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Sligo Walking Tours run by Melcoo Tours offer social history and literary walking tours in Sligo, Ireland.

Running two tours; Sligo Dark Tales tour and the Sligo Secret Scripture tour.

We can also offer bespoke tailored tours depending on your interests.

The Sligo Dark Tales walking tour scheduled Autumn public tours on Saturday evenings at 7 pm in Sligo town.

Public Tour Dates: 

27th October 2018 (Halloween special tour – fancy dress encouraged)

Friday 9th November – The Sligo Dracula Undead Tour – Special tour – Sligo Bram Stoker Society Dracula weekend. Book tickets here for this special one-off tour or through Eventbrite.

To book tickets for October’s Sligo dark tales tour click here or to book a place on the tour for other dates please contact us. Private/Group tours can be booked for other dates.

Tour duration is 1 hour 45 minutes.

Join us as we explore Sligo’s dark history on a walking tour revealing Sligo’s turbulent past with stories of war, execution, jail-breaks, disease & macabre tales.

On the tour discover Sligo’s connection to Bram Stoker, the Irish author, best known for his 1897 Gothic novel Dracula.

The tragic history of Sligo Abbey that inspired W.B. Yeats.

Grim tales of crime and punishment in the nineteenth century.

Sligo Secret Scripture walking tour

The Sligo Secret Scripture walking tour is a literary & local history tour based around Sligo town. The award-winning author Sebastian Barry, set his novels in Sligo town and wrote about his family who resided in Sligo at the time. This tour will take you through the streets of Sligo where the characters walked, combining the books and social history.

“A wanderer is a romantic thing like someone in a western picture at the Gaiety or Savoy.”  – Sebastian Barry

To book a private or group tour please contact us.

 

 

Melcoo Tours is a member of the Independent Tour Guides Association (ITGA) and all walking tours are fully insured.