Category: Sligo History
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The Archaeological Peninsula: Sligo’s Development Constraints and Planning Crisis
!DOCTYPE html> Sacred Ground, Modern City Planning Within Ancient Landscapes Article 1 of 7 Archaeological Constraints • UNESCO Heritage • Urban Planning • Neolithic Landscape How one of Ireland’s most significant Neolithic landscapes is reshaping urban planning in the 21st century Sligo town occupies one of the most archaeologically constrained urban environments in Europe. As […]
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John Butler Yeats; Anarchism & Art in the Making of Modern Ireland
Contents Ireland in 1839 Part I: Making of a Radical “To thine own self be true” Trinity and the Law Part II: Ireland in Crisis Not So Revolutionary Ireland Young Ireland’s Alternative The Empire Strikes Back Part III: Radical Tradition John O’Leary Exiles in Garden City Arts and Crafts Movement Arts and Crafts Republic Part […]
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Why Sligo Needs a World Class Museum
The case for a world class museum in the town of Sligo, northwest Ireland.
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The Curious Re-Emergence of an Ancient Irish Tuath
Indiana: Balloq’s medallion only had writing on one side? You sure about that? Sallah: Positive! Indiana: Balloq’s staff is too long. Indiana: Sallah: They’re digging in the wrong place! Raiders of the Lost Ark, (1981) County Sligo, and the old Borough Corporation of Sligo town are roughly 400 years old, and both are creations […]
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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.