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Sligo Abbey – Lough Gill loop from Sligo Mac Diarmada

Sligo Abbey – Lough Gill loop from Sligo Mac Diarmada

Moderate

4.3

(3)

riders

Sligo Abbey – Lough Gill loop from Sligo Mac Diarmada

03:49

89.5km

700m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 28, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 1.67 km for 92 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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1.22 km

Historic Shopfronts on O'Connell Street

Highlight • Historical Site

Very beautiful facades

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1.69 km

Bridge of Light (Garavogue River Pedestrian Bridge)

Highlight • Bridge

A very cute and convenient pedestrian only footbridge over the Garavogue River.

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2.00 km

Sligo Courthouse

Highlight • Monument

Neo-Gothic courthouse from 1878 on Teeling Street, designed by James Rawson Carroll. The sandstone facade with turrets and pointed arches gives the building a strikingly stately character. A rare example of Victorian architecture outside of Dublin.

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2.47 km

Garavogue Riverside Walk

Highlight • Trail

Beautiful views from the banks over the Garavogue River just off Sligo city centre.

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2.77 km

Sligo Abbey

Highlight • Historical Site

The famous Irish poet William Butler Yeats is closely associated with County Sligo; he used the abbey in two short stories: "The Crucifixion of the Outcasts" and "The Curse of …

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36.9 km

Kilronan Castle

Highlight • Castle

Head off the road through the castle gates to find Kilronan Castle.

Kilronan Castle Estate & Spa is majestically set on the shores of Lough Meelagh, surrounded by over forty …

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37.8 km

Archaeological Site

84.8 km

Lough Gill

Highlight • Lake

Lough Gill is a beautiful large lake scattered with 20 small islands including the Lake Isle of Innisfree. The spectacular lake is surrounded by woodland giving it a real sense of peace and quiet.

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89.5 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

86.6 km

2.46 km

361 m

214 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

89.2 km

163 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (110 m)

Lowest point (0 m)

Weather

Thursday 13 August

18°C

12°C

18 %

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Max wind speed: 17.0 km/h

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Sligo Abbey – Lough Gill loop from Sligo Mac Diarmada

Historic Shopfronts on O'Connell Street

Bridge of Light (Garavogue River Pedestrian Bridge)

Sligo Courthouse

Garavogue Riverside Walk

Sligo Abbey

Kilronan Castle

Lough Gill

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