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www.rossespoint.ie with a loaf of bread and a shovel should he wake, and thus Deadmans Deadmans thus and wake, he should shovel a and bread of loaf a with

that. They buried the sailor in a shallow grave on the headland, along along headland, the on grave shallow a in sailor the buried They that.

and they did just did they and buried”, be to have “he’ll tide”: this on sailing miss

“but we can’t can’t we “but reply the came sure” be can’t “I Captain?” dead he “Is

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Pic courtesy of Frances Muldoon Frances of courtesy Pic

Sligo Caravan & Camping, Greenlands Camping, & Caravan Sligo

The Radisson Blu Hotel Blu Radisson The

Yeats Country Hotel Country Yeats

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for long watches through the night. the through watches long for Stay

1st Tee on the Golf Course. Today the VHF radio replaces the need the replaces radio VHF the Today Course. Golf the on Tee 1st

watch house on the scenic walk was replaced by one beside the beside one by replaced was walk scenic the on house watch

exotic lands abroad and, closer to home, of ghosts and fairies. This This fairies. and ghosts of home, to closer and, abroad lands exotic

listened to seafaring men tell tales of tales tell men seafaring to listened Yeats WB walls these Within Radisson Blu Hotel Blu Radisson Spa & Leisure Centre Radisson Blu Hotel Hotel Blu Radisson Centre Leisure & Spa

from the watch houses. The oldest is on the scenic walk. walk. scenic the on is oldest The houses. watch the from

Yeats Country Hotel Country Yeats Spa & Leisure Centre Yeats Country Hotel Country Yeats Centre Leisure & Spa

Pilots kept twenty-four-hour lookout for arriving ships. They did this did They ships. arriving for lookout twenty-four-hour kept Pilots

Rose Chinese Restaurant Chinese Rose Outdoor Swimming Pool Swimming Outdoor Statue once on the pillar in Dublin and the three statues atop the GPO. GPO. the atop statues three the and Dublin in pillar the on once Statue

also designed Nelsons Nelsons designed also Kirk Thomas designer his that know you Did

County Sligo Golf Club Golf Sligo County See the Lifeboat in the RNLI Sligo Bay Station & Shop Shop & Station Bay Sligo RNLI the in Lifeboat the See

reach him his outstretched arm points to the deep channel. channel. deep the to points arm outstretched his him reach

The Driftwood The County Sligo Golf Club and Shop and Club Golf Sligo County behind, they know they have the right course home, and when they they when and home, course right the have they know they behind,

Oyster Island Island Oyster the with light his up line ships When . Man Metal light

Sligo Yacht Club Club Yacht Sligo Sea Fishing Sligo Fishing Sea

standing on The Perch Rock since 1821, none other than our own our than other none 1821, since Rock Perch The on standing

traded across the globe. Our most famous sailor is the the is sailor famous most Our globe. the across traded Officer Petty

Bar y’s Harr Ewing’s Sea Angling & Sligo Boat Charters Boat Sligo & Angling Sea Ewing’s

has long produced many sailors and Sea Captains who who Captains Sea and sailors many produced long has Point Rosses

The Little Cottage Cafe Cottage Little The Beautiful Blue Flag, Lifeguarded Beaches Lifeguarded Flag, Blue Beautiful Pilots & Sailors & Pilots

Austie’s Bar and Restaurant and Bar Austie’s Scenic Walk Walk Scenic

Dine & Drink & Dine Activity

Ghosts & Fairies beautiful house Elsinore was eventually seized by the authorities. the by seized eventually was Elsinore house beautiful

WB Yeats maintained that there were more ghosts in Rosses Point his efforts fine Jack’s” “Black For 1800’s. early the in Point

than anywhere and certainly there is no shortage of stories locally. Rosses in smugglers of gang armed an of operation the into enquiry

Pirates and smugglers feature prominently so be very watchful an even was There pirate. and smuggler fine a be to reputed was who

was originally built by John Black otherwise known as “Black Jack”, Jack”, “Black as known otherwise Black John by built originally was

as you pass Elsinore House or the pilot watch houses. As for the club. golf a swing sing, swim, sail, play, walk, everyone, for do to things have We

‘Good Folk’ they had many haunts and were greatly respected by Middleton, Henry by owned latterly House, Elsinore smugglers.

Being a seafaring place, the village was home to pirates and pirates to home was village the place, seafaring a Being

ur Pubs and Restaurants. and Pubs ur the local people. Most notably they appeared on the far strand and o at tales folk and stories the Enjoy Houses. Guest and Hotels

Bomore which inspired Yeats to write the Stolen Child. Smugglers & Pirates

at our wonderful our at The old folk maintained that the project, way back, at Jackson’s stay you while offer to has Point Rosses landscape beautiful the Explore

Pier (along the scenic walk), was doomed to fail as the ‘Good Folk’ owned that part of the shore. Muldoon Frances of courtesy Pic

Poets & Artists Rosses Point has, in the past, provided inspiration for artists, poets and musicians which continues to this day. Our most famous connection is to the Yeats family. The village provided a haven for their youth along with inspiration for the writings of

WB and the paintings of Jack. Moyle Lodge, Elsinore House

among others were all Yeats’ family homes. The extended family Austie’s. of bar front the in place of pride takes Table Captains

were also very closely associated with Sligo’s shipping trade. her and bar Harrys in pictures interesting Some aboard. maize of

Wrecked near the village with 5000 tons 5000 with village the near Wrecked

Henry Middleton, who once owned the entire village, was Willie Pateris Diamantis 1925

and Jack Yeats uncle and played host to the family each summer. village. the of end the near house Captains her to close

Wrecked, Ardbowline. Her anchor is mounted is anchor Her Ardbowline. Wrecked, It could be said that sufficient attention hasn’t been paid to the Sligo SS 1912

importance of the Yeatsian connection to the village, it may be

very worthwhile to delve into WB’s writings for a glimpse of the Austie’s. in seen be can nameplate lifeboat ships her and

village long ago, or to gaze at the way Jack captured the essence captain her of photo a while Island Coney Bar, Wards MJ in hangs

Wrecked, Coney Island. Her full nameplate full Her Island. Coney Wrecked, Naryana 1886

of the place in his paintings.

a trace surviving however look out for the following: the for out look however surviving trace a

Over 60 Ships have been lost in Sligo Bay with hardly with Bay Sligo in lost been have Ships 60 Over Shipwrecks Artwork by Annie West

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