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A Marriage Proposal at the Fairy Bridges

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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…

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Market Street/Market Cross in Sligo town before the Lady Erin statue was erected.

The Great Liberator’s visit to Sligo

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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

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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…

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A visit to the Glen in the nineteenth century

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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…

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Sligo Emoji Quiz Round 2

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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…

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Local Sligo Places Emoji Quiz

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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…

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Knox Street Sligo late nineteenth-century

Merchants of Sligo – Higgins & Keighron

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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…

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Lady Jane Wilde recorded Samhain divination customs.

Cabbages – A Halloween custom

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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…

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Dun Maeve Hotel and Ballysadare bridge 1959 - Douglas Campbell

Ballysadare to Strandhill in 1947

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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…

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Martins Sligo Whiskey

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Martin's Irish Whiskey 🥃The finest and most potent whiskey! ... King George IV 👑Take the Sligo Dark Tales Tour

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