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Enniscrone – also spelt Inniscrone and officially named Inishcrone (Irish: Inis Crabhann) [2] – is a small seaside town in County Sligo, Ireland. Its sandy beach, tourist campsite, and golf course all attract visitors.
He is particularly remembered in this manuscript where his death is recorded at Enniscrone Castle. The ruins of the O'Dowd castle Rathlee. This is castle No:09 and is located close to the harbour of Rathlee village in Sligo. Photo: Subritzky Collection 2007. The last election of an O'Dowd Taoiseach took place in 1595.
One of the most generous sponsors of the Mac Firbis scholars was Tadhg Riabhach Ó Dubhda (Dark Teige), who became Taoiseach of Tireragh in A.D.1417. He is particularly remembered in this manuscript in which his death is recorded at Enniscrone Castle. The unique treasure preserves much of ancient Irish heritage.
The Sligo coastline at Mullaghmore, with Classiebawn Castle in the distance Beezie's Island on Lough Gill. County Sligo is the setting for a large number of the texts in the Mythological Cycles. The story of Diarmad and Grainne has its final act played out on Ben Bulben. The Second Battle of Moytirra is associated with Moytirra in South County ...
The castle site at the head of the River Slaney, in the centre of Enniscorthy town. As a Norman Castle, it features four corner towers, and a four-storey rectangular keep. [4] The original foundation of a castle on this site goes back to the late 12th or early 13th century, though the current structure was updated in the late 1500s.
Easky or Easkey (/ ˈ iː s k iː /; Irish: Iascaigh, meaning 'abounding in fish') [2] is a village in County Sligo, Ireland.It is on the Atlantic coast, 26 miles (42 km) from Sligo and 15 miles (24 km) from Ballina, County Mayo.
Classiebawn Castle. Lord Palmerston presided over Mullaghmore and North Sligo during the worst years of the Great Famine of the mid-19th century. During the summer and autumn of 1847, nine vessels, carrying over 2,000 persons left Sligo port with tenants evicted and "shovelled out" from his Sligo estates. They arrived in Canada destitute and ...
Kilglass or Kilglas [1] (Irish: Cill Ghlas, meaning 'green church') [2] is a rural townland in County Sligo, Ireland, in the hinterland of Enniscrone. Kilglass is in a civil parish of the same name. [2] The area is the location of an Anglican church, built in 1829 with funding provided by the Board of First Fruits, and renovated in 1996.