Grange, County Sligo

Grange
Irish: An Ghráinseach
Village
Grange's Main Street in 2009
Grange's Main Street in 2009
Grange is located in Ireland
Grange
Grange
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 54°24′00″N 8°31′00″W / 54.4000°N 8.5167°W / 54.4000; -8.5167
CountryIreland
ProvinceConnacht
CountyCounty Sligo
BaronyCarbury
Area
 • Total
2.27 km2 (0.88 sq mi)
Elevation
28 m (92 ft)
Population586
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid ReferenceG664502
The sand dunes of Streedagh and snow on Ben Bulben

Grange (Irish: An Ghráinseach, meaning 'monastic farm'[3]) is a village on the N15 road in County Sligo, Ireland. It is located between Benbulben mountain and the Atlantic Ocean. Streedagh, a townland near Grange, is the location of a large sandy beach, three Spanish Armada wrecks, and a salt water lagoon that is an area of Special Conservation. Streedagh strand is also a surfing destination.[citation needed]

A short distance to the north are the towns of Ballyshannon and Bundoran, a surfing and seaside resort, which are both bypassed, and the villages of Tullaghan and Cliffoney. To the south are Drumcliff, burial place of poet and Nobel laureate W. B. Yeats, and Sligo town.

  1. ^ "Grange, Sligo, Ireland". Archived from the original on 12 January 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Grange". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. Archived from the original on 8 March 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  3. ^ "An Ghráinseach/Grange". Placenames Database of Ireland. Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Dublin City University. Archived from the original on 8 March 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2018.