Gortnahoula Court Tomb, Co Sligo, Ireland
Much of the site is buried under the peat with the other stones obscured by tall reeds
The two above images are from 2024
Gortnahoula Court Tomb
Moneylahan Cashel
Moneylahan Cashel, Co Sligo, Ireland
All that remains of the walled enclosure
Coolbeg Wedge Tomb revisited
Coolbeg Wedge Tomb, Drumcliff, Co Sligo, Ireland
O’Dowd’s Castle
O’Dowd’s Castle, Easkey, Co Sligo, Ireland
Dating from 1207
Cliff Baths
The old Cliff Baths, Enniscrone, Co Sligo, Ireland
Built in 1850 by the Orme family
Doon Standing Stone 2
Doon Standing Stone, Co Sligo, Ireland
This is located in the field next to the standing stone I photographed in 2018. Link to post here https://www.tonyoneill.org/2018/08/12/doon-standing-stone
Cabragh Wedge Tomb
Cabragh Wedge Tomb, Co Sligo, Ireland
Carrowntemple Grave Slabs
Slab No.10, Carrowntemple Grave Slabs, Co Sligo, Ireland
West face of slab No.10, Carrowntemple
Carrowntemple slab No.3, elaborate triskele within a rough circle
Carrowntemple slab No.4, double-band ellipses and circles
Carrowntemple slab No. 8, maze pattern
Carrowntemple slab No. 1, single-line cross with rounded expanded terminals
Carrowntemple slab No. 12, single liner cross. All the slabs are replicas (by Cillian Rogers) with the originals in safe keeping
Creevykeel Court Tomb revisited
Creevykeel Court Tomb, Co. Sligo, Ireland. Entrance to Creevykeel Court Tomb
The court with the remains of a kiln from early christian times
The view from inside the gallery
Mullaghmore
The road to Classiebawn Castle, Mullaghmore, Co. Sligo, Ireland
Mullaghmore seascape
Doon Standing Stone
Doon Standing Stone, Co Sligo, Ireland
The same stone… in the next field there is another Standing Stone but local flooding prevented approach
Drumcliff High Cross
Drumcliff High Cross, Co Sligo, Ireland
West face of the 9th-10th-century high cross at Drumcliff
Drumcliff High Cross with the shaft of another high cross and ruin of the round tower in the background
Coolbeg Wedge Tomb
Coolbeg Wedge Tomb, Drumcliff, Co Sligo, Ireland
Coolbeg Wedge Tomb lies beside the Drumcliff River a short distance from Drumcliff Round Tower, High Cross and the grave of WB Yeats.
The Giant’s Griddle – Tawnatruffaun Portal Tomb
The Giant’s Griddle – Tawnatruffaun Dolmen, Co Sligo, Ireland
Gleniff Horseshoe
Gleniff Horseshoe, a scenic six-mile loop near Cliffoney, Co Sligo, Ireland
A view of the Cliffs on the drive
Gleniff horseshoe cottage ruin
Small waterfall at the old mill ruins
Wood sculpture at the old mill ruins
More oddities
Caves of Kesh
Caves of Kesh, Keshcorran, Sligo, Ireland
In Irish mythology the caves of Kesh were believed to be an entrance to the the Otherworld. One story tells how, when on a hunt, Fionn mac Cumhaill, head of the Fianna, was put under enchantment by three witches along with a troop of his men. The witches were the daughters of Conaran of the supernatural race Tuatha de Danaan who ruled in the underworld of Keshcorran. As the witches prepared to kill their captives the last of the hunting party Goll mac Morna encounters them and in a hard fought engagement slices in half two witches then beheads them and gets the better of the third putting her into bondage. In exchange for her life she agrees to dissolve the enchantment on Fionn and his Fianna. Diarmuid and Gráinne are also said to have sought refuge in the caves as the lovers evade Fionn mac Cumhaill who Gráinne had been betrothed to. Another story tells how the high king of Ireland Cormac mac Airt was born at the foot of Keshcorran and reared by a she-wolf with her cubs in the caves.
Moytura / Moytirra East Court Tomb
Moytura aka Moytirra East Court Tomb, Co Sligo, Ireland
Ballindoon Abbey (Priory)
Ballindoon Abbey – the ruin of a Dominican Priory, aka St Mary’s Priory
Ballindoon Abbey overlooking Lough Arrow, Co Sligo, Ireland
Carrowkeel Cairns
Carrowkeel megalithic complex on the summits of the Bricklieve Mountains comprised of fourteen passage tombs from 3400 to 3100 BC
Carrowkeel Cairn G aligns with sunset on the summer solstice
Lightbox above the entrance of Carrowkeel Cairn G which aligns with sunset on the summer solstice.
Carrowkeel Cairn G inside the chamber
Carrowkeel Cairn H also aligns with sunset on the summer solstice
Carrowkeel Cairn H
Carrowkeel Cairn H the entrance
Carrowkeel Cairn K
Carrowkeel Cairn K the entrance
Magheraghanrush Court Tomb
Magheraghanrush Court Tomb aka Deerpark Court Tomb, Co Sligo, Ireland
The single gallery looking at the west end of the site
One of the double Galleries at the east end
Tobernalt Holy Well
Tobernalt Holy Well, Co Sligo, Ireland
Ballindoon Megalithic Tomb
Ballindoon Megalithic Tomb, Co Sligo, Ireland
Rosses Point
Waiting on shore – statue, Rosses Point, Co Sligo, Ireland
Rosses Point – Buoy
Rosses Point – River Pilot Watch House
Ballymote Castle
Ballymote Castle, Co Sligo, Ireland
Sligo Abbey
Sligo Abbey (Dominican Friary), Sligo, Co. Sligo, Ireland
The Friary dates from around 1252
Classiebawn Castle
Classiebawn Castle, Mullaghmore, Co. Sligo, Ireland
Mullaghmore seascape
Mullaghmore, Co Sligo, Ireland
Drumcliff (Drumcliffe)
Drumcliff: Round Tower, High Cross, St Columba’s church and WB Yeats grave
Drumcliff Round Tower, Co. Sligo, Ireland (10th-century)
There is a megalithic tomb a short distance from the round tower across the Drumcliff River called Coolbeg Wedge Tomb
East face of the 9th-10th-century high cross
West face of the 9th-10th-century high cross at Drumcliff
St Columba’s, Drumcliff – burial place of WB Yeats
Doors of St Columba’s Church emblazoned with bronze swans
The grave of WB Yeats at Drumcliff
The grave of William Butler Yeats with Benbulben Mountain in the background
Bronze and stone sculpture featuring the words of WB Yeats by sculptor Jackie McKenna.
Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths,
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half-light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
W B Yeats
Near the graveyard at St Columba’s, Drumcliff, Sligo, Ireland, the burial place of Yeats.
Carrowmore Megalithic Complex
Carrowmore Tomb 57
Carrowmore Tomb 13
Carrowmore Tomb 7 looking west, with Knocknarea and Maebh’s cairn in the background
Carrowmore Tomb 7, said to be the most photographed tomb in the Carowmore megalithic complex
Carrowmore tomb 7, a dolmen (Portal Tomb) enclosed by stone circle
Carrowmore Tomb 7
Carrowmore tomb 4
Carrowmore tomb 4
Carrowmore tomb 4
Carrowmore tomb 1
Carrowmore Listoghill (tomb 51) and Tomb 52
Creevykeel Court Tomb
Creevykeel Court Tomb, Co. Sligo, Ireland. The entrance to the first chamber
The gallery divided into two chambers.
The remains of a kiln from early christian times when the court was reused by iron smelters can be seen to the right of the chamber entrance
Entrance to Creevykeel Court Tomb