natural wonder
Benbulben
A distinctive flat-topped table mountain rising over the Sligo countryside, immortalised by poet W.B. Yeats.
18 km · about 20 min drive
Connacht, Ireland · Europe
Ballysadare is worth a stop: 15 minutes from Sligo, 18km from Benbulben.
Ballysadare is a town located in Connacht, Ireland. With a population of 1,350, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Ballysadare sits in Ireland, where you drive on the left. It's in the Europe/Dublin time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Ballysadare to your route.
Ballysadare (Irish: Baile Easa Dara, meaning 'town of the waterfall of the oak'), locally also Ballisodare, is a town in County Sligo, Ireland. It is about 7 km (4 mi) south of Sligo town. The town developed on an important crossing of the Owenmore River. Ballysadare is in a townland and civil parish of the same name.
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Ballysadare is located in Connacht, Ireland, Europe. The coordinates are 54.2117 latitude, -8.5094 longitude.
Ballysadare has a population of approximately 1,350 people, making it a town in Ireland.
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natural wonder
A distinctive flat-topped table mountain rising over the Sligo countryside, immortalised by poet W.B. Yeats.
18 km · about 20 min drive
famous road
Six-mile single-track loop under the sheer Dartry cliffs of Benwiskin and Truskmore in Sligo's Yeats country, passing Diarmuid and Gráinne's cave: the highest cave mouth in Ireland. Barely a car on it most days.
22 km · about 25 min drive
scenic viewpoint
A dramatic Sligo headland with Classiebawn Castle on the skyline and one of Europe's biggest big-wave surf breaks.
29 km · about 35 min drive
natural wonder
The 'Stairway to Heaven': a wooden boardwalk climbing across protected blanket bog to a 450-step staircase up Cuilcagh's ridge, with views over Fermanagh's lakelands. 7.5km each way from the Marlbank Road car park.
46 km · about 55 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Among the highest sea cliffs in Europe at nearly 600 metres, far less crowded than the Cliffs of Moher and even more dramatic.
49 km · about 55 min drive
scenic viewpoint
A wave-battered headland near Ballycastle with the iconic Dún Briste sea stack standing isolated offshore.
56 km · about 65 min drive
April to October
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