Today, if you didn't know, is St. Patrick's Day. There's always big excitement around the parades and in the last two years I've been on the PR team of Sligo Tidy Towns. From January we've had weekly meetings planning this years float in the Sligo parade. This year was 'War on Waste'. We had 'toy'... Continue Reading →
Plane Sailing for Enniscrone?
I've heard lots of local talk about a new glamping village coming to Enniscrone, Co. Sligo. Now this is glamping with a difference (nothing to do with the pic above by the way but that's the old Cliff Baths in Enniscrone). David McGowan, an undertaker based in the town, has come up with a unique... Continue Reading →
Sligo Stories
The Hawk's Well Sligo Stories project has had a really enthusiastic response from the public to their call out for cuairteoiri - volunteers who will interview and record those who have stories to tell about Sligo in the early 1900s. The training event in October was a lively and informative afternoon with their visiting guest speaker, Carmel O'Dea... Continue Reading →
Spooky Strandhill
We are very lucky here in Sligo to have some brilliant markets and the Strandhill People's Market is just one of them. I went along to the market yesterday because I knew they would have a spooktacular day lined up. I loved how the place was decorated and how most of the stall holders had... Continue Reading →
Scary Sligo
If you go down to Easkey today you're in for a big surprise! The Easkey Scarecrow Festival is taking place and it's great! There's a scare around every corner! It's putting the wild into the Wild Atlantic Way! It's great to see the locals going to such effort and bringing a bit of life (or... Continue Reading →
Remembering the Armada
Under a gloomy sky were crosses in the sand. These crosses were to commemorate and remember the 1,100 sailors and soldiers who perished following the loss of three great Spanish Armada ships on Streedagh Beach, Sligo, Ireland in September 1588. The Grange and Armada Development Association (GADA) hosted a family day as part of the... Continue Reading →
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