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Sligo city - SHOPPING IN SLIGO
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Sligo city - COUNTYSIDE SLIGO
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Information The North West Regional Tourism Office (call 916 1201 for
information) is located on Temple St and has the following opening: 9am
to 6pm Monday to Friday and 10am to 6pm Saturday & Sunday from June
to September 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday from October to May. |
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Sightseeing and Visiting The Yeats room of the Sligo County Museum
(call 914 2212 for information) displays photographs, letters,
newspaper cuttings, all related to poet William Butler Yeats, whose
mother was from county Sligo. It also contains drawings from his
brother, painter Jack B Yeats.
An impressive 19th-century building houses the Model Arts & Niland
Gallery (call 914 1405 for information) which has an important
collection of works from various artists, |
from Charles Lamb to Jack B
Yeats and his niece Anne.
Sligo Abbey (call 914 6406 for information) was first built in 1250 but
had to be reconstructed twice after it burnt down, in the 15th century
and then in 1641. Only ruins remain nowadays.
The Victorian Courthouse and the Yeats Building are also of interest.
Entertainment To be mentioned is the Sligo Arts Festival (call 916 9802
for information) which takes place in May-June.
A few pubs with a great atmosphere: Hargadon Bros and MacGarrigle’s on
O’Connell St Connolly’s on Markiewicz Rd Shoot the Crows on Castle St
Furey’s on Bridge St |
