Drumcliffe Round Tower And High Cross

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Drumcliffe Round Tower And High Cross, Sligo

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Families can visit the remains of a 10th-century high cross and a fragment of another, along with the remnants of a round tower where St Colmcille founded a monastery. It is also the burial place of W.B. Yeats.

Located just 10 minutes from Sligo Town, the village of Drumcliffe is home to the site where St Colmcille founded a monastery in 574. There, visitors can view the remains of a 10th-century high cross and a fragment of a plain high cross. There are also some remnants of a round tower or bell tower, but most of the structure was demolished to build a bridge in the 18th or 19th century.

Drumcliffe is also the burial place of revered Irish poet, W.B. Yeats.

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Drumcliff South, Drumcliff, Sligo
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