Sligo Town City Info & Local Attractions
Above : Central Library In Sligo Town
Sligo
Brief Description
Considered the centre of Yeats Country but Yeats was neither born nor bred here. He came with his parents, both Sligonians, on holidays and his relatives the Middleton and Pollexfen families owned a shipping firm, the Sligo Stream Navigation company. Ruins of Sligo Abbey. Coney Island beyond Rosses Point inspired the naming of New York’s Coney Island.
Local Area attractions
Fishing.
Surfing.
Famous links golf course at Rosses Point
At nearby Carrowmore is the largest group of megalithic remains in the British Isles.
