Owenmore Lodge - Amenities
The North West region of Ireland has a wide range of activities and
entertainment to offer.
Owenmore Lodge is a 20 minute drive from Sligo
City, with its Museum, Library, Cafes and Restaurants.
There are many
beautiful hill walks to enjoy in the Mayo-Sligo-Leitrim Way.
The Atlantic
Ocean is only 6 km from the Lodge.
A shortlist of other places of interest
must include:
- Gilligan's World and Knocknashee
- Eagles Flying
- Markree Castle
- Coleman Country Heritage Centre
- Riverstown Folk Park
- Drumcliffe Church and Visitor Centre (resting place of W.B.Yeats the poet)
- Arigna Coal Mines
- Ennniscrone: Waterworld, Golf (18-hole), Seaweed Baths
- Strandhill: Celtic Seaweed Baths, Golf (18-hole)
- Tubbercurry & Ballymote: Golf (9-hole)
- Parkes Castle: Visit by car, or by waterbus on a guided tour of Lough Gill
- Lough Gill: Waterbus tour, Hazelwood, Slish Wood, Dooney Rock
- Carrowmore: Over 60 burial tombs (date 4000 BC.)
- Knocknarea Mt.: Features Queen Maeve's Burial Cairn
- Primrose Grange: Secret Glen
- Sligo Abbey: Guided tour in Sligo city centre
- Boyle: Lough Key Forest Park, Kings House
- Sligo Sports Complex: Swimming Pool
- Fermanagh: Marble Arch Caves
- Glencar Waterfall
- Coney Island, when the tide recedes in Sligo Bay
- Horse Riding: Woodland (5 km), Markree (8 km), Sligo Riding Centre (10 km)
- Fishing: Locally (R. Owenbeg), Lake (Lough Easkey, Lough Arrow, Lough Talt), Sea-angling (Rossespoint, Aughris Pier, Mullaghmore), Salmon fishing by license at Ballisodare
- Hill Walking: In Ox Mountains, on Sligo-Mayo-Leitrim Way
- Knock: Airport and Shrine, "Our Lady of Knock" with Churches and beautiful gardens
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