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Tawnylea Destination Guide

Explore Tawnylea in Ireland

Tawnylea in the region of Connaught is a place in Ireland - some 98 mi or ( 159 km ) North-West of Dublin , the country's capital city .

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Time in Tawnylea is now 02:47 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Dublin " with a UTC offset of 0 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Derry, Inverness, Glasgow, Enniskillen, and Belfast. Since you are here already, consider visiting Derry . We saw some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Tawnylea ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Ballyshannon Festival Impression by Dutchlander

10:10 min by GrijzeDraak
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From the Netherlands to beautiful Ireland. Festival camping, beer, the festival bus, Ballyshannon-City and...........all friends of Rory were there. see you all in 2010 !! (Thanks Barry and crew) ..

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Interesting facts about this location

Killarga

Killarga or Killargue is a small village in County Leitrim, Ireland. Killarga is an ancient place of pilgrimage and was attached to a religious settlement, Cill Fhearga, which according to the Annals of the Four Masters was founded by a holy woman, St Fearga, as early as the 6th century. There is a Holy Well, a 19th-century lime kiln, a sweat house and other historical ruins in the neighborhood. Nearby is O'Donnell's Rock, which offers far-reaching views over five counties.

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Located at 54.23 -8.21 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Towns and villages in County Leitrim

Parke's Castle

Rising three storeys tall, in an idyllic setting on the banks of Lough Gill, in County Leitrim, Ireland, Parke’s Castle is a plantation era castle. In 1610 Roger Parke completed his fortified manor house on the site of an earlier fifteenth-century O'Rourke castle. He kept the walls of the original bawn - a spacious pentagonal defensive area - and demolished the O'Rourke tower house in the centre.

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Located at 54.26 -8.33 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in County Leitrim, Castles in County Leitrim, Historic house museums in the Republic of Ireland, Houses completed in 1610, Museums in County Leitrim, National Monuments in County Leitrim

Lough Allen

Lough Allen is a lake on the River Shannon in northeastern Connacht, Ireland. Most of the lake is in County Leitrim, with a smaller part in County Roscommon. The lake lies to the south of the River Shannon's source, near the Iron Mountains, and is the uppermost of the three main lakes on the river. The other two, Lough Ree and Lough Derg are much further to the south. The lake is shaped like an upturned isosceles triangle.

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Located at 54.11 -8.04 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Tags: Loughs of County Leitrim, Loughs of County Roscommon, River Shannon

Lake Isle of Innisfree

The "Lake Isle of Innisfree" is a poem written by William Butler Yeats in 1888. The poem was published first in the National Observer in 1890 and reprinted in The Countess Kathleen and Various Legends and Lyrics in 1892. One of Yeats's earlier poems, "The Lake Isle of Innisfree" was an attempt to create a form of poetry that was Irish in origin rather than one that adhered to the standards set by English poets and critics.

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Located at 54.25 -8.36 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Tags: 1890 poems, Poetry by W. B. Yeats, Uninhabited islands of Ireland, Works originally published in British newspapers

Glenfarne

Glenfarne is a small village located in the north of County Leitrim, Ireland. It is the site of the original "Ballroom of Romance", which inspired a short story by William Trevor and was subsequently turned into a movie by the BBC. Glenfarne also has a lakeside forest near Lough MacNean, a lake bordering parts of Northern Ireland, including towns such as Belcoo in County Fermanagh.

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Located at 54.28 -7.98 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Tags: Towns and villages in County Leitrim