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Carrowkeel Passage Tomb Cemetery
Situated on a hilltop in the Bricklieve Mountains overlooking Lough Arrow, contains 14 cairns, various dolmens and remnants of other graves. It has been dated to the late Stone Age, around 3000 to 2000 BC.
Places to Visit Sligo
Situated on a hilltop in the Bricklieve Mountains overlooking Lough Arrow, contains 14 cairns, various dolmens and remnants of other graves. It has been dated to the late Stone Age, around 3000 to 2000 BC.
Places to Visit Sligo
Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery
Contains over 60 stone circles and passage tombs, making it one of the largest Stone Age cemeteries in Europe.
Places to Visit Sligo
Inishmurray Island
Located 6km from the mainland, it contains the remains of three churches and open-air altars. The monastery on the island was founded by St. Molaise in the early 6th century, a wooden statue of the saint that once stood in the main church is now in the National Museum in Dublin. There is no regular boat service, and these are subject to the weather, they can be arranged in Mullaghmore or Rosses Point.
Places to Visit Sligo
Located 6km from the mainland, it contains the remains of three churches and open-air altars. The monastery on the island was founded by St. Molaise in the early 6th century, a wooden statue of the saint that once stood in the main church is now in the National Museum in Dublin. There is no regular boat service, and these are subject to the weather, they can be arranged in Mullaghmore or Rosses Point.
Places to Visit Sligo
Knocknarea Cairn
Located about 2km north-west of Carrowmore, this hilltop cairn (328m) is supposed to be the grave of the legendary Queen Maeve.
Places to Visit Sligo
Located about 2km north-west of Carrowmore, this hilltop cairn (328m) is supposed to be the grave of the legendary Queen Maeve.
Places to Visit Sligo
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