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Trail Riding Holidays: We offer 2 different Sligo Trails • Self led Trail Riding
• The Sligo Yeats Trail - 4 Days - 4 days riding in the countryside and by the Atlantic coast
• The Sligo Trail - 1 Week: Three days on the sea and three days through the mountains
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County Sligo is situated on the Atlantic coast in the north west of Ireland and is the gateway between Connaught and Ulster. The county has a magnificent variety of mountain, lake, wood and coastline. County Sligo's beautiful scenery was an inspiration for Yeats, who is buried at Drumcliffe Churchyard, under loaf-shaped Benbulben Mountain. The lakes of Sligo, with their still waters and wooded islands, are truly spectacular, and form a striking contrast to the county's rugged uplands.

W.B. Yeats
William Butler Yeats is recognised as one of the greatest poets of the English language; a prominence which was acknowledged by his confirmation as Nobel Prize winner for literature in 1923. His continuing impact on literature can be evidenced from his influence on subsequent poets which has guaranteed Yeats an honoured place in the canon of English literature.
Yeats's works have always been associated closely with Sligo county, the culture and landscape of which influenced him greatly during his formative years. This influence is evident throughout his career, providing a wealth of imagery, myth and folklore to his works which conjure images and references to Sligo and the surrounding region.


The following epitaph was written by Yeats himself :
Under bare Ben Bulben's head
In Drumcliff churchyard Yeats is laid.
An ancestor was rector there
Long years ago, a church stands near,
By the road an ancient cross.
No marble, no conventional phrase;
On limestone quarried near the spot
By his command these words are cut:
Cast a cold eye
On life, on death.
Horseman, pass by!

The Sligo Yeats Trail - 4 Days

The Horse Holiday Farm lies in the shadow of Ben Bulben directly on the Atlantic coast with stunning views.
Enjoy a few days riding in the countryside immortalised by the poet W. B. Yeats.

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The Sligo Trail - 1 Week

You will have three days directly on the sea and three days through the mountains and forests of Co. Sligo.
We have marked the route on your map and you will find corresponding markings in the terrain through which you will travel.
You will be given a list of farmhouses, where we will have pre-booked your accommodation. Here you will find a bed for yourself and a field for your horse.
If you wish to have evening meals at your farmhouse, the landlady will gladly provide it for you (this is not included in the offer).

Sligo Trail 2008:
Due to the unusually heavy rains in the Summer of 2007 sections of our Sligo Trail became impassable, it will be late Spring 2008 before we will know how it will be for next Season, so we ask for your patience.

All of our other Trails: Donegal South, Donegal West and Yeats Trail are riding perfectly.

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Tilman and Colette Anhold
Horse Holiday Farm Ltd.
Grange
County Sligo
Ireland

Telephone : (071) 9166152
Fax : (071) 9166400

From Europe and the UK:
Telephone : 00 353 71 9166152
Fax : 00 353 71 9166400

From the USA:
Telephone : 011 353 71 9166152
Fax : 011 353 71 9166400

Email : hhf@eircom.net

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The Horse Holiday Farm is Bord Fáilte (Irish Tourist Board) approved and
a member of A.I.R.E., the Association of Irish Riding Establishments.

 
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