Riding on a beautiful sandy beach or through laneways and quiet backroads, Cliffoney is an ideal base for an equestrian holiday! Cliffoney is located close to a number of excellent riding stables including Island View Riding Stables which is listed in the directory section of this website.
Cliffoney is on the 200 mile North West Cycle Trail which is one of Ireland’ s most enjoyable and exciting designated bike routes, taking in five counties. (See Guardian article). If that sounds a bit of a commitment, the area around Cliffoney has many tracks and bothairins (laneways) which make for ideal cycling routes. Bike Hire…
[codepeople-post-map]In the Cliffoney vicinity are some of Europe’s top angling destinations and an absolute paradise for both salmon fishing and sea angling. Drowes Fishery This is one of Ireland’s premier spring salmon and grilse fisheries. The Drowes is among the earliest opening salmon fisheries in the country and regularly claims the honour of producing Ireland’s…
Three of the boats of the Spanish Armada(1588), La Lavia, Juliania and Santa Maria de La Vision, were wrecked along the nearby coastline at Streedagh with the lost of over 1,500 lives. Divers have recovered canon and other artifacts from the wrecks and there are rumours of pieces of gold washed up on the beach!…
Cliffoney Beach is a beautiful, unspoilt beach, near the football field, within easy walking distance of the village. This beach two mile long quite empty beach is excellent for getting away from it all and for walking, horse riding, shore angling and surfing but due to strong tides and no lifeguards swimming is not advised.
The trip along the R279 from Cliffoney to Mullaghmore is dominated by Classiebawn Castle, which is best known as the former home of Lord Louis Mountbatten, Viceroy of India and Earl of Burma. This striking building is one of the most photographed icons in the north-west of Ireland, with its fairytale towers and its dramatic…
The building of St Molaise’s Catholic Church in Cliffoney was financed by Lord Palmerston, as part of his improving works in the area, along with local Catholic schools. The present day church as recently been refurbished. Among its notable features are three stained glass windows by Clarke Stained Glass Studios in Dublin. Cliffoney is part…
Gleniff Horseshoe so called because of its shape and layout. Along the drive or walk can be clearly seen the dramatic cliffs containing the cave that served as a hiding place for mythical runaway lovers Diarmuid and Grainne. This epic tale of young love is best read over a steaming hot Whiskey or cooling pint…
One mile from Cliffoney Village on the north side towards Donegal is the Ancient Burial Site known as Creevykeel Court Cairn. This burial Chamber is believed to be 2,000 years older than the pyramids at Ghisa. As you visit the tomb take time to look West towards the beautiful fishing village of Mullaghmore just below…
The village of Cliffoney itself was the first Sligo home of British Prime MinisterLord Palmerston where he resided at the Cliffoney Inn (now O’Donnell’s Bar) before building Classiebawn Castle at nearby Mullaghmore. Lord Palmerston’s grandfather had been granted the title of Viscount Palmerston on 12 March 1723 and was also made Baron Temple, of Mount…
Thursday Fortnightly Service Benwiskin Centre 9.00 – 10.00 Mullaghmore 10.30 – 11.15 Cliffoney 11.30 – 12.15 Grange 12.30 – 1.15 Dates: Thursday 10th January 2013 Thursday 24th January 2013 Thursday 7th February 2013 Thursday 21st February 2013 Thursday 7th March 2013 Thursday 21st March 2013 Thursday 4th April 2013 Thursday 18th April 2013
Internationally famous poet William Butler Yeats was laid to rest in Drumcliff, 7 miles from Cliffoney, many years after he died, his last poem he wrote he asked that he be buried here in ‘under bare Benbulben’s head’. In this beautiful churchyard you can visit his grave and ponder its inscription: ‘Cast a cold eye,…
Glencar Waterfall is particularly impressive after rain and can be viewed from a lovely wooded walk. There are more waterfalls visible from the road and also on-site picnic facilities and an information kiosk. Its setting and charm inspired the poet W. B. Yeats in his poem The Stolen Child.[codepeople-post-map]
[codepeople-post-map] Taking the R279 opposite the Catholic Church in Cliffoney you catch the first glimpse of Inishmurray Island, about four miles off the Sligo coast……. The island contains the remains of a remarkable Early Christian monastic settlement which was home to St Maloise, confessor of St Colmcille, and it was from here that Colmcille was…
Mullaghmore is beach is situated at the southern end of Donegal Bay and is part of a scenic seaside resort that is hugely popular with locals and tourists. There is a small picturesque 19th century harbour in the centre of the village from which the fishing boats come and go. A trip around the head…
The well has been out of use since around 1959 when a yearly pattern or ritual gathering occurred at the well on the feast day of St Bridget on February 1st. A statue of the saint, still at the well, has the date 1959 marked on it. A cattle fair used to be held at…