14/10/2026
Excerpt from the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Tour, to Omagh – Sligo, which mentions a visit to Carrowmore and Knocknarea. Published in the Belfast News Letter Tuesday, June 23rd, 1896. The photograph by Robert Welch shows a similar visit eight years later when the Triennial Field Clubs of Ireland conference was held at Glen House.
"On returning to Sligo, about one o'clock, luncheon was partaken of previous to starting for Carrowmore and the hill of Knocknarea. There are some 60 or more, cromlechs, stone circles, and other ancient Pagan monuments in this district, which have been fully described in the pages of the journal of the society. They are of the most interesting character, and are not surpassed in the world.
The Hill of Knocknarea, on the summit of which stands a huge cairn, is about 1,100 feet high, and notwithstanding all the previous fatigues of the day, fully the three-fourths of the members climbed to the top to enjoy the wonderful view from it. The Glen was also visited; the botanists of the party were charmed; they had never seen a more delightful place. One Dublin gentleman said he would have been well repaid for all his labour had he seen nothing but the Glen."
