Forest
Slish Wood
Sligo, County Sligo
The forest runs along the south shore of Lough Gill, with a marked walk down to the water.
- Where
- Sligo, County Sligo
- Before you go
- Opening times, prices and access change. Check with the place itself.
Nearby
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HazelwoodThe wooded peninsula on Lough Gill has a lakeside path with wooden sculptures standing along it.
The ModelThis gallery on The Mall holds the Niland Collection of Jack B Yeats paintings.
Sligo AbbeyThe Dominican friary ruin in the middle of the town kept its cloister and a carved stone altar.
Carrowmore Megalithic CemeteryPassage tombs and stone circles spread through fields west of Sligo town, with an OPW visitor centre on site.
KnocknareaThe cairn on top has never been opened. The Queen Maeve Trail takes you up from Strandhill.More in Sligo
BenbulbenMountain · DrumcliffeBenbulben is flat on top, north of Sligo town, and a looped forest trail runs around the base of it.
Strandhill BeachBeach · StrandhillThe surf beach west of Sligo town has a promenade behind it. The currents in the water are strong.
Mullaghmore HeadViewpoint · MullaghmoreA low headland with a small harbour on it, and a big wave break offshore.
DrumcliffeMonastic site · DrumcliffeAn early monastic site under Benbulben, with a carved high cross beside the churchyard W B Yeats is buried in.
Lissadell House and GardensHouse and gardens · CarneyLissadell is a neoclassical house near Carney with a walled garden, open to visitors in season.
Streedagh BeachBeach · GrangeA long strand near Grange. Three Armada ships went down off it in 1588.
Gleniff HorseshoeViewpoint · CliffoneyThe road loops through a glacial valley in the Dartry mountains, with a cave up high on the rock face.- Spanish Armada Visitor CentreMuseum · GrangeGrange's former church now tells the story of the ships lost at Streedagh.