Sligo's only round tower and its only high cross — the sole survivors of a monastery Columcille founded in 574 AD — standing over the churchyard where Ireland's Nobel poet W.B. Yeats came home to be buried in 1948. Looking for things to do in Drumcliff? Start here — no car, no ticket, no booking.
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Stops on This Trail
Drumcliff Round Tower
Drumcliff High Cross
W.B. Yeats's Grave
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