We drove through Grange, the town where the stable is located, and took more photos. We pulled over to get a good view of the Benbulben Mountains, which are awesome. I really love mountains. I also saw this tree that looked good and ready for Winter, with all its leaves on the ground.
Here is the back of Benbulben across a lough. The clouds were thick but they cleared up a little and at least it had finished raining.
Here is another view of Benbulben, this time with less cloud cover. This side looks so green and there is a wee cottage in the distance.
We also went to see the Lake Isle of Innisfree. It was very cool but also freezing cold so I could hardly enjoy the scenery and photography.
Innisfree was a very important place to Yeats. Google the title of this post for his poem about the isle. If I ever become a high school English teacher (highly unlikely) this will be a wonderful story to tell my students. I doubt first or second graders will care about the Lake Isle of Innisfree so I'll have to tell them different stories of my travels.
Parke's Castle is at the lookout point where we could see Innisfree. It's very picturesque, especially with the backdrop of the lough and the island.
We had Aubrey take one last photo of us with Innisfree in the background. The tour ended up being a great value and the best way to see the area of Sligo. We could not have had a friendlier, more helpful tour guide and he really made our Sligo tour awesome.
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