#StrandhillMoments - Heritage moments in Strandhill, Co.Sligo
Just in time for Heritage Week, we are delighted to launch the final video in our #StrandhillMoments series. This one celebrates the abundance of in history and heritage here on the Strandhill Coolera peninsula.
Video captured and edited by Peter Clyne of Outer Cells Media.
Concept, marketing and script by Bua Starling.
Creative by Allan Mulrooney of GoStrandhill.
Carrowmore Megalithic Site
Carrowmore is the largest group of megaliths in the country and the second largest in Europe, making it a must-see when visiting the Strandhill/Coolera area. For Heritage Week, don’t miss Music at the Megaliths on Sunday 25th August from 10.30am - 4.30pm. More info: http://gostrandhill.com/explore/places-of-interest/carrowmore-tombs/
Killaspugbrone
The ruins of this ancient church stand on the extremity of the Coolera peninsula and the name in Irish means “the church of the Bishop Brón”. Killaspugbrone church dates back to the period between 1150 and 1220, but the original structure was reputedly built sometime in the fifth century.
Its former name “Caisle-Irrae” suggests it was most likely enclosed by a circular stone fort or cashel – typical of an early Irish monastic settlement. Follow the Killaspugbrone Looped Walk Trail which will bring you past the Church. More info: http://gostrandhill.com/explore/places-of-interest/killaspugbrone-church/
Queen Maeve’s Trail, Knocknarea
This relatively new walking trail takes walkers up the northern slopes of Knocknarea, past Megalithic and Bronze Age remains, and the cairn where it is believed Queen Maeve is buried, on through Coillte forests along a raised boardwalk or ‘bog bridge’ to the summit. Along the route are abandoned and derelict stone cottages, with stories to tell. On a clear day, from the summit you can enjoy wider views stretching as far as Nephin in Mayo and Slieve League sea cliffs in Donegal.
Dolly’s Cottage
Dolly’s Cottage was erected around the year 1800 and has survived without alteration to this day. When the late Dolly Higgins died in 1970, the Strandhill Guild of the Irish Countrywomens’ Association bought her thatched cottage in order to maintain it in its original state. By 19th century standards in the west of Ireland, this was a luxury cottage. It was built of stone (not mud), with a proper chimney and fireplace (not a hole in the roof to let out smoke from a fire in the middle of the floor). It has two rooms and the old pouch bed is still in the chimney corner. The walls, roof, fireplace and loft beams are still the originals. Check out the Warrior Scarecrow Festival taking place for Heritage Week.
More info http://gostrandhill.com/explore/places-of-interest/dollys-cottage/
Cummeens Strand and Coney Island
Cummeen Strand is the wide sandy tidal plain on your right as you travel from Sligo to Strandhill. Residents who frequent this route from town to the village are blessed to be presented each trip with such a stunning vista: the roadside giving way in an instant to a wide breadth of land and sea and harbour, Coney Island the idyllic object of the scene and the painter’s inspiration of Rosses Point glinting with its seaside charm in the morning sun, or hazy sunset, or at night the orange lights shining over Cummeen Strand giving the appearance of a huge ship parked in Sligo bay.
Cummeen Strand was immortalised by the poet W.B Yeats in his poem Red Hanrahan’s Song about Ireland with the lines:
‘The old brown thorn-trees break in two high above Cummeen Strand
Under a bitter black wind that blows from the left hand.’
The Cummeen tidal strand is divided in two by fourteen stout cut stone pillars.
This part of Cummeen is called Dorrin’s Strand after William Dorrin, the owner of Coney Island in the 1820s. He was drowned by the fast rush of the incoming tide while returning to the Island along the strand in March 1823. Provided the tide is low, the fourteen pillars guide travellers by the safest route the one and a half kilometres to Coney. It is always of the utmost importance a visitor to Coney checks tide times before departure.
More info http://gostrandhill.com/explore/history/cummeen-strand/
Видео #StrandhillMoments - Heritage moments in Strandhill, Co.Sligo канала Go Strandhill
Video captured and edited by Peter Clyne of Outer Cells Media.
Concept, marketing and script by Bua Starling.
Creative by Allan Mulrooney of GoStrandhill.
Carrowmore Megalithic Site
Carrowmore is the largest group of megaliths in the country and the second largest in Europe, making it a must-see when visiting the Strandhill/Coolera area. For Heritage Week, don’t miss Music at the Megaliths on Sunday 25th August from 10.30am - 4.30pm. More info: http://gostrandhill.com/explore/places-of-interest/carrowmore-tombs/
Killaspugbrone
The ruins of this ancient church stand on the extremity of the Coolera peninsula and the name in Irish means “the church of the Bishop Brón”. Killaspugbrone church dates back to the period between 1150 and 1220, but the original structure was reputedly built sometime in the fifth century.
Its former name “Caisle-Irrae” suggests it was most likely enclosed by a circular stone fort or cashel – typical of an early Irish monastic settlement. Follow the Killaspugbrone Looped Walk Trail which will bring you past the Church. More info: http://gostrandhill.com/explore/places-of-interest/killaspugbrone-church/
Queen Maeve’s Trail, Knocknarea
This relatively new walking trail takes walkers up the northern slopes of Knocknarea, past Megalithic and Bronze Age remains, and the cairn where it is believed Queen Maeve is buried, on through Coillte forests along a raised boardwalk or ‘bog bridge’ to the summit. Along the route are abandoned and derelict stone cottages, with stories to tell. On a clear day, from the summit you can enjoy wider views stretching as far as Nephin in Mayo and Slieve League sea cliffs in Donegal.
Dolly’s Cottage
Dolly’s Cottage was erected around the year 1800 and has survived without alteration to this day. When the late Dolly Higgins died in 1970, the Strandhill Guild of the Irish Countrywomens’ Association bought her thatched cottage in order to maintain it in its original state. By 19th century standards in the west of Ireland, this was a luxury cottage. It was built of stone (not mud), with a proper chimney and fireplace (not a hole in the roof to let out smoke from a fire in the middle of the floor). It has two rooms and the old pouch bed is still in the chimney corner. The walls, roof, fireplace and loft beams are still the originals. Check out the Warrior Scarecrow Festival taking place for Heritage Week.
More info http://gostrandhill.com/explore/places-of-interest/dollys-cottage/
Cummeens Strand and Coney Island
Cummeen Strand is the wide sandy tidal plain on your right as you travel from Sligo to Strandhill. Residents who frequent this route from town to the village are blessed to be presented each trip with such a stunning vista: the roadside giving way in an instant to a wide breadth of land and sea and harbour, Coney Island the idyllic object of the scene and the painter’s inspiration of Rosses Point glinting with its seaside charm in the morning sun, or hazy sunset, or at night the orange lights shining over Cummeen Strand giving the appearance of a huge ship parked in Sligo bay.
Cummeen Strand was immortalised by the poet W.B Yeats in his poem Red Hanrahan’s Song about Ireland with the lines:
‘The old brown thorn-trees break in two high above Cummeen Strand
Under a bitter black wind that blows from the left hand.’
The Cummeen tidal strand is divided in two by fourteen stout cut stone pillars.
This part of Cummeen is called Dorrin’s Strand after William Dorrin, the owner of Coney Island in the 1820s. He was drowned by the fast rush of the incoming tide while returning to the Island along the strand in March 1823. Provided the tide is low, the fourteen pillars guide travellers by the safest route the one and a half kilometres to Coney. It is always of the utmost importance a visitor to Coney checks tide times before departure.
More info http://gostrandhill.com/explore/history/cummeen-strand/
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