| Benbulbin | |
|---|---|
 Benbulbin's northern side on a cloudy day. | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 526 m (1,726 ft) |
| Listing | Marilyn |
| Coordinates | 54°22′N 8°28′W / 54.367°N 8.467°W |
| Naming | |
| Native name | Binn Ghulbain (Irish) |
| Geography | |
  Benbulbin Location in Ireland | |
| Location | County Sligo, Ireland |
| Parent range | Dartry Mountains |
| OSI/OSNI grid | G692463 |
| Topo map | OSi Discovery 16 |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | Hike |
Benbulbin (Irish: Binn Ghulbain),[1] sometimes Benbulben or Ben Bulben, is a large flat-topped nunatak[2] rock formation in County Sligo, Ireland. It is part of the Dartry Mountains, in an area sometimes called "Yeats Country".[3][4][5]
Benbulbin is a protected site, designated as a County Geological Site by Sligo County Council.[6][7]
- ^ Benbulbin. Placenames Database of Ireland.
- ^ "The Geological Society Benbulben".
- ^ "Mountain Views: Benbulbin in area Dartry Mountains". Retrieved 4 April 2007.
- ^ Reader's Digest Natural Wonders of the World. The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. 1988. ISBN 0-89577-087-3.
- ^ "Yeats Country Drive Sligo". Retrieved 28 July 2012.
- ^ Williams, Mary Anne (2008). Landscapes, Rocks and Fossils: The Geological Heritage of County Sligo: An Action of the County Sligo Heritage Plan. Sligo Regional Technical College. pp. 21, 22. ISBN 978-0955565311.
- ^ Marese McDonagh (14 March 2009). "Yeats-link 19th century house could face demolition". The Irish Times. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
Sligo Borough Council has confirmed there is a recommendation in the recently published draft Sligo Environs Development Plan that Markievicz House be removed from the list of protected structures. If the elected members vote to delist the building, which in the late 1800s was home to Yeats's maternal grandparents William and Elizabeth Pollexfen, it clears the way for its demolition. [...] Stella Mew, chief executive of the Yeats Society, which is preparing for the 50th International Yeats Summer School this summer, said Sligo's Yeatsian heritage was being "whittled away piece by piece". "Luckily Ben Bulben and Knocknarea are sacrosanct – they cannot delist the mountains or they might be at risk too," she said.