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Sligo Abbey

Abbey Street

(071) 914 6406

Adult:â¬2.10, Senior:â¬1.30, Student:â¬1.10, Family:â¬5.80, Group Rate:â¬1.30

daily 10AM-6PM (last admission 5:15PM). Closed from mid-Dec until Feb.

From the GPO, turn left. After 40 m (44 yd), before the river, turn right onto Rockwood Parade (alongside the river). Walk 140 m (150 yd) to the second right onto Water Lane, and at the top of the lane, 90 m (98 yd) turn left onto Castle Street. Walk 200 m (220 yd) onto Abbey Street, with Abbey on the left (total distance of 455 m (498 yd)).

founded by Maurice Fitzgerald in 1253, destroyed by fire in 1414, rebuilt in its present form; the Abbey was burned in 1642 and everything valuable in it was destroyed. Much of the structure, including the choir, carved altar and cloisters remain.

Directions

All the directions to places given in this guide to Sligo presume that you are walking. There may be other, faster ways of getting to where you're going if you're driving/cycling for example, but if you follow these directions in a car or bike, you may find yourself travelling the wrong way down one of Sligo's many sometimes confusing one-way/pedestrianised streets.Unless otherwise stated, directions to where to sleep are from the Train/Bus Station, and to everywhere else i.e., See, Do, Etc. are from the junction of Wine Street and O'Connell Street, standing with your back to the General Post Office GPO, facing down the pedestrianised O'Connell Street.

Famine Memorial

Quay Street Car-park

free

open all hours

From the GPO, turn right. After 40 m (44 yd), turn right. Pass the City Hall on your right, Quayside Shopping Centre on your left, enter the car-park at the riverside (total distance of 270 m (295 yd)).

One of a suite of three sculptures commissioned by the Sligo Famine Commemoration Committee to honour the victims of the Irish Potato Famine 1845â1849, when over 30,000 people emigrated through the port of Sligo, here commemorated by this sculprute.. A plaque in the background, headed 'Letter to America, January 2, 1850' tells one family's sad story.