Category: Irish History
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The Sligo Mills at the Glasshouse
In 2005 excavations took place on the site of the present Glasshouse hotel. The site had been that of the Sligo Mills, owned by the Pollexfen family in the late 19th and early 20th century. The Pollexfens were WB Yeats maternal family. Mills on the site appear to have been there at least since the […]
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A Castle on Teeling Street?
A Castle on Teeling Street, Sligo The Discovery In 2007, during routine extension works, archaeologists struck a stone covering an old drain right under the present Weekender office on Teeling street. When the stone was lifted an unusual type of wine bottle was found, known from its shape as an onion bottle. These onion bottles […]
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Why Reinstating Access to Maeves Cairn May be the Only Way to Preserve It
The threat to Maeves Cairn on Knocknarea, Sligo and how best to approach its solution.