Legend

Ben Bulben

County Sligo

A table mountain where the hero Diarmuid was killed by a magic boar.

Ben Bulben's flat top and steep sides make it one of Ireland's most striking mountains. Legend says the lovers Diarmuid and Gráinne fled here from Fionn mac Cumhaill.

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When: Legend
Where: 54.3700, -8.4700
Group: Legends

Visiting

The Gortarowey trail gives views of the mountain. Yeats's grave is at Drumcliff church.

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