The sun rising at #Benbulbin #Sligo

Bit chilly this morning...
#Sligo #Benbulbin

#Connacht #Sligeach #SIigo #Éirinn #Ireland #BinnGhulbain #Benbulbin #woods #nature #view #rainbow

#Connacht #Sligeach #Sligo #Éirinn #lreland #BinnGhulbain #Benbulbin #mountain #plateau #nature #woods

Cast a cold eye
On life, on death.
Horseman, pass by.

#poetry
#wbyeats
#benbulbin
#landscape
#ireland
#photography
#summer2025

Oisín and Niamh, from Heroes of The Dawn by Beatrice Elvery; public domain

#MythologyMonday: #Oisin, `the little fawn`, was found as a naked boy of about seven by his father, #Fionn Mac Cumhaill, on the old magic mountain #BenBulbin. He became a warrior-poet of the #Fianna, living 300 years in the land of eternal youth #TírNanÓg […]

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Rosses Point beach, with Benbulbin in the back

It's impossible to escape Ol' Ben(bulbin) wherever you go around here.
Picture taken in Rosses Point.

#Photography #Sligo #RossesPoint #Benbulbin

Started my day by day #IrishCoastCycle write ups of my 600km Sligo to Belfast #Ebiketour via the coast. Day 1 is a short hop to #wildcamp at #Benbulbin as Irish Rail only has 2 bike slots per train so only availability was 19.00 arrival - in detail at...

Spent the weekend in Sligo including hiking up #BenBulbin which apparently owes its shape to glaciers carving it out of a plateau