Sligo
Northwest Ireland port
Sligo is a county and town in northwestern Ireland, on the Atlantic coast.
The town sits at the mouth of the Garavogue River and serves as the commercial center of the region.
Sligo is closely associated with the poet W.B.
Yeats, who drew inspiration from its landscapes and is buried nearby at Drumcliff: We visited Yeats country in Sligo.
Riding waves standing up
- beachesSandy coastal areas
- cliffsSteep natural rock walls
- AtlanticOcean bordering Europe
- wavesTraveling energy disturbances
shoreline · seaweed · tidal · Wild Atlantic Way · seafood · estuary · maritime
Of giant stone construction
- NeolithicFinal prehistoric stone-tool era
- dolmensAncient stone burial monuments
- cairnsStacked memorial mounds
- archaeologyStudy of physical remnants
ancient · Celtic · mythology · standing stones · burial chambers · Iron Age · Bronze Age · Táin Bó Cúailnge
Irish word for fun
- traditional musicCulturally inherited sonic art
- GaelicCeltic linguistic tradition
- fiddleAdjust restlessly; folk violin
- bodhránIrish handheld drum
sessions · pubs · soda bread · Guinness · hurling · colcannon
surfing
Riding waves standing up
waves · shoreline · seaweed · tidal · Wild Atlantic Way · seafood · estuary · maritime
megalithic
Of giant stone construction
- NeolithicFinal prehistoric stone-tool era
- dolmensAncient stone burial monuments
- cairnsStacked memorial mounds
archaeology · ancient · Celtic · mythology · standing stones · burial chambers · Iron Age · Bronze Age · Táin Bó Cúailnge · folklore
craic
Irish word for fun
- traditional musicCulturally inherited sonic art
- GaelicCeltic linguistic tradition
- fiddleAdjust restlessly; folk violin
bodhrán · sessions · pubs · soda bread · Guinness · hurling · colcannon
W.B. Yeats
county town
Administrative seat of district