Benbulben Mountain, Sligo, Ireland, Tour Guide

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The loaf-shaped Benbulben Mountain with its long outward protrusion, is one of the great landmarks of CountySligo. Looking west from the mountain you can see the Drumcliffe Round Tower and Drumcliffe Graveyard where world renouned poet Willian Butler Yeats (Brother of Jack Yeats the famous Artist)is buried. Beyond that lie the shores of Lisadell where Countess Markievicz the famed Irish Freedom Fighter and long-standing friend of Willian Butler Yeats, grew up at Lisadell House. Benbulben Mountain itself is the lead in to a glacial valley and was formed by the erosion of Dartry Limestone and shale during the Ice Age and testimony to this is the litter of scree at its feet Moving inward along the Mountain Range there are a number of Waterfalls the most beautiful being Glencar Waterfall which is sequestered and overhung by the forest above.
Much lore surround Benbulben. To its North is the mythical Glendiff Horseshoe Valley, mountain locked it countains the cave where Grainne and Diarmuid hid to avoid detection. It is also rumoured that the erractic boulders at its base were hurled off there by Fergus, Finn Mc Cumhaills blood-brother.

It is certainly worth a visit and a great area for hill-walking.

Online Sources Of Reference for Benbulben
Yeats Country - Frank L Ludwig
The Little White Dots on Benbulben are sheep
The Slopes Of Benbulben (Trad. Reel)
The Benbulben Challenge

Images / Photographs of Benbulben
Courtesy of Frank L Ludwig
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