Rosses Point

 

'Rosses Point is a beautiful maritime village'


Rosses Point is situated 8kms (5 miles) from Sligo town, it is a beautiful maritime village and holiday resort with two magnificent sandy blue flag beaches. The village is set against the backdrop of the spectacular Dartry mountain range and the beauty of Sligo Bay.

The village has numerous excellent restaurants, a top class hotel, bed & breakfast accommodation and no shortage of friendly pubs. The bay is ideal for swimming, angling and all water sports, it is also a very popular sailing resort, with Sligo Yacht Club located a short walk from the village.

Just off the coast from Rosses Point are two small islands, Oyster island and Coney island. Oyster island with it's distinctive lighthouse takes its name from the many oyster beds that were found along its shores. The islands are separated by Shrunamile, 'the channel of a thousand currents'.  A feature of the bay is the unusual 'Metal Man', a 12ft tall cast iron statue of a Royal Navy petty officer erected on a perch rock in 1821 to indicate the safe passage for ships through Sligo Channel to the quays in Sligo town.

Rosses Point has been immortalised in paintings and verse by the renowned Yeats brothers, the poet William Butler and the artist Jack. They spent many summers there as children staying in the 'grand' Elsinore Lodge which was owned by the Middleton family. 

 

 


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