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Sligo Bay is an ancient natural harbour, being known to Greek, Phoenician and Roman traders as the area is thought by some to be the location marked as the city of Nagnata on Claudius Ptolemy's second century A.D. co-ordinate map of the world. [10]
Sligo countryside and Ben Bulben seen in the background. Sligo is the 22nd largest of Ireland's 32 counties in area and the 27th largest in terms of population. [15] It is the fourth largest of Connacht's 5 counties in size and third largest in terms of population.
Benbulbin (Irish: Binn Ghulbain), [1] sometimes Benbulben or Ben Bulben, is a large flat-topped nunatak [2] rock formation in County Sligo, Ireland. It is part of the Dartry Mountains, in an area sometimes called "Yeats Country". [3] [4] [5] Benbulbin is a protected site, designated as a County Geological Site by Sligo County Council. [6] [7]
The Border region of Ireland with each constituent county council highlighted. The Border Region (coded IE041) [1] is a NUTS Level III statistical region of Ireland.The name of the region refers to its location along the Republic of Ireland–United Kingdom border.
Grange (Irish: An Ghráinseach, meaning 'monastic farm' [3]) is a village on the N15 road in County Sligo, Ireland. It is located between Benbulben mountain and the Atlantic Ocean. Streedagh, a townland near Grange, is the location of a large sandy beach, three Spanish Armada wrecks, and a salt water lagoon that is an area of Special ...
The Coolera Peninsula (Irish: Cúil Iorra) [2] is a peninsula in Sligo Bay, County Sligo, Ireland. It is the most populous of County Sligo's peninsulas, and the second-largest by land area. The primary population centres on Coolera are the coastal town of Strandhill on its western shore, and Magheraboy, a suburb of Sligo town.
The Maugherow Peninsula (Irish: Machaire Eabha) [2] is the largest and westernmost peninsula of County Sligo, Ireland. It is also less commonly referred to as the Raghly Peninsula, after Raghly Point (Irish: Gob Reachla), which is itself a headland of the peninsula. The peninsula acts as the northern boundary of Sligo Bay.
This suggests that reindeer in Ireland survived until the human period. [5] Also recovered from the excavations were the four oldest species of molluscs found in Ireland at the time, the remains of several fish, and numerous species of bird, most notably the ptarmigan, smew, and little auk. Another recovery of note was that of several ...
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