Touring Sligo

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Sligo Town • North Sligo • South Sligo • West Sligo • Yeats` Country

Although Sligo is a city, having a charter and two cathedrals, it is locally, and affectionately, known as Sligo Town. The name Sligo is thought to mean ‘shelly place’, although some say that it might derive from ‘Sli’ meaning route, as from earliest times Sligo was strategically placed. More...

For anyone interested in Irish history and heritage, North Sligo has much to offer. Here one can literally trace the dramatic tendrils of our nation, from prehistoric mythology to modern times, More...

South Sligo is a glorious patchwork - of pasture land rolling from the Ox to the Bricklieve and Curlew mountains, of lakes and rivers, of townlands and forts, of ruined castles and abbeys; More...

West Sligo, encompassing the ridge of the Ox Mountains and the stretch of lowland coastline running beneath them, is uniquely beautiful country with wild and rugged stretches of shore, fabulous beaches, lonely hill top lakes, renowned rivers, and some of the best blanket peat bog in Europe. More...

William Butler Yeats called Sligo ‘The Land of Hearts Desire’ and its beauty, archaeology and folklore filled his early poetry.
Today, much of what inspired him remains and a day trip around Yeats’ Country illuminates the poet’s words while you discover just how powerfully those same words celebrate his beloved Sligo. More...