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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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 Traveller writer John Woods visited Ireland in 1947 and wrote a travel guide with insightful observations which provide a vivid…
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An advert for Sequah Remedies, the cure all. Source: The Graphic 11 July 1891 In 1891, a quack doctor arrived in Sligo with much fanfare. Sequah products were sold using…