Sligo is a beautiful stop on your Ireland adventure! Very unassuming and welcoming. Upon our…read morearrival, we took notice of a couple of steeples.... so we knew it was not an in and out type town. We walked around and stumbled upon this beautiful building.... unfortunately, it was closed but worth a stop to enjoy the building!!!

6th Century Monastery, Drumcliffe. W.B. Yates burial site that he requested…read more Learned he is not actually here but is buried in France. A nice short stop in our tour with a very nice explanation of St Columba and the origins of the monastery and story of Columba. Mark & Nancy.

"But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly…read morebecause you tread on my dreams." -- W.B. Yeats Ah...one of my most favorite poems of all times. The story of this man's life is one I grew up with and was taught at all levels of my early education, national school and secondary school. Nestled in the shadow of the imposing Ben Bulben mountain, this is a must stop for literary nerds. This is the final resting place for the great WB Yeats. His gravestone reads: Cast a cold Eye On Life, on Death. Horseman, pass by. This wee village also boasts a great example of a Celtic High Cross dating from circa 9th century and also a round tower dating from the 10th or 11th century .

Walk around Sligo for any amount of time and you soon learn who their favorite son was. Yes, there…read moreare monuments and statues a-plenty in the county paying homage to this sullen yet prolific writer. For this trip, I brought a book of Yeats and, honestly, I have yet to read another writer with such a dark, gloomy perspective of things. But I didn't live in his time and, if I had, I might also be penning down verses of faeries luring us to better lives. Who knows? As it was, I stood over his grave and toasted with a wee pull from my purse flask to his honor, then moved on, like his final wish to the horsemen. And I saddled up and rode off in search of fun.

If you want to do a tour of Yeats country, then this is the place to start. Run by the volunteers…read moreof the Yeats Society, you will be initiated into the essence of Ireland's famous poet laureate. See original manuscripts of his poems, rare and seminal photos of the poet, his relatives and his beloved Sligo. Feel your pulse racing to the heartbeat and hypnotic rhythm of his profound verse; feel the cream of the wordsmith's rhymes inebriate you like the bubbling waterfalls of Glencar. I don't know if Faeries exist or not, but you will now want to start exploring the icons of Yeat's muse and see for yourself. Start your journey here and maybe the Faery will take you by the hand to the mythical Tir na Nog of ancient Ireland.