About The Area
Sligo is a beautiful county with a long Atlantic coastline made up of unspoilt countryside, mountains, and lakes. It is renowned for its wild beauty and for the opportunities it offers to enthusiasts of sports of every kind such as sailing, swimming, golf, surfing, horse riding, walking, cycling and many others. Sligo is also a historic county, rich in ancient monuments, cairns, graves, tombs, dolmens, castles and churches which illustrate the depth of its culture and heritage.
The city is easily accessible from all parts of Ireland, just 2 hours drive from Galway or Belfast and 2.5 hours from Dublin. A regular rail service and an airport 5 miles from the centre of town makes travel especially convenient between Dublin and Sligo.
With a museum, an art gallery, the Yeats memorial building (the mother of W.B. Yeats was born here and he spent most of his childhood here), the recently upgraded Hawkswell theatre, numerous hotels, a conference centre, and the brand new Johnston Court, Sligo is home to many attractions.
Some of the other attractions to look out for in Sligo include:
» Carrowmore (the largest cemetery of megalithic tombs in Ireland)
» Culkin's Emigration Museum
» Sligo County Museum
» Sligo Abbey
» Sligo Art Gallery
» The lakes of Sligo with their still waters and wooded islands are truly spectacular.
» Sligo's scenic coast has some excellent surfing beaches, including Strandhill, Rosses Point and Enniscrone, also popular for their golf courses.
