Self Catering County Sligo

This page contains information on self catering in County Sligo. Sligo is linked in the minds of many first and foremost with one of Ireland's most famous sons, W B Yeats. Yeats, winner of a Nobel Prize for Literature is one of the most important and most popular Irish poets ever to break onto the international stage. The rugged beauty and untamed landscape of Sligo is a recurring theme of his work and it was his love for the county that led him to instruct he be buried there. The Yeats Summer School provides tours of the parts of Sligo that feature in Yeats' poetry.
Today, the beauty that inspired Yeats is still there to inspire a whole new generation of visitors. Despite its small size Sligo has a wide variety of scenery from the Atlantic battered coastline to the Ox Mountains towering over the county in the west. Along the coast the seaside resort of Rosses Point is highly recommended and there's plenty for the visitor to do. Golf, angling, cruises and hill walking are all popular elements of any holiday in the area. Click on the towns on the map to search the database for self catering in County Sligo.