tourist attractions sligo

Sligo Abbey was founded in 1252 or 1253 for the Dominicans by Maurice Fitzgerald, 2nd Baron of Offaly, who was also founder of the town. Having escaped the ravages suffered by the now destroyed Sligo Castle in the 13th and 14th centuries, the Friary was accidentally burned in 1414, but was rebuilt two years later by Friar Bryan MacDonagh with assistance from Pope John XXIII.
In 1568 O'Conor Sligo made a petition to Queen Elizabeth not to dissolve the Friary, and this was granted on t...

An exciting archaeological discovery in recent years was the identification of a hillfort at Knocknashee during an archaeological survery of county Sligo by the OPW in 1988.
Knocknashee means Hill of the Faries. It's 700m long and 320m wide. The site is located on a spectacular limestone table top plateau commanding a widespread view over the north Connacht plain. The area is enclosed by the two earth and stone ramparts in 53 acres.
The inner rampart skirts the edge of the pl...

The Sligo Yeats Society was founded in 1958, and is housed within the Yeats Memorial Building in Sligo town. Features include a number of exhibitions on the life and times of WB Yeats, the Sligo Art Gallery and the Yeats River Café....