spruces and Scots pines together with groups of European larch, birch, and some oak, can be found. On the upper slopes around the rock hazel, briar, ash, beech, and hawthorn - all developed naturally - can be foundAmong the flora woodrush, bilberry, hearts tongue fern and holly are all in evidence. If lucky, foxes, badgers and red squirrels can be seen. Occasionally deer have been seen. Mute swan, duck and heron can be seen on Lough Gill. Woodland birds include pigeon, thrush, robin, finches, blackbird, wren and Ireland's smallest bird, the gold crest, which is only 3.5 inches long.
Dooney Rock inspired W.B. Yeats to write the Fiddler of Dooney.

True Lovers Knot On the/ Sligo to Dromahair Rd 200yds beyond Dooney Rock along the roadside on our right - two old trees, 6ft 9" from the ground they are joined by one solid branch - not

grafted or man made - called a true lovers knot - anyone who makes a wishe at the two tree, the wish will be granted.

Cottage Island (Beezies Island) is one of the islands below Dooney Rock. Known locally as Beezie Island, so named after an old lady called Beezie who lived on the island. She was the last person to live on Lough Gill, she died in 1948, aged over 80. She was a great old lady. She used to take out her row-boat every Thursday and row down to Sligo to collect her old age pension and row back again. A great friend of the fisherman. This island was a regular port of call on Lough Gill when the lough was a very busy place for fishing. The fisherman would 'drop in' to Beezies for a cup of tea or a drop of anything else that was going. Sligoians recalled her being a unique lady. She would read anything she could lay her hands on. One gentleman who was regular visitor to this island when Beezie was alive told she would read anything "from Buffalo Bill to the Bible". The ruins of Beezies Cottage can still be seen on the island. The island at one time was a leper colony. The lepers were tended by the monks who were affiliated to the White Canons of Lough Key in Boyle. The ruins of their monastery can be seen on the far most tip of the island

Lough Gill from the shores of Fernlea

W.B Yeats

Lisadell House

Sligo Town

Sligo Abbey

Lough Gill

Fernlea

Fernlea

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Fernlea, its fields and cottage taken from Dooney Rock

Fernlea is situated on the banks of Lough Gill in the village of Kiltycahill. Kiltycahill means 'Cahill Woods' and is situated in the parish of Calry (Calraidhe) meaning descendants of Cal. Cal was the grand-uncle of Maccon, King of Ireland in the 3rd century. He is an important person in the great history of Connaught

Hazelwood has an older name. Two hundred years ago it would have been known as Annagh, meaning meeting or place of a meeting. Fernlea is situated near Annagh Bay in Lough Gill. Annagh is mentioned in the MacFirbis gaelic poem and also in the life of St Creellach of Kilmore Moy as Aenach Locha Gile (meeting place of the Brigh Lake)

 

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of Oliver Cromwell. Near Lough Gill is Cairns Hill, a wooded hill rising to 390ft, so called because it is capped by two cairns.According to legend, these cairns are burial places of two old Sligo Chieftians, Romra and Omra who ruled over the old city of Sligo, which legend would have us believe now lies under these waters. The chieftains legends tells that Romra had a beautiful daughter named Gile. One day Omra came and saw her charmed by her beauty and asked her to take a stroll with him. When Romra discovered the two lovers together, his anger and his fury was so great that he proceeded to do battle with Omra, killing him in the battle. But during the battle Romra himself was very badly wounded from which he later died from. Gile in her grief from her father's death and lover, killed herself also.