Enjoy poetry in a pub
Visitor Experiences
to Enjoy
Yeats at One in Hargadons, 5 O’Connell Street, Sligo, Co. Sligo
Sligo is Yeats country so where better to enjoy daily readings of the Nobel prize winning poet’s
work than in one of Sligo’s oldest pubs, Hargadon Bros every day throughout the year! Everyone
is welcome to take part, so clear your throat, practice your lines and away you go – at 6pm on
Sundays and 1pm every other day of the week! Yeats poems were written to be spoken, so come
along, you ‘hearers and hearteners’, poets and passers-by, everyone is welcome at Hargadons to
honour Yeats, whether you want to read a poem, or just listen and enjoy.
Tel
+353 71 915 3714
Email [email protected]
Explore a Monastic Settlement at Inishmurray Island
Inishmurray Island Tours, Mullaghmore, Co. Sligo
Get set for some island romance and mystery when you travel out to Inishmurray Island, 7km off
the coast of Sligo. Captain Keith Clarke will take you over by boat, and you’ll begin by exploring
beehive huts, where the monks of this remarkable sixth-century Christian site once lived. The
stones of the large altar known as the Clocha Breacha – the ‘Cursing’ or ‘Speckled Stones’ – are
said to have dark powers. As you move among the deserted landscape, can you feel any energy
from them? The last of Inishmurray’s islanders moved to the mainland in 1957, and today the
place is a wildlife sanctuary for both breeding and wintering birds. Depending on the time of
year, you may find it alive with Arctic tern, shag, gulls and eider duck, as well as pairs of black
guillemot, barnacle geese, storm petrels, fulmars and more. It’s a birdwatcher’s paradise.
Tel
+ 353 87 254 0190
Email [email protected]
Web
GPS
www.inishmurrayislandtrips.com
54.4664, - 8.4486
Web
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www.hargadons.com
54.270669 -8.475164
Stock up on goodies in Sligo
M Cosgrove & Son Delicatessen, 32 Market Street, Sligo, Co. Sligo
Fine food stores don’t come much better than Cosgrave & Son in the heart of Sligo town,
owned and run by the Cosgrove family since 1898. Always an innovator, it was the first
business in Sligo to sell ice cream! Today it offers a feast of gourmet fare, the traditional
style deli’s shelves heaving with the weight of goodies. It’s a food lover’s haven – cold meats,
homemade salads, cheeses and olives – if you’re planning a picnic you’ll be spoiled for choice
in this Aladdin’s Cave of food!
SURFING AT
EASKEY, CO. SLIGO
Tel
GPS
+353 71 9142809
54.270324 -8.473609
Web www.facebook.com/
Cosgrovesdelicatessen
Round up a Sheep with Atlantic Dogs
Atlantic Sheep Dogs, Streedagh, Grange, Co. Sligo
At Atlantic Sheep Dogs, you’ll get to meet and spend time with some of the smartest dogs in the
world. No, seriously! Martin Feeney has been working with these trusty companions all of his life
and during this hour-long experience, you’ll get to see the dogs at work, understand how they herd
sheep on the farm and see the incredible teamwork between man and dog. You’ll also learn all about
border collies, how they are trained, and how they genuinely do have to work for their dinner.
Bike to a seaweed bath in Strandhill
Northwest Adventure Tours, Strandhill, Co. Sligo
Depending on the time of year, you’ll also meet new arrivals on the farm, so you may find
yourself feeding a pet lamb or playing with a new-born puppy, all in a beautiful setting with views
of County Sligo’s Atlantic coast.
Take a bike tour from the seaside village of Strandhill around beautiful Knocknarea Mountain
and through the striking lowlands and coastal roads with stunning views of Sligo Bay, the Dartry
Mountain Range and Coney Island. Stop off to see the megalithic tombs at Carramore, picnic
in the giant sand dunes south of Strandhill and, if you’re lucky, catch a glimpse of the local seal
population. Finish up at Strandhill Village with a relaxing soak in the famous Voya Seaweed bath.
Tel
+353 85 7402836
Email [email protected]
Tel
+353 86 022952
Web
Email [email protected] GPS
Web
GPS
www.facebook.com/atlanticsh..
54.39029777302336, -8.5453483089359
www.northwestadventuretours.ie
54.269967 -8.609747
Catch and Eat your Wild Atlantic Dinner
Eat and Drink the Poetry of W.B. Yeats
Sligo Boat Charters, Rosses Point, Co. Sligo
Yeats Experience, Tobernalt, Holy Well Lane, Aughamore, Near Carraroe, Co. Sligo
Catching your own dinner and having it cooked for you is an amazing way to appreciate the
wealth of this wild ocean off the West of Ireland.
It’s no secret that Irish poet William Butler Yeats was inspired by the landscape of County Sligo.
This is where he spent his childhood holidays, and set such famous poems as The Lake Isle of
Innisfree. During this experience, you’ll learn all about that poetry over an intimate lunch or
dinner in Broc House, surrounded by art and architecture. Enjoy the view from the terrace,
taking in several locations featured in Yeats’s work. Tuck into sandwiches, seasonal soup, salads
from the garden and Irish tea brack, while you listen to Damien Brennan tell the inspiring story of
a visionary writer and his beloved Land of Heart’s Desire. This is about landscape, and bringing
a Nobel Prizewinner’s poetry to life. You’ll leave relaxed, inspired – and probably heading to the
nearest bookshop to buy a book of poems. Oh, and you’ll eat amazingly well, too!
Your experience begins with a welcome on board at Rosses Point, before heading out to sea to
track and catch your dinner in Sligo Bay. What you catch (flatties or mackerel) depends on the
type of trip, but expect to be taken to local fishing grounds to spot your meal and, after the fun
of learning lots of fishing tricks and tips, you’re guaranteed to bring back the freshest food ever!
Back on shore, you can have your fish cooked for you at either Harry’s or Austie’s restaurant in
Rosses Point - you’ll eat like a king…
Tel
+353 86 8913618
Email [email protected]
Web
GPS
www.sligoboatcharters.com
54.30468987493382, -8.56873030487668
Tel
+353 87 2320820
Email [email protected]
Web
GPS
www.yeatssligoireland.com
54.24150669610791, -8.44548225402832
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