Co. Sligo has long been associated with William Butler Yeats and the county has a wealth of historical locations to explore where Yeats spent time and that inspired some of his most famous work, including The Lake Isle of Inishfree. Yeat's final resting place is also in Drumcliffe.

For more information on Yeats and locations associated with him in Sligo download the document below.

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Visit Ballygilgan Nature Reserve, Easkey Bog Nature Reserve, Irish Raptor Research Centre or Union Wood Nature Reserve. For full deatils of each download the document below.

Download a list of wildlife centres.

Sligo has a huge variety of arts and crafts activities, from theatres to galleries to craft stores. Download a comprehensive list below.

Download a list of Sligo's Arts & Crafts

For a wide variety of restaurants you'll find it hard to beat Sligo. From Indian to Chineses to Italian to old-fashioned pub-grub you'll find a place to suit every taste. For a comprehensive list of great places to eat please download the document below.

Download a list of Sligo's restaurants

Sligo has a huge number of mountains, lakes, rivers, beaches, etc for you to explore.

Explore the mountains of Benbulbin or Bricklieve. Visit Queen Maeve's Tomb at the top of Knocknarea. See the lakes of Glencar Lough or Lough Arrow and Sligo's renowned beaches at Strand Hill or Rosses Point.

Read more about Sligo geography.

Thomas Connolly's pub was first licensed in 1861. There's a great account of Connolly's in the book The Irish Pub, by James Fennell and Turtle Bunbury. Connolly's storied past includes at least one visit from Charles Stewart Parnell during the pub's early days, plus Thomas Connolly himself becoming Mayor of Sligo in 1890 (the same year he acquired the premises).

The pub was established during a time of plentiful maritime trade; deliveries of rope, linen and tea came into Sligo on ships from all over Europe. There was once a grocer’s shop at one end of the pub – now gone – popular for making sugar, selling tea and bottling whiskey.

Distance from St Angela’s: 7.1 km   
Link: http://www.thomasconnollysligo.com/


 

• Sligo Folk Park is located in the beautiful village of Riverstown, County Sligo. This community based attraction provides a true experience of rural life and Irish heritage at the turn of the late 19th Century.
• The Folk Park is set in the grounds of the authentically restored Millview House, which was originally built in 1873 by George Reid a farmer, shoemaker and the local church sexton.
• Stroll around the park and visit the wonderful museum and evocative exhibition hall which houses one of Ireland’s finest collections of rural history and agricultural artefacts. Open all year round and catering to all ages and group sizes, Sligo Folk Park has something for everyone
  
  

Distance from St Angela’s: 28.0 km
Link: http://sligofolkpark.com/

 

• Henry Lyons has been working with and for the Sligo community for over 180 years. Henry Lyons Department Store was established in 1835 on Lower Knox Street.
• Henry Lyons has always been an innovator and keen to increase sales as part of that they produced a seasonal brochure which contained all items that were for sale in the shop. They also ran a wholesale business and served from Belmullet to Tory Island.
• When the First World War broke many of the staff went to fight about 25% in total. They were replaced mostly by women at that time. Their names are all recorded on Henry Lyons Roll of Honour.
• During the war of Independence (mid 1920's) Cecil Lyons sent a boy to Dublin every day to collect a national newspaper which was pinned to the front window of the shop for everyone to read as newspapers were not readily available at that time. The Black and Tans broke the shop window, the only result was that the paper reappeared and Cecil Lyons started to make uniforms for the Citizen Army.
  
  

Distance from St Angela’s: 7.9 km
Link: http://henrylyons.ie/
 

• Walking off Sligo main shopping street into Hargadons is like taking a step back in time, as its delightful and charismatic interior is almost the same as when it first opened.
• The present building situated at 4 & 5 O’Connell Street, Sligo was built in 1864 by Bernard Collery, a local merchant, who was also a member of Sligo Town Council and a Member of Parliament representing Sligo.
• The businesses carried on included general grocery and the retail and wholesale of beer, wine and spirits based in the cellars and bonded warehouse at the rear of the building.
• After Mr. Collery’s death in 1909 the property was acquired by Messrs Patrick & Thomas Hargadon who gave the property its name. Acquired in 2006 by R. & E. Monahan as part of the development of the adjoining Johnston Court Shopping Mall, Hargadons has since been sensitively restored to its former glory while keeping its original architecture, fixtures and fittings, its ambience and eclectic atmosphere.
  
  

Distance from St Angela’s: 7.3 km
Link: http://www.hargadons.com/

• Dolly's Cottage is a stone built cottage with two rooms and a loft with original walls, roof, roof beams, fireplace and pouch bed.
• When you step through the little red door it's like stepping into the past. Dolly's Cottage has hardly changed in its two hundred years and provides an experience of how people lived until the not so distant past.
• The cottage is named after Dolly Higgins, the last person to live here. She was a genial soul, well loved by young and old in the district.
• When Dolly died in 1970, the cottage was purchased by the Strandhill guild of the Irish Countrywomen’s Association, with a view to preserving it for future generations.
  
  

 
Distance from St Angela’s: 14.6 km
Link: http://gostrandhill.com/explore/places-of-interest/dollys-cottage/