Strandhill Golf Club

Strandhill is a resort that lies at the western base of Knocknarea – “Moon Mountain” – a 1,000-foot high limestone mass to the southern side of Sligo Bay. An enormous stone structure, 60 yards in diameter and 30 feet high, sits at the top of the mountain. “Maeve’s Cairn” as it is called, is said to be the grave of the mythical Queen Maeve, whose father, the high King of Ireland at the time, presented her with the province of Connacht as a gift many years…