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Grange is a village on the N15 national primary road in County Sligo, Ireland. Located in a scenic area between Ben Bulben mountain and the Atlantic Ocean. Streedagh a townland near Grange, is the location of a large sandy beach, three Armada wrecks and a salt water lagoon that is an area of Special Conservation. Streedagh strand is also a popular surfing destination.A short distance to the north are the towns of Ballyshannon - and Bundoran, a seaside resort and surfers' paradise. To the south are Drumcliff, burial place of poet and Nobel laureate W. B. Yeats, and Sligo town.HistoryThe old village is on the hill to the north of the present village. Grange developed on land belonging to the Cistercian monastery of Boyle in County Roscommon. Grange village was a stronghold of the O’Harte and O’Connor families throughout the Medieval period. The O'Hartes provided cavalry for the O'Connor Sligo Lords of Carbury-Drumcliff.A castle once stood near the centre of the present village.The Annals of Ireland record that in 1604 a ‘new castle and 7 cottages were built by Hugh O’Hart in the town of Grange, Co. Sligo.’"