Drumcliff monastery, County Sligo

Drumcliff Monastery
Native name
Mainistir Dhroim Chliabh (Irish)
Nearest citySligo
Coordinates54°19′34″N 8°29′38″W / 54.326°N 8.494°W / 54.326; -8.494
Founded575 AD
FounderSaint Colmcille
Built6th century AD
Original useMonastery
Demolished17th Century
Current useReligious site and graveyard
Architectural style(s)Irish Early Christian
Visitors (in 180,000)

Drumcliff Monastery (Irish: Mainistir Dhroim Chliabh) was located in Cairbre Drom Cliabh, now County Sligo, five miles north of the modern town of Sligo. The site consists of the remains of a round tower and several high crosses, including one outstanding example. It is currently also the site of a Church of Ireland parish church and a graveyard. It is the burial place of the poet William Butler Yeats. Founded in the 6th century by Saint Colmcille, he is said to have declared in a later literary fragment:

Beloved to my heart also in the West— Drumcliffe at Culcinne's strand.