’s Abbey goes all the way back to 1300, when it was built by the O’Reilly clan. Today’s remains include a three-storey bell tower,...

Growing along the shore of Lough Gill, Slish Wood was once an important old oak woodland. Although the area was cleared during World War II,...

A rather plain yellow-sandstone building, Cavan Town Hall was built in 1909, and officially opened in 1910. Before that the site had been part of...

Cavan’s 20th-century Cathedral was one of the last grand Roman Catholic cathedrals to be built in Ireland. Completed in 1942, it has a basilica-like...

An inspiring place, Lough Gill is set in a landscape of wooded hillsides, megaliths and mountains. Among those inspired was the poet WB Yeats, whose...

Court tombs are probably the oldest Neolithic structures. There are many in the north of Ireland, but Deerpark Court Tomb is regarded as the finest....

Half Moon Bay curls around the northern shore of Lough Gill in front of an old woodland. Hidden within the woods is Hazelwood Sculpture Trail,...

Knocknashee means Hill of the Fairies, and this atmospheric spot is home to an ancient hill fort. A limestone plateau measuring 700 metres by 320...

One of the oldest Mass Books in Europe was found here. The ninth-century Lorrha Missal, also called the Stowe Missal, is now kept in the...

A fine riverside amenity, Doorly Park is around 15 minutes walk from Sligo Town Centre. Once a wetland, now a semi-wild landscaped park, it was...