Drumcliff Church and Round Tower

Drumcliff, Ireland

Drumcliff Monastery (Irish: Mainistir Dhroim Chliabh) was located in Cairbre Drom Cliabh, now County Sligo, five miles north of the modern town of Sligo. The site consists of the remains of a round tower and several high crosses, including one outstanding example. It is currently also the site of a Church of Ireland parish church and a graveyard. It is the burial place of the poet William Butler Yeats. Founded in the 6th century by Saint Colmcille, he is said to have declared in a later literary fragment: Beloved to my heart also in the West— Drumcliffe at Culcinne's strand.

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