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Lissadell, Carney, Co.Sligo |
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Tel:+353 (0)71 9173762 Email Lissadell Here |
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B&B Rates: from €38.00 to €42.00 per person sharing |
Visit our website at: www.lissadellfarmhouse.com
Lissadell House is famous because it was the childhood home of Constance Markievicz who was a leader in the 1916 Rising. She was also the first woman to be elected to Dail Eireann and the first female minister in a European Democracy. W.B. Yeats was a childhood friend of Constance and her sister Eva Gore Booth (who was a poet of some distinction herself) and they are mentioned in many of his finest poems. Many of W.B. Yeats poems are about this part of the country and his grave is found in Drumcliff not too far from Lissadell Farmhouse.
There is plenty more to do in the surrounding countryside including beaches at Lissadell, Streedagh and Rosses Point; scenic walks at Lissadell, Hazelwood, Slishwood and Glencar Waterfall. Other attractions include Carrowmore Megalithic Tomb and Sligo Abbey. Other activities include horse trekking, golfing, surfing and the seaweed baths at Strandhill. Nearby Carney and Grange are fine places to go out for dinner or a few pints.
Directions from Sligo Town: Take the N15 for Donegal. As you approach Drumcliff you pass the Yeats Tavern Bar and Restaurant and you will see a sign for Lissadell, take an immediate left. Continue on this road for approximately 1 mile and you will come Carney. Travel to the top of the village and follow the signs for Lissadell House. At Grange Village continue on for approximately 1 mile until you reach Drumcliff. Before the Yeats Tavern Bar Lissadell Farmhouse is located directly opposite the entrance to Lissadell House.
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