Sligo town is the capital of County Sligo located on Ireland's west coast with approximately 18,000 residents. The area is famous for being associated with the poet William Butler Yeats, who is buried nearby and featured the landscape in many of his poems. Key geographical features discussed include Benbulben Mountain, Knocknarea Mountain, and various lakes and beaches along the county's 110 mile coastline known for activities like windsurfing and golf. The document provides historical context and details about the natural environment and recreational attractions found in and around County Sligo.

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3. Sligo town is the
capital of County
Sligo, located on
the Irish west
coast.
There
approx are
18,000 imately
people
living
in Sligo
town.
Sligo is the
gateway to the
North West and
Northern Ireland.

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The great Irish poet and playwright William
Butler Yeats was very much involved with Sligo
throughout his lifetime.
He is buried in Drumcliffe graveyard, just
beneath Benbulben Mountain.
Yeats included Sligo in many of his poems,
including “ Lake Isle of Inisfree”.

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It is part of the Dartry Mts, in an area sometimes called "Yeats
Country".
Benbulben, and the Dartry Range, is composed of limestone on
top of mudstones. These rocks formed in the area
approximately 320 million years ago.
Benbulben hosts a unique variety of plants, including some
organisms found nowhere else in Ireland. Many are arcticalpine plants, due to the mountain's height, which allows for
cooler temperatures than normal. These plants were deposited
when the glaciers that created Benbulben melted. Wild hares
and foxes inhabit Benbulben.
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Knocknarea is approximately 327m tall and is made of
limestone
Once you reach the top there lies the cairn of Queen Maeve of
Connacht. The cairn is about 10 metres high and is visible for
miles around. It has not been excavated, but it is thought to
cover a passage tomb similar to that of Heapstown Cairn.
Queen Maeve and Knocknarea Mountain are mentioned in
several of Yeats' poems and are of keen interest in Irish myth.
There are spectacular views around County Sligo.

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County Sligo also has a great coastline
stretching 110 miles and has some of the
best wind surfing beaches in the country,
including Strandhill, Rosses Point,
Mullaghmore, and Enniscrone – which are
also popular for their golf courses.

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The Ox Mountains are a mountain range in County Sligo on
the west coast of Ireland. They are also known as Saint
Patrick's Mountains after the saint who built churches on
its slopes and left his name to some of its wells. The
highest peak in the Ox Mountains is Knockalongy, which is
544 metres (1,785 ft) high.
There are many lakes in sligo including the smallest lake in
ireland which was formed due to an earthquake in the
1400’s.

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The Irish name Sligeach
means "place where there
are many mussels". The area
is well known for it’s
shellfish!!

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