Sligo Port
A Marriage Proposal at the Fairy Bridges
In 1862, John Butler Yeats came to Sligo to visit his friend from boarding school George Pollexfen. He met George's sister Susan Mary and within a few days, he proposed…
Market Street/Market Cross in Sligo town before the Lady Erin statue was erected.
The Great Liberator’s visit to Sligo
On the 24th January 1837, Daniel O'Connell, visited Sligo with much fanfare. The road from Ballina to Sligo was crowded with thousands of people who had travelled for miles to…
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A Christmas Ghost at Gibraltar House
A hundred years ago before television and radio entertained us, at Christmas time, people gathered together and told ghost stories. Charles Dicken's famous Christmas Carol is one such famous ghost…
The Glen
A visit to the Glen in the nineteenth century
The Glen I first heard of Asenath Nicholson's travel account during my college course in Heritage and Folklore. I was writing an assignment on visitors observations of Ireland. Nicholson's travels took…
Sligo emoji quiz - round 2
Sligo Emoji Quiz Round 2
Ready for round 2? I've created another Sligo emoji quiz How many can you get? As before, some of these places are now part of Sligo's history and no longer…
Sligo catchphrase quiz
Local Sligo Places Emoji Quiz
I made a local Sligo places quiz using only basic emojis with some suggestions from my family when we played it. How many can you get? Sligo emoji quiz, featuring…
Knox Street Sligo late nineteenth-century
Merchants of Sligo – Higgins & Keighron
Higgins & Keighron flagon - Source - B. Higgins Irish Antique Bottle Collectors Club Facebook group A whiskey flagon from Higgins & Keighron Ltd, Wholesale Merchants, Sligo. Higgins & Keighron…
Lady Jane Wilde recorded Samhain divination customs.
Cabbages – A Halloween custom
One Halloween night in 1879, several young boys sat huddled together in a field.They had lit a small fire to keep themselves warm from the October chill. Their duty that…
Dun Maeve Hotel and Ballysadare bridge 1959 - Douglas Campbell
Ballysadare to Strandhill in 1947
Dun Maeve Hotel and Ballysadare bridge 1959 - Douglas Campbell Traveller writer John Woods visited Ireland in 1947 and wrote a travel guide with insightful observations which provide a vivid…
Martins Sligo Whiskey
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