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At GRANGE , five miles north of Drumcliff, there's not much apart
from an old boys' bar off to the right, over the bridge. However, if you
venture inland past the pub, you'll get a changing perspective of
Benbulben as you approach the Gleniff Horseshoe, a scenic road that runs
along a glen on the flank of the Dartry range and gives easy access to
the top of Benbulben.
MONEYGOLD , a mile north of Grange, offers basic accommodation at the
Karuna Flame Hostel (tel 071/63337; phone ahead during low season or if
you want a private room). CLIFFONY , about three miles north of
Moneygold, is remarkable for the Creevykeel Court Tomb (just past the
village by the roadside), one of the most extensive Neolithic sites in
the country, comprising two roofless tombs within a stone court. The
graves, which were originally enclosed in a barrow, probably date from
between 3500 and 3000 BC, and it's easy to see in this ancient evidence
of human presence a reflection of a power in the landscape that has gone
on working ever since, right down to the poetry of Yeats and beyond.
Bundoran, the first town over the county border in Donegal , is eight
miles northeast along the N15 road.
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