Drumcliff Travel Blogs

After checking out the waterfall he made famous, we went to see W. B. Yeats' grave site.  It's in a small cemetary in the area known as Drumcliff.   After spending some time at the cemetary, we headed up the road to Standhill, where we stopped and had lunch.  The weather was rai…

Although I am not a poet and don't pretend to know anything about poetry, I was still intrigued by the final resting place of the great Irish poet, William Butler Yeats.  Drumcliff is a short drive north of Sligo, where Yeats spent holidays and summers with his grandparents.  We searched …

A friend of my dad's took us up for a flight in his Cessna plane, from Sligo airport around the coast of Sligo, Leitrim (small enough as the coast is) and then around our home village and town. Enjoy the photos of Ireland's beautiful western coastline

A brief introduction to Benbulden Mountain in Drumcliff, Sligo, Ireland. Drumcliff is also the burial place of WB Yeats. The mountain is also called the Giants Table, for obvious reasons. Its a lovely hill walk for anyone that is interested in hillwalking, or if you just want to get some great scenery photos!