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Markievicz Park (Irish: Páirc Marcievicz [1]) is the principal GAA stadium in County Sligo, Ireland, home to the Sligo Gaelic football and hurling teams. Built in 1955 in Sligo town (due mostly to Seán Forde who single-handedly gathered the funds necessary to build the stadium), it is named after Constance Markievicz, one of the participants of the 1916 Easter Rising, the first woman elected ...
Sligo and County Sligo are served by Sligo Airport, 8 km (5.0 mi) from Sligo town and near Strandhill, though no scheduled flights operate out of the airport. The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Ireland West Airport near to Charlestown, County Mayo , 55 km (34 mi) away.
County Sligo (/ ˈ s l aɪ ɡ oʊ / SLY-goh, Irish: Contae Shligigh) is a county in Ireland.It is in the Northern and Western Region and is part of the province of Connacht. Sligo is the administrative capital and largest town in the county.
Connolly Park is a GAA stadium in Collooney, County Sligo, Ireland. It is the home ground of the Owenmore Gaels GAA club. The Sligo county football team have contested National Football League fixtures there when their home ground Markievicz Park has been unavailable. Sligo were relegated from the league here in 2019. [1]
Kent Park is a GAA stadium in County Sligo in Ireland. It is the home of St Mary's. Kent Park is located in Ballydoogan, west of the coastal seaport of Sligo. [1] It has hosted National Hurling League matches. [2] [3] [4] [5]
Drumcliff [1] or Drumcliffe (Irish: Droim Chliabh, meaning 'ridge of the baskets') is a village in County Sligo, Ireland.It is 8 km (5 mi) north of Sligo town on the N15 road on a low gravel ridge between the mountain of Ben Bulben and Drumcliff Bay.
The Rosses Point Peninsula (Irish: An Ros) [2] is a small peninsula in the centre of Sligo Bay, County Sligo, Ireland. The peninsula shares its name with the village of Rosses Point, a popular seaside resort located on the peninsula's southern coast, roughly 7.5 km (5 mi) west of Sligo town. Rosses Point has been inhabited for millennia.
Grange (Irish: An Ghráinseach, meaning 'monastic farm' [3]) is a village on the N15 road in County Sligo, Ireland. It is located between Benbulben mountain and the Atlantic Ocean. Streedagh, a townland near Grange, is the location of a large sandy beach, three Spanish Armada wrecks, and a salt water lagoon that is an area of Special ...