History of Sligo, county and town, from the close of the Revolution of 1688 to the present time

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1. Celtic-style bronze brooch found at Ballyglass

   Ballyglass · townland · Sligo

   A beautiful bronze brooch ornamented in Celtic style was discovered at Ballyglass in County Sligo. It was noted among several fine ornaments and brooches found from time to time in the county.

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   was presented by him to the Royal Irish Academy (fig. 43). Several beautiful ornaments and brooches of fine bronze, ornamented in Celtic style, have from time to time been discovered; notably one found at Ballyglass, and another in the bed of Lough Gill, which is now in the possession of Mr. Robert Day, of Cork.

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   Somewhere close to Ballyglass, a beautiful bronze brooch ornamented in Celtic style was discovered. It was one of several fine bronze ornaments and brooches found from time to time in County Sligo. Another was found in the bed of Lough Gill, and is now in the possession of Mr. Robert Day of Cork.

2. Construction of Sligo Gaol and Courthouse

   Albert Street · street · Cork · 1809

   In 1809, a gaol and courthouse were built on an old site in Albert-street, Sligo, with presentments for the purpose amounting to over £2650. The building committee included Edward Cooper, Owen Wynne, Colonel Irwin, Jones Irwin, and Abraham Martin.

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   re-erected in High-street, at the corner of Back-lane, and a "house of correction" stood behind the present (No. 1) policebarracks. A gaol and courthouse were in 1809 built on the old site, in the present Albert-street, or immediately adjoinino- it. The presentments for the purpose in 1808 amounted to upwards of £2650. The Committee were Edward Cooper, Owen Wynne, Colonel Irwin, Jones Irwin, and Abraham Martin.

   In 1818 the present prison was built at a cost of £-58,000 ; and at that period " some ladies had begun visiting the female prisoners of the town, on the plan of the celebrated Mrs. Fry. A schoolmaster was engaged for the men, and a mistress for the women, who were taught to read and sew."

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   This is the site of the gaol and courthouse built in 1809 on the old site in Albert Street, Sligo. Presentments for the work in 1808 came to upwards of £2650. The building committee were Edward Cooper, Owen Wynne, Colonel Irwin, Jones Irwin, and Abraham Martin. A previous gaol had stood at the corner of High Street and Back-lane, with a house of correction behind the police barracks. In 1818 a new prison was built at a cost of £58,000. Around that time, some ladies had begun visiting the female prisoners, following the plan of the celebrated Mrs. Fry. A schoolmaster was engaged for the men and a mistress for the women, who were taught to read and sew.

3. County Sligo road mileage and costs reported to Grand Jury, 1845

   Sligo · town · Sligo · 1845

   County Surveyor Noblett St. Leger reported 697 miles of public roads under contract across the baronies of Tireragh, Liney, Corran, Coolavin, Tirerill and Carbury, including mail-coach roads from Sligo to Ballina, Boyle and Derry, at a total cost of £6,124.

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   " I have made an abstract from the County books, from which it appears that there are now under contract in the barony of Tireragh, 120 miles of road at an average of (?) 37s. 8d. per perch ; in the barony of Liney 140^- miles averaging 5id. per perch; in Corran 79 miles averaging 4hd. per perch ; in Coolavin 30 miles averaging 4^<f. per perch; in Tirerill 114 miles averaging 6^d. per perch; and in the harony of Carbury 140 miles averaging S-^d. per percli. There are also 31 miles of mail-coach road from Sligo to Ballina, averaging Is. l^d. per perch, 22 miles of same from Sligo to Boyle, at 3s. 3d. per perch, and 18 miles from Sligo to Derry at Is. l^d. per perch,, making in all 697 miles of public roads now under contract in the county at a cost of £6124."

   In the relief-works of 1880-1882, about forty-five miles of road were newly made or improved.

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   As you come through Sligo, you're travelling roads that were measured and costed in 1845 by County Surveyor Noblett St. Leger. He reported to the Grand Jury that 697 miles of public road were under contract across the baronies of Tireragh, Liney, Corran, Coolavin, Tirerill and Carbury. The mail-coach roads ran from Sligo to Ballina, to Boyle, and to Derry. The whole network cost £6,124. Decades later, during the relief works of 1880 to 1882, about 45 miles of road were newly made or improved.

4. Dispensaries under Medical Charities Act in Sligo Union

   Sligo · town · Sligo

   Under the Medical Charities Act, the Sligo Union guardians controlled five dispensaries with seven medical officers for the treatment of the sick and indigent. Medicines and medical appliances were supplied to those too poor to pay.

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   By the " Medical Charities Act," the guardians have now under their control five dispensaries, with seven medical officers, for the treatment of the sick and indigent within the union ; medicines and medical appliances are supplied to those who are too poor to pay.

   The functions of the guardians, as a local body, have been exercised of late in various directions altogether foreign to the relief of the poor. They now administer the Sanitary and Public Health Acts, by ofiicials under their control ; the Parliamentary Voters Act, extended by the Representation of the People Act, 1884, and Eegistration Act of 1885 ; the Registration of Births, Deaths, and Marriages ; the building of labourer's cottages, and inspection of same, under the Labourers Acts of 1883 and 1885. Under the Contagious Diseases Act of 1878, the inspection of animals within the Union, and the export and import of same, are placed under their control, in connection with the Yeterinary Department. The Board is also empowered, under the National School Teachers Act of 1875, to contribute, out of the poor rates,

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   Sligo was a town where the poor could find some help under the Medical Charities Act. The guardians of the Sligo Union had five dispensaries under their control, with seven medical officers, for the treatment of the sick and indigent within the union. Medicines and medical appliances were supplied to those who were too poor to pay. The functions of the guardians as a local body had grown well beyond the relief of the poor. They administered the Sanitary and Public Health Acts through officials under their control. They oversaw the Parliamentary Voters Act, extended by the Representation of the People Act of 1884, and the Registration Act of 1885. They handled the registration of births, deaths, and marriages. They were responsible for the building of labourer's cottages and inspection of same under the Labourers Acts of 1883 and 1885. Under the Contagious Diseases Act of 1878, inspection of animals within the union and their export and import were placed under their control in connection with the Veterinary Department. The Board was also empowered, under the National School Teachers Act of 1875, to contribute out of the poor rates.

5. Knocknarea Church near Strandhill first proposed in 1835

   Strandhill · town · Sligo · 1835

   After Calry was detached from the Union of St. John's, the parish of Killaspugbrone was also formed into a separate district. The idea of erecting a church near Strandhill was first mooted in 1835, though progress was initially slow.

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   Knocknarea Church, near Strandhill. — Despite the restricted area left to the Union of St. John's by detaching Calry, it was found necessary still further to curtail it, and the parish of Killaspugbrone was formed into a separate district. The idea of erecting a church in the vicinity of Strandhill appears to have been first mooted in 1835, but nothing was

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   As you pass through Strandhill, this is where a church was first proposed in 1835. The parish of Killaspugbrone had just been formed into a separate district after Calry was detached from the Union of St. John's, and it was found necessary still further to curtail that union. But progress was slow at first.

6. Limestone hills of Sligo

   Benbulbin · mountain or mountain range · Sligo

   The landscape of County Sligo features bold limestone hills resulting from erosion, including Benbulben, Knocknarea, Keelogyboy, Castlegal, Keash, Muckelty, and Knocknashee. The Ox Mountains, in contrast, are metamorphic mountains of elevation.

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   HE County of Sligo, while possessing attractions for the tourist and the antiquarian, affords also an interesting field of research to the student of geology. Its physical geography is of varied type; it is mountainous in the north and west, where the principal ranges extend from the County Leitrim on the east, right across to the borders of Mayo. In the south are the Curlews — a range composed of Old Red Sandstone, running east by north and west by south. The Ox Mountains are metamorphic ; but Benbulben is of Carboniferous limestone, as are also the outlying hills, such as Knocknarea, Keelogyboy, Castlegal, Keash, Muckelty, and Knocknashee. A large extent of country is undulating ; and there are numerous flat patches of bog.

   Of natural curiosities, a series of caves in the limestone (already described, vol. i., pp. 375-8) may be mentioned ; and there are numerous sea- caves, as at Aughris, Dirk, Raughly, &c., not requiring particular mention here.

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   Benbulbin is a limestone mountain in County Sligo, a bold hill standing among the hills of this part of the country. The land here is mountainous in the north and west, with ranges stretching from County Leitrim in the east across to the borders of Mayo. Benbulbin is made of Carboniferous limestone, and so are the outlying hills around it: Knocknarea, Keelogyboy, Castlegal, Keash, Muckelty, and Knocknashee. The Ox Mountains, by contrast, are metamorphic. To the south are the Curlews, a range of Old Red Sandstone running east by north and west by south. Much of the country is undulating, with numerous flat patches of bog. The limestone holds a series of caves, and there are sea caves along the coast at places like Aughris, Dirk, and Raughly. The county offers attractions for the tourist and the antiquarian, and an interesting field of research to the student of geology.

7. Schools in Calry parish at Calry and Ballinorley

   Calry · parish · Sligo

   Calry parish had two Sunday-schools—at Calry school-house with 180 children and at Ballinorley with 33 children—as well as three daily schools under the National Board: the Model School, Calry National School, and Ballinorley National School.

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   A portion of the town of Sligo is included within Calry, the river separating it from St. John's parish. Some of the public institutions, the three Banks, the County Infirmary, the Fever Hospital, the Military Barracks, the Workhouse, and the District Lunatic Asylum, are situated in Calry. The incumbent is also chaplain of the troops, of the workhouse, and of the asylum. The parish extends along the northern shore of Lough Gill and joins the parishes of Drumahaire, Lurganboy, Drumcliff, and Rosses Point. There are two Sunday-schools — one held on Sunday morning at Calry school-house, with one hundred and eighty children in attendance, the other, in the afternoon, at Ballinorley, with thirty-three children. There are three daily schools — all being under the National Board : (1) The Model School, (2) Calry National School ; (3) Ballinorley National School. The two latter are under the patronage and management of the incumbent.

   Knocknarea Church, near Strandhill. — Despite the restricted area left to the Union of St. John's by detaching Calry, it was found necessary still further to curtail it, and the parish of Killaspugbrone was formed into a separate district. The idea of erecting a church in the vicinity of Strandhill appears to have been first mooted in 1835, but nothing was

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   Calry parish takes in a portion of the town of Sligo itself, with the river separating it from St. John's parish. A good number of public institutions stand within Calry: the three banks, the County Infirmary, the Fever Hospital, the Military Barracks, the Workhouse, and the District Lunatic Asylum. The incumbent serves as chaplain of the troops, of the workhouse, and of the asylum. The parish stretches along the northern shore of Lough Gill and meets the parishes of Drumahaire, Lurganboy, Drumcliff, and Rosses Point. As for schooling, there are two Sunday-schools. One meets on Sunday morning at Calry school-house, with 180 children in attendance. The other is held in the afternoon at Ballinorley, with 33 children. There are also three daily schools, all under the National Board: the Model School, Calry National School, and Ballinorley National School. The two latter are under the patronage and management of the incumbent.

8. Sligo Grand Jury expenditure on borough roads, 1859–1867

   Sligo · town · Sligo · 1859–1867

   County Surveyor Noblett St. Leger presented figures showing the Grand Jury of County Sligo spent over £1,000 per annum on average maintaining and repairing roads, widening streets, sewers, and new infrastructure within the borough of Sligo over nine years from 1859 to 1867.

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   This outlay was at the rate of somewhat over £1000 per annum.

   After having been five times before the House, the Bill was finally passed in 1869 ; the taxed costs of the measure were enormous, £4750. The Corporation had to pay two-thirds, and the Harbour Commissioners one-third of the expenses of promoting the Bill.

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   In Sligo, between 1859 and 1867, the County Grand Jury spent over £1000 a year maintaining and repairing roads, widening streets, building sewers and new infrastructure across the borough. County Surveyor Noblett St. Leger presented the figures. A Bill that followed went before the House five times before passing in 1869, with costs of £4750. The Corporation paid two-thirds, the Harbour Commissioners one-third.

9. Sligo inns in High Street, Market Street, Gaol Street and the Mall

   Sligo · town · Sligo

   Several old inns dotted Sligo town: the Spinning Wheel in High Street, the York Hotel, the King's Arms and Rosses Hotel in Market Street, the Masonic Tavern in Gaol Street, and Mason's Hotel on the Mall. The Nelson Hotel survived as the Imperial and the Hibernian as the Victoria.

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   In Sligo, the inns were probably neither better nor worse than the usual average of provincial towns. They, like most places of business, were distinguished by huge signboards, which competed with each other in gaudiness of colouring. In 1750 " Barrington's Hotel " was in existence ; it stood on or about the site of the present *' Lough Gill Brewery." "The Black Lion " was in Pound-street ; the signboard is still in existence (see fig. 46), but fast mouldering in the damp and wet; the jet black of the lord of the forest is now rusty brown, his gold collar has almost vanished ; in a few mouths the last of one of the oldest hostelries in the town will be but a memory. Here it was that most of the subscription balls were given, bowls and cockfighting were great attractions, and the last " main " advertised and fought in public took place in the backyard. In this inn Major Hillas slept the night before the duel in which he fell, and it is yet recounted how in the morning he declared that he was a doomed man, for he dreamed that he had seeu a large funeral passing the inn, and he recognized the gentry of the county, and. his own relations in mourning following the hearse. Close to this inn was situated the " Spinning Wheel," in Highstreet ; also the " York Hotel," the scene of many a race and regatta ball ; the " King's Arms " and " Rosses Hotel," in old

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   As you come through Sligo, you are passing through a town that was full of old inns with gaudy signboards competing for attention. The most storied of them was the Black Lion in Pound Street, where subscription balls were held and bowls and cockfighting drew crowds. The last public main of cockfighting took place in its backyard. Major Hillas slept there the night before a duel in which he fell. He told them in the morning he was a doomed man, for he had dreamed of a large funeral passing the inn, and he recognized the gentry of the county and his own relations in mourning following the hearse. The Black Lion's signboard was still surviving in damp and wet, the jet black lion gone rusty brown, his gold collar nearly gone. Other inns dotted the town. The Spinning Wheel stood in High Street. The York Hotel was the scene of many a race and regatta ball. The King's Arms and Rosses Hotel stood in Market Street. Barrington's Hotel existed in 1750, on or about the site of the Lough Gill Brewery.

10. Sligo lowest death rate of Irish urban districts, May 1890

    Sligo · town · Sligo · 1885–1890

    In the week ending 17 May 1890, Sligo recorded the lowest death rate of any principal urban sanitary district in Ireland at 4.8 per thousand, compared to the national average of 21.8. County Sligo's death rate for 1885-1890 ranged between 12.2 and 13.4 per thousand.

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    For the week ending I7th May, 1890, the official return in the principal urban sanitary districts of Ireland showed the average death-rate as 21'8 per 1000 inhabitants, Sligo being the lowest, with but 4*8 ; the death-rate in Sligo for the week ending 14tli June, 1890, was 14"4 per thousand (it was the same for week ending 28th June), the highest death rate being 4I"0 in Lurgan, the lowest, 8'6, in Wexford.

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    As you pass through Sligo town, it is worth knowing that in the week ending 17 May 1890, this place had the lowest death rate of any principal urban sanitary district in Ireland, just 4.8 per thousand, against a national average of 21.8. A month later the rate here had risen to 14.4 per thousand, matching the figure for the week ending 28 June.

11. Sligo port salmon exports to Liverpool before railway era

    Sligo · town · Sligo

    Before the railway to Ballina opened in 1865, all salmon caught along the Mayo and Tireragh shore—about 500 boxes annually—was shipped by steamer to Liverpool from the port of Sligo. Salted fish and laver were also imported into Roscommon from Sligo.

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    Before the opening of the railway to Ballina in 1865, all salmon — about 500 boxes annually — caught on that part of the Mayo and Tireragh shore were shipped by steamer to Liverpool from the port of Sligo.

    Salted fish of all descriptions together with sloke (or laver) were largely imported into Roscommon from Sligo.

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    Coming through Sligo now. Before the railway to Ballina opened in 1865, all the salmon caught along the Mayo and Tireragh shore, about 500 boxes a year, was shipped by steamer from this port to Liverpool. Sligo also sent salted fish and laver into Roscommon.

12. Stocks ordered for Ballymote

    Ballymote · town · Sligo · 1812

    In 1812, stocks were ordered for the town of Ballymote, continuing the pattern of erecting public punishment implements across County Sligo settlements in the early nineteenth century.

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    Entries from time to time occur in the Corporation books relative to the repairing of this implement of punishment ; in 1806 a pillory was erected; in 1807 the Grand Jury expended about £6 to make stocks for the town of Sligo ; in 1808 stocks were ordered for Easky, and in 1812 for Ballymote. In 1840 the Sligo stocks were still in existence in the hall of the courthouse.

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    In 1812, stocks were ordered for the town of Ballymote. It followed a pattern across County Sligo. The Grand Jury spent about £6 making stocks for Sligo in 1807. A pillory went up in 1806. Stocks were ordered for Easky in 1808. The Corporation books kept entries about repairing these implements of punishment. By 1840 the Sligo stocks still stood in the hall of the courthouse.

13. Stocks ordered for Easky

    Easky · town · Sligo · 1808

    In 1808, stocks were ordered for the town of Easky as part of the broader deployment of public punishment implements across County Sligo during the early nineteenth century.

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    Entries from time to time occur in the Corporation books relative to the repairing of this implement of punishment ; in 1806 a pillory was erected; in 1807 the Grand Jury expended about £6 to make stocks for the town of Sligo ; in 1808 stocks were ordered for Easky, and in 1812 for Ballymote. In 1840 the Sligo stocks were still in existence in the hall of the courthouse.

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    This is Easky, a town in Sligo. In 1808, stocks were ordered here, part of a wider spread of public punishment implements across County Sligo. A pillory had been erected in 1806, and the Grand Jury spent about £6 making stocks for Sligo town in 1807. Ballymote followed in 1812. The Sligo stocks were still standing in the courthouse hall as late as 1840.

14. Three Whooper Swans shot at Lissadell, 1875

    Lissadell · street · Cork · 1875

    Sir H. Gore-Booth shot three Whooper Swans at Lissadell in December 1875. The text notes that even in the previous century, flights of wild swans were not uncommon on sequestered Irish lakes and rivers.

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    Swans are occasionally seen. Three Hoopers were shot by Sir H. Gore-Booth at Lissadell, in December, 1875. Even during the last century, flights of wild Swans were not uncommon on the sequestered lakes and rivers. The ancient Irish

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    A place called Lissadell. In December 1875, Sir H. Gore-Booth shot three Whooper Swans there. Swans are occasionally seen. Even during the last century, flights of wild swans were not uncommon on the sequestered lakes and rivers.

15. Wynne family memorial ward at Sligo Infirmary

    Sligo · town · Sligo

    The female accident ward at the County Infirmary was fitted up by the Wynne family in memory of the late Rt. Hon. John Wynne. The institution was described as a model of its kind, thoroughly equipped with sanitary accommodation, well-trained nurses, and surgical instruments.

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    The female accident ward has been fitted up by the Wynne family in memory of the late Eight Hon. John Wynne, and as a memorial of the interest he always took in the institution, which is now a model of its kind. It is thoroughly equipped in all particulars, sanitary accommodation, &c., well-trained nurses, and a good supply of the best surgical instruments and appliances.

    Drs. Burnside and Ovenden were surgeons to the Infirmary at the close of the last and commencement of the present

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    As you pass through Sligo, the County Infirmary here had a female accident ward fitted up by the Wynne family in memory of the late Rt. Hon. John Wynne, who always took an interest in the institution. It was described as a model of its kind, thoroughly equipped with sanitary accommodation, well-trained nurses, and the best surgical instruments and appliances. Drs. Burnside and Ovenden served as surgeons to the Infirmary at the close of the last and commencement of the present century.

16. Schools at Ardnaree and Sligo, 1780

    Ardnaree · street · Westmeath · 1780

    In 1780 the Rev. James Neligan and the Rev. Peter Bermingham each kept a school in Ardnaree, while the best-known school in the area was kept by the Rev. J. Armstrong in the town of Sligo.

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    In 1780 the Rev. James Neligan and the Rev. Peter Bermingham had each a school in Ardnaree, but one kept by the Rev. J. Armstrong in the town of Sligo was the best known.

    Schools were kept by Mr. Clifford and Mr. Clark, also one

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    Schools at Ardnaree. In 1780 the Reverend James Neligan and the Reverend Peter Bermingham each kept a school. The best-known school in the area, though, was kept by the Reverend J. Armstrong in the town of Sligo. Schools were also kept by Mr. Clifford and Mr. Clark.

17. Sweat-house on Inismurray

    Inishmurray · townland · Sligo

    A beehive-shaped sweat-house, built of uncemented stones and used as a hot-air bath for pleasure and rheumatism treatment, survived on Inismurry into the nineteenth century. It resembled huts found alongside early ecclesiastical cashel buildings.

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    The hot-air bath, or what would now be designated the Turkish -bath— itself but a degenerate imitation of the luxurious

    Fig. 64.— Sweat House, Inismurray.

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    Somewhere close to Inishmurray there's a sweat-house, beehive-shaped and built of uncemented stones. It was used as a hot-air bath, for pleasure and for rheumatism, and it survived into the 1800s. The source calls it what would now be designated the Turkish-bath. It resembled huts found alongside early ecclesiastical cashel buildings.

18. Artizans' dwellings erected at Cadger's Field, Sligo

    Sligo · town · Sligo

    Thirty artizans' dwellings were erected on the site known as Cadger's Field in Sligo, financed by a Commissioners of Works loan of £3,300. The east end of the site was reserved for extension of the Butter Market, with £200 charged to the Markets Account.

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    To Proportion of Cost of Site (Cadger's Field), . . Cost £500 — reserved east end for extension of Butter Market, for which £200 is charged to Markets Account. ,, Erection of 28 Houses, . . ,, Sewers,

    ,, Roads, Flagging, &c., .. ,, Law Costs — Mortgage Deed, Local Government

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    As you pass through Sligo, there is a site once called Cadger's Field where thirty artisans' dwellings were built, financed by a Commissioners of Works loan of £3,300. The east end of the field was reserved for extending the Butter Market, with £200 charged to the Markets Account.

19. Building stone quarrying at Ballysadare

    Ballysadare · townland · Sligo

    Ballysadare provides an excellent dark gray sub-crystalline building stone from the Lower Carboniferous Limestone, which is capable of being used for tombstones and similar purposes.

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    The Carboniferous system is largely represented in Sligo by Upper, Middle (ealp),and Lower Limestone, and Lower Carboniferous Sandstone. Over an anticliual of this latter subdivision, the road from Dromore West to Sligo passes for a mile and a-lialf, about the average width of the formation which extends from the sea to the Ox range, a distance of four miles. The same sandstone also occurs west of Aelare, with a north-easterly strike for some miles along the base of the metamorphic ridge. Associated with the Middle Limestone is found a series of reddish yellow, brown, and white sandstones, grits, &c., known as " calp " sandstones, that spread their nearly horizontal beds over the whole of the northern part of the Cliffoney district, between the foot of the mountain and the sea, and re-appear in the Mullaghmore promontorj^, and the island of Inismurray. Beds of calp limestone are found unusually fossiliferous in this district, as at the " Serpent " rock, which derives its rather fanciful name from the masses of large curved cylindrical corals, well exposed by weathering. A mile east of this the beds are cut by a four-foot dyke of basalt. The rocks on the shore, west of Streedagh House, abound in specimens of fossil corals, as Zaphrentis cylindrica, 18 to 2-1 inches in length, and two or three inches in diameter, which project from the surface of the beds, that are themselves often largely formed of such cluster corals as Lithostrotion. There are also large-sized brachiopods, as Productus and Spinfer. Similar beds at " Gibraltar " (two miles west of Sligo), contain Zap/treiifis, locally styled " rams' horns ; " and it is frequently seen on both sides of Ballysadare Bay. The Lower Carboniferous Limestone is, in some places, represented by a brown or gray crystalline magnesian limestone (dolomite), as at Eosses Point; to the north of Ballintogher, by light and dark gray compact limestone, having a metallic ring when struck. At Ballysadare it affords an excellent building stone (dark gray and subcrj^stalline), capable of being used for tombstones, &c. &c. The Upper Limestone occupies a large aggregate extent of the county ; Lough Gill is almost entirely surrounded by it ; so is Lough Arrow, and the intermediate Barony of Tirerrill is largely

    Internet Archive historyofsligoco00wood, Chapter 132

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    Somewhere around here, the Lower Carboniferous Limestone provides an excellent dark gray sub-crystalline building stone, fit for tombstones and similar purposes. The Carboniferous system is largely represented across Sligo by Upper, Middle, and Lower Limestone, and Lower Carboniferous Sandstone. Associated with the Middle Limestone is a series of reddish yellow, brown, and white sandstones known as calp sandstones, spreading their nearly horizontal beds over the northern part of the Cliffoney district between the foot of the mountain and the sea, and reappearing in the Mullaghmore promontory and the island of Inismurray. Beds of calp limestone are found unusually fossiliferous in this district, as at the Serpent rock, which takes its name from masses of large curved cylindrical corals exposed by weathering. A mile east of this, the beds are cut by a four-foot dyke of basalt. On the shore west of Streedagh House, the rocks abound in fossil corals, Zaphrentis cylindrica, 18 to 24 inches in length and two or three inches in diameter, projecting from the surface of beds largely formed of cluster corals such as Lithostrotion. There are also large brachiopods, Productus and Spirifer. Similar beds at Gibraltar, two miles west of Sligo, contain Zaphrentis locally styled rams' horns, and it is frequently seen on both sides of Ballysadare Bay. The Lower Carboniferous Limestone is in some places represented by a brown or gray crystalline magnesian limestone, or dolomite, as at Rosses Point. North of Ballintogher, it appears as light and dark gray compact limestone with a metallic ring when struck. Here it affords the dark gray sub-crystalline building stone, capable of being used for tombstones.

20. Dernish Island and Milkhaven entrance

    Dernish Island · townland · Sligo

    Dernish Island forms the western side of the entrance to Milkhaven, a narrow creek with but two feet of water at its entrance. Inside Dernish Island there is a pool of twelve feet of water where fishing craft and small coasting vessels may lie in perfect security.

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    Off the entrance to Milkhaven are several dangerous rocks : within these are the historic rocks of Carricknaspania and Carricknaneane. Dernish Island forms the western side of the entrance to Milkhaven, a narrow creek, with but two feet of water at its entrance ; its narrow and intricate channel has a pool of twelve feet of water inside Dernish Island, where fish-

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    Close to Dernish Island, you have the entrance to Milkhaven, a narrow creek with just 2 feet of water at its mouth. Off the entrance lie several dangerous rocks, including Carricknaspania and Carricknaneane. Inside Dernish Island there is a pool of 12 feet of water where fishing craft and small coasting vessels may lie in perfect security.

21. Fossiliferous rocks at Streedagh shore

    Streedagh · townland · Sligo

    The rocks on the shore west of Streedagh House are rich in fossil corals such as Zaphrentis cylindrica and large brachiopods, with some beds largely formed of cluster corals.

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    The Carboniferous system is largely represented in Sligo by Upper, Middle (ealp),and Lower Limestone, and Lower Carboniferous Sandstone. Over an anticliual of this latter subdivision, the road from Dromore West to Sligo passes for a mile and a-lialf, about the average width of the formation which extends from the sea to the Ox range, a distance of four miles. The same sandstone also occurs west of Aelare, with a north-easterly strike for some miles along the base of the metamorphic ridge. Associated with the Middle Limestone is found a series of reddish yellow, brown, and white sandstones, grits, &c., known as " calp " sandstones, that spread their nearly horizontal beds over the whole of the northern part of the Cliffoney district, between the foot of the mountain and the sea, and re-appear in the Mullaghmore promontorj^, and the island of Inismurray. Beds of calp limestone are found unusually fossiliferous in this district, as at the " Serpent " rock, which derives its rather fanciful name from the masses of large curved cylindrical corals, well exposed by weathering. A mile east of this the beds are cut by a four-foot dyke of basalt. The rocks on the shore, west of Streedagh House, abound in specimens of fossil corals, as Zaphrentis cylindrica, 18 to 2-1 inches in length, and two or three inches in diameter, which project from the surface of the beds, that are themselves often largely formed of such cluster corals as Lithostrotion. There are also large-sized brachiopods, as Productus and Spinfer. Similar beds at " Gibraltar " (two miles west of Sligo), contain Zap/treiifis, locally styled " rams' horns ; " and it is frequently seen on both sides of Ballysadare Bay. The Lower Carboniferous Limestone is, in some places, represented by a brown or gray crystalline magnesian limestone (dolomite), as at Eosses Point; to the north of Ballintogher, by light and dark gray compact limestone, having a metallic ring when struck. At Ballysadare it affords an excellent building stone (dark gray and subcrj^stalline), capable of being used for tombstones, &c. &c. The Upper Limestone occupies a large aggregate extent of the county ; Lough Gill is almost entirely surrounded by it ; so is Lough Arrow, and the intermediate Barony of Tirerrill is largely

    Internet Archive historyofsligoco00wood, Chapter 132

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    Close to Streedagh, the rocks on the shore west of Streedagh House abound in fossil corals. The Carboniferous system is largely represented across Sligo by Upper, Middle, and Lower Limestone, and Lower Carboniferous Sandstone. Beds of calp limestone are found unusually fossiliferous in this district. At the Serpent rock, that rather fanciful name comes from masses of large curved cylindrical corals, well exposed by weathering. A mile east of the Serpent rock, the beds are cut by a four-foot dyke of basalt. The rocks here hold specimens of Zaphrentis cylindrica, 18 to 24 inches in length and 2 or 3 inches in diameter, which project from the surface of the beds. The beds themselves are often largely formed of such cluster corals as Lithostrotion. There are also large-sized brachiopods, as Productus and Spirifer. Similar beds at Gibraltar, 2 miles west of Sligo, contain Zaphrentis, locally styled rams' horns, and it is frequently seen on both sides of Ballysadare Bay. The Lower Carboniferous Limestone is in some places represented by a brown or gray crystalline magnesian limestone, or dolomite, as at Rosses Point. North of Ballintogher, there is light and dark gray compact limestone with a metallic ring when struck. At Ballysadare, the stone is dark gray and subcrystalline, capable of being used for tombstones.

22. Freedom of Sligo Borough presented to Duke of Bedford, 1806

    Sligo · town · Sligo · 1806

    On 15 October 1806, the Provost and Free Burgesses of Sligo resolved that an address be presented to his Grace the Duke of Bedford, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, accompanied by the Freedom of the Corporation in a Gold Box, under the seal of the Corporation.

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    ''^Borough of Sligo to Wit. — At a meeting of the Provost and Free Burgesses of said Borough, on Wednesday the loth day of October, 1806, it was resolved that an address be presented to his Grace the Duke of Bedford, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, in a Gold Box. Given under our hands and seal of our Corporation the 15th October, 1806.

    "J. SoDEN, Provost.''^

    Internet Archive historyofsligoco00wood, Chapter 51

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    As you pass through Sligo, you are in a town that once honoured the Duke of Bedford. On 15 October 1806, the Provost and Free Burgesses of the borough resolved to present him with an address and the Freedom of the Corporation, in a gold box under the corporation's seal. The Provost at the time was J. Soden. Bedford held the office of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

23. Freedom of Sligo Borough presented to Duke of Richmond, 1810

    Sligo · town · Sligo · 1810

    On 7 September 1810, at a meeting of the Sligo Corporation chaired by Provost Thomas Soden, it was unanimously resolved that the Freedom of the Corporation, accompanied by a Gold Box, be given to his Grace the Duke of Richmond, along with an address.

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    ^'■Borough of Sligo to Wit. — At a meeting of the Provost and Burgesses of the Corporation, holden on Friday, the 7th of September, 1810, Thos. Soden, Esq., Provost, in the chair, resolved unanimously that the Freedom of this Corporation, accompanied by a Gold Box, be given to his Grace the Duke of Richmond, and that an addi-ess be presented to his Grace."

    It would appear as if apprentices were originally made free of the town on the expiration of their term of servitude, as otherwise they could not have carried on business. Two examples will suffice : —

    Internet Archive historyofsligoco00wood, Chapter 51

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    In Sligo, on the 7th of September 1810, the town's Corporation met under Provost Thomas Soden and voted unanimously to grant the Duke of Richmond the Freedom of the Borough, along with a gold box and an address. It was a formal honour, the kind towns gave to powerful men. The freedom itself had practical roots: apprentices were originally made free of the town when their service ended, so they could carry on business. What the Duke did to earn it, the record does not say.

24. Kilsellagh water supply praised in Sligo market report

    Kilsellagh · townland · Sligo · 1881

    A Town Council deputation report on Sligo's markets noted the abundant supply of street fountains and praised the Kilsellagh water as equal or superior to any encountered during visits to Ulster towns.

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    " While on the subject we may remark that in no town visited did we observe the same abundant supply of street fountains as in Sligo, whilst the quality of the Kilsellagh water was quite equal, if not superior, to any we met with. "\Ve consider the management of the markets, and all other matters connected with the town of Newry, exceptionally good, leaving nothing to be desired, and are of opinion that the Sligo Corporation cannot do better than take it as their model and follow as nearly as possible on the same lines."

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    Somewhere close to Kilsellagh, a Town Council deputation report in 1881 had something to say about the water here. The visitors had been travelling to towns across Ulster, and they found that no town they visited had the same abundant supply of street fountains as Sligo. They praised the water as "quite equal, if not superior, to any we met with." They also found the market management in Newry exceptionally good, and recommended that the Sligo Corporation take it as their model and follow the same lines.

25. Mills at Ballincar predate Queen Elizabeth

    Ballincar · townland · Sligo

    Mills at Ballincar, like the Sligo Mills, were in existence before the accession of Queen Elizabeth, indicating a long tradition of milling at this site near Sligo.

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    At Collooney, as at Sligo, the present mills occupy the site of much older concerns. The Sligo Mills were in existence before the accession of Queen Elizabeth, as were those of Rathbraghan and Ballincar.

    The Camphill Mills, situated in Collooney, consist of a flour, a corn, and a saw mill. They are driven by two oversliot wheels, each 25 feet in diameter, and 5 feet wide : there is also a small turbine. There are a few other mills scattered through the county.

    Internet Archive historyofsligoco00wood, Chapter 121

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    Somewhere close to Ballincar, there were mills working long before most people would guess. They were in existence before the accession of Queen Elizabeth, the same as the Sligo Mills and the mills at Rathbraghan. So this spot near Sligo has a long tradition of milling, going back to at least the mid-1500s.

26. Mills at Rathbraghan predate Queen Elizabeth

    Rathbraghan · townland · Sligo

    Mills at Rathbraghan, like the Sligo Mills, were in existence before the accession of Queen Elizabeth, indicating a long tradition of milling at this site in County Sligo.

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    At Collooney, as at Sligo, the present mills occupy the site of much older concerns. The Sligo Mills were in existence before the accession of Queen Elizabeth, as were those of Rathbraghan and Ballincar.

    The Camphill Mills, situated in Collooney, consist of a flour, a corn, and a saw mill. They are driven by two oversliot wheels, each 25 feet in diameter, and 5 feet wide : there is also a small turbine. There are a few other mills scattered through the county.

    Internet Archive historyofsligoco00wood, Chapter 121

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    Somewhere close to Rathbraghan there were mills working before Queen Elizabeth came to the throne. They stood alongside older concerns at Sligo and Ballincar, part of a long tradition of milling in County Sligo.

27. Newry market management praised as model for Sligo

    near Newry · town · Down · 1881

    A Sligo Town Council deputation visiting Ulster towns found Newry's market management exceptionally good and recommended that the Sligo Corporation take Newry as its model for market regulation.

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    " While on the subject we may remark that in no town visited did we observe the same abundant supply of street fountains as in Sligo, whilst the quality of the Kilsellagh water was quite equal, if not superior, to any we met with. "\Ve consider the management of the markets, and all other matters connected with the town of Newry, exceptionally good, leaving nothing to be desired, and are of opinion that the Sligo Corporation cannot do better than take it as their model and follow as nearly as possible on the same lines."

    Internet Archive historyofsligoco00wood, Chapter 118

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    Newry is the town the road brings you through or near. In 1881, a deputation from Sligo Town Council visited Ulster towns. They found the management of the markets and all other matters connected with Newry exceptionally good, leaving nothing to be desired. Their words were that the Sligo Corporation "cannot do better than take it as their model and follow as nearly as possible on the same lines."

28. Raised beach deposits at Ballincar, Sligo Bay

    Ballincar · townland · Sligo

    Silty deposits with embedded cockle and other shells found at Ballincar and near Gibraltar in Sligo Bay, now well beyond the reach of the tide, evidence of comparatively modern land elevation.

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    In conclusion, a few observations niay be made with regard to raised-beaches — those very recent examples of geological activity. Portions of the coast of Drumcliff Bay, near Carney, which contain shells of oysters, clams, periwinkles, &c., are now from four to six or seven feet above high- water mark. In Sligo Bay, at Ballincar, and near "Gibraltar," there are also silty deposits with cockles and other sliells embedded, all now well beyond tlie reach of the tide. A larger area of similar character on the north shore of Ballysadare Bay, and forming a sort of peninsula seldom if ever overflowed by the sea, seems to indicate a sliglit elevation of the land in comparatively modern times.'

    Irish names of localities are generally descriptive, either of tlie peculiarities of the configuration of the ground in the immediate vicinity, or of some prominent object or objects which there attracted attention. In the " Field-Name Books " of the Ordnance Survey (whicli are now in the Mountjoy Barracks, Phoenix Park), the Irish name, English orthography, and translation of every townland name in Ireland is given — so far as O'Donovan was able to ascertain at the time, i. e. some half-century ago. In Appendix I. a transcript of the MS. is given — so for as relates to the County Sligo — without alteration or annotation, on the authority of O'Donovan. Some of the translations are now, by the best authorities, considered erroneous, but the vast majority are correct.

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    Somewhere around here, at Ballincar on Sligo Bay, there are silty deposits with cockles and other shells embedded in them, all now well beyond the reach of the tide. These are what geologists call raised beaches, evidence that the land itself has risen in comparatively modern times. The sea once laid these shells down, but the ground has since lifted them out of its grasp. The same thing has happened elsewhere around Sligo Bay. Near a place called Gibraltar, there are similar deposits. On the north shore of Ballysadare Bay, a larger area of the same character forms a sort of peninsula seldom if ever overflowed by the sea. And portions of the coast of Drumcliff Bay, near Carney, contain shells of oysters, clams, and periwinkles, now sitting four to six or seven feet above highwater mark. All of it points the same way. The land here has been rising, slowly, in times recent enough that the shells are still intact and the deposits still recognisable. What was once seabed is now dry ground, and the shells are the proof of it.

29. Rev. James Heron dies at Rosses Point, 1860

    Rosses Point · town · Sligo · 1860

    Rev. James Heron, the first minister of the separate Sligo Presbyterian congregation, died at Rosses Point on 28 July 1860. He had become infirm and Rev. Moffatt Jackson had been appointed as his assistant before succeeding him.

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    In 1823 the Sligo congregation became a separate charge, their first minister being the Rev. James Heron, ordained March, 1824. Mr. Heron becoming infirm, the Rev. Moffatt Jackson was appointed as his assistant. Mr. Heron died at Rosses Point, July 28, 1860, and was succeeded by Mr. Jackson, who had been educated at the old Academical Institution, Belfast. He was one of the first batch of students who received the degree of M.A. in connexion with the Uueen's University. The energy displayed by the young minister was rewarded by the gradual growth of the congregation, alike in number and influence. It shortly began to show signs of increased vitality, and the history of the church

    Internet Archive historyofsligoco00wood, Chapter 69

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    You are coming through Rosses Point in Sligo. In 1823 the Sligo Presbyterian congregation became a separate charge, and its first minister was the Reverend James Heron, ordained in March 1824. When Heron became infirm, the Reverend Moffatt Jackson was appointed as his assistant. Heron died here at Rosses Point on the 28th of July 1860, and Jackson succeeded him as minister.

30. Sligo freeholders resolve to support Irish rights, April 1782

    Sligo · town · Sligo · 1782

    On 1 April 1782, the Gentlemen Freeholders of County Sligo, convened by High Sheriff George Dodwell, unanimously resolved to support the Dungannon and Ballinasloe resolutions and pledged their lives and fortunes to uphold the just rights, privileges, and commerce of Ireland.

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    *' At a Meeting of the Gentlemen Freeholders of the County of Sligo, convened by the High Sheriff, April, 1, 1782,

    " George Dodwell, Esq., High Sheriff, in the Chair,

    Internet Archive historyofsligoco00wood, Chapter 4

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    As you pass through Sligo town, you're in a place where, on 1 April 1782, the Gentlemen Freeholders of County Sligo gathered under High Sheriff George Dodwell. They unanimously resolved to back the Dungannon and Ballinasloe resolutions, pledging their lives and fortunes to uphold the rights, privileges, and commerce of Ireland.

31. Sligo one of Ireland's healthiest towns, 1864-1867

    Sligo · town · Sligo · 1864–1867

    For the years 1864 to 1867, Sligo town ranked among the healthiest in Ireland, with death rates ranging from one in 63.0 to one in 72.3 of the population, comparing favourably with other parts of the kingdom.

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    In regard to general healthiness Sligo bears favourable comparison with other portions of the kingdom. According to computation the town was, for the years 1864 to 1867, one of the healthiest in Ireland, the rates of total deatiis to population being, in 1864, one in 68*7 ; in 1865, one in 63'0 ; in 1866, one in 70'4 ; in 1867, one in 72'3. In the death-rate registered from 1871 to 1880 the county stands second-lowest on the list of the whole of Ireland, with a death-rate of 14-1 per thousand of the population, the premier county, Mayo, having but 13"9, whilst the County Dublin is credited with 262 ; the average death-rate of the whole of Ireland, from 1879 to 1888, being 18-4.

    * From 1871, the enumeration would appear to include the Parliamentary area. t Including 2430 inmates o( Public Institutions. + Including 750 inmates of Public Institutions. ^^ Including 148 inmates of Union Woikhouse.

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    As you pass through Sligo town, it's worth knowing this place was ranked one of the healthiest in Ireland for the years 1864 to 1867. The death rate to population was one in 68.7 in 1864, one in 63.0 in 1865, one in 70.4 in 1866, and one in 72.3 in 1867. By those figures Sligo bore favourable comparison with other parts of the kingdom. Later records back this up: from 1871 to 1880 the county of Sligo had the second-lowest death rate in all of Ireland, at 14.1 per thousand, with only Mayo lower at 13.9.

32. Sligo workhouse and almshouse

    Sligo · town · Sligo · 1760

    A Corporation document of 1760 mentions a workhouse and an almshouse in Sligo, established under acts providing facilities for the erection of corporations for the relief of the poor.

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    In a Corporation document of 1760 mention is made of a " workhouse," and there was also an " almshouse." The 11 & 12 Geo. III., chap, xxx., repealed an Act of Henry VIIL, entitled "An Act for Vagabonds," as also 11 Charles II., and gave facilities " for the erection of corporations for relief of the poor."

    166 HISTOKY OF SLIGO.

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    As you pass through Sligo, a Corporation document from 1760 records both a workhouse and an almshouse here. Later legislation under George III repealed older acts from Henry VIII and Charles II concerning vagabonds, and gave facilities, as the source says, "for the erection of corporations for relief of the poor."

33. Tober Molaise well near Ahamlish church

    Ahamlish · parish · Sligo

    The well of Tober Molaise, near the parish church of Ahamlish, has three receptacles for catching spring water, illustrating the customary grouping of holy wells in threes. Stations are still held at the well by persons with sickness in their family or ailing cattle.

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    The predilection for the number three in grouping holy wells requires notice, as does also the custom of forming three receptacles for catching the water flowing from the spring. Of this the well of Tober Molaise, near the parish church of Ahamlish, o£fers a good example. An overflow from the

    Internet Archive historyofsligoco00wood, Chapter 185

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    As you pass through Ahamlish in Sligo, there is a well called Tober Molaise near the old parish church. It has three receptacles for catching the spring water, a pattern seen at many holy wells. People still hold stations there when sickness is in the family or the cattle are ailing.

34. Voluntary dispensary in Sligo town

    Sligo · town · Sligo

    In the last century, a dispensary in the town of Sligo was entirely supported by voluntary contributions, supplemented by collections at charity sermons preached in all houses of public worship. Grand juries were later empowered by statute in 1823 to present sums equal to private subscriptions.

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    In the last century a Dispensary in the town of Sligo was entirely supported by voluntary contributions, supplemented by collections at charity sermons preached in all Houses of Public Worship. Though by 3rd Geo. IV., c. 21 (1823), grand juries were empowered to present sums equal to private subscriptions

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    As you pass through Sligo, there was once a dispensary here kept running entirely by voluntary contributions. Collections were taken at charity sermons preached in all houses of public worship. In 1823 grand juries were empowered by statute to present sums equal to the private subscriptions, giving the institution public backing.

35. Yeomanry corps inspected at Dromore West in 1831

    Dromore West · population centre · Sligo · 1831

    On 13 January 1831, the Easkey and Castletown yeomanry under Captain Fenton and the Templeboy corps under Captain Grove were inspected at Dromore West by Major Crawford and Colonel Hale of the 23rd Regiment.

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    "The following corps of yeomanry of the County Sligo were inspected by Major Crawford and Colonel Hale of the 23rd Eegiment, at Dromore West on the 13th January, 1831 : — The Easkey and Castletown, under Captain Eenton ; The Templeboy, under Captain Grove.

    "At Sligo on the 14th January, The Sligo Loyal, under Captain James Wood ; The Sligo Union, under Captain C. Martin ; The Drumcliffe, under Captain John Wynne, M.P.

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    On 13 January 1831, Dromore West saw yeomanry corps of County Sligo inspected by Major Crawford and Colonel Hale of the 23rd Regiment. The Easkey and Castletown corps came under Captain Fenton. The Templeboy corps came under Captain Grove.

36. Yeomanry corps inspected at Sligo town in 1831

    Sligo · town · Sligo · 1831

    On 14 January 1831, the Sligo Loyal corps under Captain James Wood, the Sligo Union under Captain C. Martin, and the Drumcliffe corps under Captain John Wynne M.P. were inspected at Sligo.

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    "At Sligo on the 14th January, The Sligo Loyal, under Captain James Wood ; The Sligo Union, under Captain C. Martin ; The Drumcliffe, under Captain John Wynne, M.P.

    "At CoUooney, on the same date, The Tikeragh and Templehouse, under Captain Eichard Wood ; The County Sligo Loyal Infantry,' under Major O'Hara-; The Cooper's Hill, under Capt. A. B. Cooper; The Ballymote, under Lord Kirkwall.

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    Coming up to Sligo town now. On the 14th of January 1831, three yeomanry corps were inspected here: the Sligo Loyal under Captain James Wood, the Sligo Union under Captain C. Martin, and the Drumcliffe corps under Captain John Wynne, who was a member of Parliament.

37. Compact limestone north of Ballintogher

    Ballintogher · town · Sligo

    To the north of Ballintogher, the Lower Carboniferous Limestone is represented by light and dark gray compact limestone that produces a metallic ring when struck.

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    The Carboniferous system is largely represented in Sligo by Upper, Middle (ealp),and Lower Limestone, and Lower Carboniferous Sandstone. Over an anticliual of this latter subdivision, the road from Dromore West to Sligo passes for a mile and a-lialf, about the average width of the formation which extends from the sea to the Ox range, a distance of four miles. The same sandstone also occurs west of Aelare, with a north-easterly strike for some miles along the base of the metamorphic ridge. Associated with the Middle Limestone is found a series of reddish yellow, brown, and white sandstones, grits, &c., known as " calp " sandstones, that spread their nearly horizontal beds over the whole of the northern part of the Cliffoney district, between the foot of the mountain and the sea, and re-appear in the Mullaghmore promontorj^, and the island of Inismurray. Beds of calp limestone are found unusually fossiliferous in this district, as at the " Serpent " rock, which derives its rather fanciful name from the masses of large curved cylindrical corals, well exposed by weathering. A mile east of this the beds are cut by a four-foot dyke of basalt. The rocks on the shore, west of Streedagh House, abound in specimens of fossil corals, as Zaphrentis cylindrica, 18 to 2-1 inches in length, and two or three inches in diameter, which project from the surface of the beds, that are themselves often largely formed of such cluster corals as Lithostrotion. There are also large-sized brachiopods, as Productus and Spinfer. Similar beds at " Gibraltar " (two miles west of Sligo), contain Zap/treiifis, locally styled " rams' horns ; " and it is frequently seen on both sides of Ballysadare Bay. The Lower Carboniferous Limestone is, in some places, represented by a brown or gray crystalline magnesian limestone (dolomite), as at Eosses Point; to the north of Ballintogher, by light and dark gray compact limestone, having a metallic ring when struck. At Ballysadare it affords an excellent building stone (dark gray and subcrj^stalline), capable of being used for tombstones, &c. &c. The Upper Limestone occupies a large aggregate extent of the county ; Lough Gill is almost entirely surrounded by it ; so is Lough Arrow, and the intermediate Barony of Tirerrill is largely

    Internet Archive historyofsligoco00wood, Chapter 132

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    North of Ballintogher, the Lower Carboniferous Limestone comes through as light and dark gray compact limestone. Strike a piece of it and it gives a metallic ring. That is the stone under this ground. The Carboniferous system spreads wide across Sligo. Upper, Middle, and Lower Limestone, and Lower Carboniferous Sandstone all have their place here. The road from Dromore West to Sligo passes over an anticlinal of that sandstone for a mile and a half, roughly the average width of the formation, which runs from the sea to the Ox range, a distance of four miles. The same sandstone appears west of Easky, striking north-easterly along the base of the metamorphic ridge for some miles. Associated with the Middle Limestone is a series of reddish yellow, brown, and white sandstones and grits known as calp sandstones. Their nearly horizontal beds cover the northern part of the Cliffoney district between the foot of the mountain and the sea, and they reappear in the Mullaghmore promontory and the island of Inismurray. Calp limestone beds in this district are unusually fossiliferous. At the Serpent rock, the name comes from masses of large curved cylindrical corals exposed by weathering. A mile east, the beds are cut by a four-foot dyke of basalt. On the shore west of Streedagh House, fossil corals abound. Zaphrentis cylindrica, 18 to 24 inches long and two or three inches across, projects from the bed surfaces. Those beds are often largely formed of cluster corals such as Lithostrotion. There are large brachiopods too, Productus and Spirifer. Similar beds at Gibraltar, two miles west of Sligo, contain Zaphrentis, locally called rams' horns, and it appears on both sides of Ballysadare Bay. At Rosses Point the Lower Carboniferous Limestone is a brown or gray crystalline magnesian limestone, a dolomite. At Ballysadare it yields an excellent building stone, dark gray and subcrystalline, fit for tombstones.

38. Glacial features westward from Collooney along Ox range

    Collooney · townland · Sligo

    The chief glacial interest in County Sligo lies westward from Collooney along the Ox Mountains range and to the north of it, with clear evidence of glaciation including boulders, striae, and roches moutonnées.

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    Although evidences of glaciation are not wanting throughout tlie county, it is westward from Collooney, along the Ox range, and to the north of it, that the chief interest lies : not all, however, confined to the limits of Sligo. The glacialist, if he pursue his investigations into Mayo, will find, near Foxford and Pontoon, on the shores of Lough Conn and the flanks of Nephin, many well-marked and unmistakable tokens of the ice-movement as exhibited in "perched blocks," boulders, striae, "roches moutonnees," and the general configuration of the ground.

    In conclusion, a few observations niay be made with regard to raised-beaches — those very recent examples of geological activity. Portions of the coast of Drumcliff Bay, near Carney, which contain shells of oysters, clams, periwinkles, &c., are now from four to six or seven feet above high- water mark. In Sligo Bay, at Ballincar, and near "Gibraltar," there are also silty deposits with cockles and other sliells embedded, all now well beyond tlie reach of the tide. A larger area of similar character on the north shore of Ballysadare Bay, and forming a sort of peninsula seldom if ever overflowed by the sea, seems to indicate a sliglit elevation of the land in comparatively modern times.'

    Internet Archive historyofsligoco00wood, Chapter 135

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    Somewhere around here, the chief glacial interest of County Sligo lies westward from Collooney, along the Ox range and to the north of it. Evidences of glaciation are not wanting throughout the county, but this is where the chief interest lies, though not confined to the limits of Sligo. A glacialist pursuing investigations into Mayo would find near Foxford and Pontoon, on the shores of Lough Conn and the flanks of Nephin, many unmistakable tokens of the ice-movement, exhibited in perched blocks, boulders, striae, roches moutonnées, and the general configuration of the ground. The book also notes raised beaches as very recent examples of geological activity. Portions of the coast of Drumcliff Bay, near Carney, contain shells of oysters, clams, and periwinkles, and are now from 4 to 6 or 7 feet above highwater mark. In Sligo Bay, at Ballincar, and near Gibraltar, there are silty deposits with cockles and other shells embedded, all now well beyond the reach of the tide. A larger area of similar character on the north shore of Ballysadare Bay forms a sort of peninsula seldom if ever overflowed by the sea, and seems to indicate a slight elevation of the land in comparatively modern times.

39. Inniscrone fishing methods and catch diversity

    near Inishcrone · town · Sligo

    At Inniscrone fishermen used nets, lines, lobster-pots, and trawl-nets, taking nearly every description of fish. Nearby stations at Pollacheeny and Derkmore produced cod, pollock, haddock, whiting, herrings, mackerel, and plaice.

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    At Inniscrone the fishermen use nets, lines, lobster-pots, and trawl-nets ; and nearly every description of fish is taken. At Pollacheeny, Derkmore, &c., cod, pollock, haddock, whiting, herrings, mackerel, plaice, &c., are taken.

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    As you pass through Inishcrone, this was a fishing town where fishermen used nets, lines, lobster-pots, and trawl-nets, taking nearly every description of fish. Nearby stations at Pollacheeny and Derkmore produced cod, pollock, haddock, whiting, herrings, mackerel, and plaice.

40. Mount Charles stone used in Sligo Assize Courts

    Mountcharles · town · Donegal · 1878–1879

    Most of the cut stone used in the Sligo Assize Courts came from quarries at Mount Charles, near Donegal. The stone was noted as superior and retained its original colour well.

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    The front extends to about one hundred and fifty feet, including the old gaol, which has been newly faced to correspond with the rest. Most of the cut stone used in this building is from the quarries at Mount Charles, near Donegal ; it is a superior stone, and retains its original colour well.

    Of Gaols in our modern acceptation of the term there were formerly but few in Ireland. In the fourteenth century, when the province of Connaught was one vast shire, under Ei chard de Bermingham as sheriff, it is stated (Patent Eoll, 31st Ed. I. No. 10) that the King possessed no prison in the entire County of Connaught in which prisoners could be securely kept. Until comparatively recent times the castles either of the Anglo-Normans or native Irish chiefs did duty both as prisons and residences, and to the Irish Monasteries there was sometimes a penitential prison attached ; also Crannogs, or Lake Dwellings, were also frequently utilized for a similar purpose.

    Internet Archive historyofsligoco00wood, Chapter 75

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    As you pass through Mountcharles, you are near the source of the stone that built the Sligo Assize Courts. Between 1878 and 1879 most of the cut stone for that building was taken from quarries here. The front of the courts extends about 150 feet, including the old gaol, which was newly faced to match the rest. The stone from these quarries was described as superior, and it was said to retain its original colour well.

41. Presbyterian Church in Church Lane, Sligo, erected 1828

    Sligo · town · Sligo · 1828–1883

    A Presbyterian place of worship was erected in Church Lane, Sligo, in 1828, with £100 voted by the Vestry of St. John's in 1833 to clear its debt. The Manse near the Presbytery was built in 1867, and a sexton's residence and lecture-hall followed in 1883.

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    The present Presbyterian place of worship in Church-lane» was, according to the inscription over the door, erected in the year 1828 ; and in 1833 a sum of £100 to aid in clearing off the debt due on it was voted by the Vestry of St. John's. The Manse, situated near the Presbytery and the new College, was built in 1867; the sexton's residence and a commodious lecturehall in 1883.

    In the townland of Clogher (half barony of Coolavin) there is a small Presbyterian Church, Manse, and School, which were erected some forty years ago. There is a somewhat similar settlement near Ballymote ; and in 1833 the congregation was enabled to improve their place of w^orship by means of a grant from the Emlaghfad Vestry.

    Internet Archive historyofsligoco00wood, Chapter 70

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    In Sligo, there is a Presbyterian place of worship in Church Lane, erected in 1828 according to the inscription over its door. Five years later, in 1833, the Vestry of St. John's voted £100 to help clear the debt still owing on it. The Manse, situated near the Presbytery and the new College, was built in 1867. Then in 1883 a sexton's residence and a commodious lecture hall followed.

42. Yeomanry corps inspected at Collooney in 1831

    Collooney · townland · Sligo · 1831

    On the same date as the Sligo inspection, the Tireragh and Templehouse, County Sligo Loyal Infantry, Cooper's Hill, and Ballymote yeomanry corps were inspected at Collooney, with Colonel Hale expressing satisfaction at their appearance and discipline.

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    "At CoUooney, on the same date, The Tikeragh and Templehouse, under Captain Eichard Wood ; The County Sligo Loyal Infantry,' under Major O'Hara-; The Cooper's Hill, under Capt. A. B. Cooper; The Ballymote, under Lord Kirkwall.

    " Colonel Hale expressed himself highly pleased at the appearance and discipline of the several Corps."

    Internet Archive historyofsligoco00wood, Chapter 14

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    Somewhere around here, in 1831, four yeomanry corps were inspected at Collooney. The Tireragh and Templehouse marched under Captain Richard Wood. The County Sligo Loyal Infantry under Major O'Hara. The Cooper's Hill under Captain A. B. Cooper. And the Ballymote under Lord Kirkwall. Colonel Hale said he was highly pleased at the appearance and discipline of the several corps.

43. 1823 storm drives vessels ashore in Sligo

    Sligo · town · Sligo · 1823

    On March 3, 1823, a major storm hit Sligo, causing all the vessels anchored in the pool to be driven ashore. Other notable storms occurred in the town in 1834, 1839, and 1875.

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    In this century the principal storms in Sligo seem to have occurred on 3rd March, 1823, when all the vessels anchored in

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    Internet Archive historyofsligoco00wood, Chapter 141

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    As you pass through Sligo, one of its worst storms struck on 3 March 1823, when every vessel anchored in the pool was driven ashore. The town saw other great storms in 1834, 1839, and 1875.

44. Ancient crystalline rocks at The Rosses

    near The Rosses · locality · Donegal

    A small exposure of ancient crystalline rocks occurs on the low, undulating headland of The Rosses, between Sligo and Drumcliff Bays. This tract stretches eastward for nearly three miles, and the rocks present considerable variety in their composition.

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    Among the Ox Mountains are examples of the results of metamorphic action in the production of varieties of crystalline rocks, depending on the character of the original strata ; thus, there are found, in rotation, beds of granitoid gneiss, mica schist, quartzite, and crj^stalline limestone, whose original composition was, in all probability, sandstone, shale, grit, or limestone. A small exposure of these old rocks occurs also at intervals on the low, undulating headland of " The Rosses," between Sligo and Drumcliff Bays. This tract stretches eastward for nearly three miles, and the rocks present considerable variety in their composition. From observations

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    Internet Archive historyofsligoco00wood, Chapter 131

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    The Rosses, the low, undulating headland you're passing through between Sligo and Drumcliff Bays, holds a small exposure of ancient crystalline rocks. This tract stretches eastward for nearly 3 miles, and the rocks show considerable variety in their composition. They are the same kind found among the Ox Mountains, where metamorphic action produced beds of granitoid gneiss, mica schist, quartzite, and crystalline limestone. These were once, in all probability, nothing more than sandstone, shale, grit, or ordinary limestone, transformed deep in the earth over vast stretches of time.

45. Bank of Ireland branch opens on The Mall, Sligo, 1828

    The Mall · street · Sligo · 1828

    The Bank of Ireland announced the opening of a branch in Sligo, commencing business at an office on The Mall on a Monday in January 1828, for the discounting of bills and other banking transactions. Agents Richard Gethin and George Dodwell managed the opening.

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    " Bank of Ireland. The undermentioned agents for conducting a branch of the Bank of Ireland in Sligo, will commence business in their office on The Mall, on Monday the 7 th instant for the discounting of Bills and other Banking transactions.

    " Januanj 3rd, 1828. " Richakd Gethix.

    Internet Archive historyofsligoco00wood, Chapter 89

    As the companion tells it

    This is where the Bank of Ireland opened a branch office on The Mall. On Monday the 7th of January 1828, the agents began business there for the discounting of bills and other banking transactions. Richard Gethin signed the notice, dated January 3rd, 1828.

46. Calp sandstone formations of Cliffoney

    Cliffony · town · Sligo

    The northern part of the Cliffoney district features nearly horizontal beds of reddish and yellow sandstones and grits known as 'calp' sandstones, stretching between the mountain and the sea.

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    The Carboniferous system is largely represented in Sligo by Upper, Middle (ealp),and Lower Limestone, and Lower Carboniferous Sandstone. Over an anticliual of this latter subdivision, the road from Dromore West to Sligo passes for a mile and a-lialf, about the average width of the formation which extends from the sea to the Ox range, a distance of four miles. The same sandstone also occurs west of Aelare, with a north-easterly strike for some miles along the base of the metamorphic ridge. Associated with the Middle Limestone is found a series of reddish yellow, brown, and white sandstones, grits, &c., known as " calp " sandstones, that spread their nearly horizontal beds over the whole of the northern part of the Cliffoney district, between the foot of the mountain and the sea, and re-appear in the Mullaghmore promontorj^, and the island of Inismurray. Beds of calp limestone are found unusually fossiliferous in this district, as at the " Serpent " rock, which derives its rather fanciful name from the masses of large curved cylindrical corals, well exposed by weathering. A mile east of this the beds are cut by a four-foot dyke of basalt. The rocks on the shore, west of Streedagh House, abound in specimens of fossil corals, as Zaphrentis cylindrica, 18 to 2-1 inches in length, and two or three inches in diameter, which project from the surface of the beds, that are themselves often largely formed of such cluster corals as Lithostrotion. There are also large-sized brachiopods, as Productus and Spinfer. Similar beds at " Gibraltar " (two miles west of Sligo), contain Zap/treiifis, locally styled " rams' horns ; " and it is frequently seen on both sides of Ballysadare Bay. The Lower Carboniferous Limestone is, in some places, represented by a brown or gray crystalline magnesian limestone (dolomite), as at Eosses Point; to the north of Ballintogher, by light and dark gray compact limestone, having a metallic ring when struck. At Ballysadare it affords an excellent building stone (dark gray and subcrj^stalline), capable of being used for tombstones, &c. &c. The Upper Limestone occupies a large aggregate extent of the county ; Lough Gill is almost entirely surrounded by it ; so is Lough Arrow, and the intermediate Barony of Tirerrill is largely

    Internet Archive historyofsligoco00wood, Chapter 132

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    The road brings you through Cliffoney, a town in the north of Sligo where the ground beneath tells a story written in stone. The northern part of the district is covered by beds of reddish, yellow, brown, and white sandstones and grits known as "calp" sandstones, lying nearly horizontal between the foot of the mountain and the sea. These are associated with the Middle Limestone of the Carboniferous system, largely represented across Sligo. The same calp sandstones reappear in the Mullaghmore promontory and on the island of Inismurray. The calp limestone beds in this district are unusually rich in fossils. At the "Serpent" rock, weathering has exposed masses of large curved cylindrical corals that gave the place its name. A mile east of the Serpent rock, the beds are cut by a 4-foot dyke of basalt. On the shore west of Streedagh House, the rocks abound in fossil corals called Zaphrentis cylindrica, 18 to 24 inches long and 2 or 3 inches in diameter, projecting from the surface of the beds. The beds themselves are often largely formed of cluster corals such as Lithostrotion. There are also large brachiopods, Productus and Spirifer. Similar beds at "Gibraltar," 2 miles west of Sligo, contain Zaphrentis locally styled "rams' horns." Elsewhere in the county, the road from Dromore West to Sligo passes for a mile and a half over an anticlinal of Lower Carboniferous Sandstone, a formation extending from the sea to the Ox range, a distance of 4 miles. At Rosses Point, the Lower Carboniferous Limestone appears as a brown or gray crystalline dolomite. At Ballysadare it yields a dark gray building stone suitable for tombstones.

47. Carrowlustia stream excluded from reservoir

    Carrowlustia · townland · Sligo

    A third stream, the Carrowlustia, with a drainage catchment of 350 acres, lies on the west side of the reservoir. Because most of its area is peaty in character, its water is diverted around the south side of the reservoir rather than allowed to enter it.

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    which he had superintended the carrying out of the plans." The water supply for the town is taken from a catchment area in the neighbouring- mountainous district, having a mean elevation of 950 feet above the sea and situate between the counties of Leitrim and Sligo. The drainage from this district is carried off by two streams or rivers, the Doonally river, the catchment basin of which is 1315 acres, and the Kilsellagh stream, with an area of 628 acres ; the latter falls into the Doonally river, and both together flowing by Doonally House and Rathbraghan disci large into the sea about a mile north of the town. The total drainage ground, therefore, from which the flow can be utilized is 1910 acres, and taking the average available rainfall in the district as thirty inches, the daily flow off the ground would be 3,637,500 gallons, of which only about 400,000 are daily required for town use, thus leaving the balance to be stored in the reservoir or allowed to run down the stream. On the west side of the reservoir there is a third stream — the Carrowlustia — having a drainage catchment of 350 acres ; as most of this area, however, is of a peaty character, the water from it is not allowed to enter the reservoir, but is diverted and flows round the south side of the reservoir, falling into the Doonally river just below the embankment.

    The principal works in connexion with the water supply are the (1) iinpouuding or storage reservoir on the Doonally and Kilsellagli streams, with its flood water-course, embankment, outlet- tower, waste-weir, &c. ; (2j the piping to the relief tanks and service-reservoir; (3) the service-reservoir and the works of distribution through the town.

    Internet Archive historyofsligoco00wood, Chapter 95

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    Somewhere close to Carrowlustia, a stream runs that never reaches the reservoir it sits beside. The water supply for Sligo town is drawn from a catchment area in the neighbouring mountainous district, with a mean elevation of 950 feet above the sea, situated between the counties of Leitrim and Sligo. The drainage from this district is carried off by two streams. The Doonally river has a catchment basin of 1315 acres, and the Kilsellagh stream has an area of 628 acres. The Kilsellagh falls into the Doonally river, and both together flow by Doonally House and Rathbraghan before discharging into the sea about a mile north of the town. The total drainage ground from which the flow can be utilized is 1910 acres. Taking the average available rainfall in the district as 30 inches, the daily flow off the ground would be 3,637,500 gallons, of which only about 400,000 are daily required for town use, leaving the balance to be stored in the reservoir or allowed to run down the stream. On the west side of the reservoir there is a third stream, the Carrowlustia, having a drainage catchment of 350 acres. As most of this area is of a peaty character, the water from it is not allowed to enter the reservoir, but is diverted and flows round the south side of the reservoir, falling into the Doonally river just below the embankment. The principal works connected with the water supply are the storage reservoir on the Doonally and Kilsellagh streams, with its flood water-course, embankment, outlet tower, and waste-weir; the piping to the relief tanks and service-reservoir; and the service-reservoir with the works of distribution through the town.

48. Chapel at Longford with image-worship inscription

    Longford · town · Longford

    A quaint little chapel in the grounds of Longford bears a Latin inscription expressing the doctrine of image-worship: that the image teaches about God but is not itself God, and that one should worship in the mind what one discerns in the image.

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    The following statement of the doctrine of image- worship may be observed in the quaint little chapel, situated in the grounds of Longford,

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    Internet Archive historyofsligoco00wood, Chapter 2

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    In Longford, there is a quaint little chapel in the grounds, where a statement of the doctrine of image-worship may be observed. That is all the record tells: a chapel, and on it, words setting out how the image teaches about God but is not itself God.

49. Collooney–Boyle road via Ballinafad built

    Ballinafad · townland · Sligo · 1800

    The road from Collooney to Boyle via Tubberscanavan and Ballinafad was constructed about the beginning of the nineteenth century, with subsequent alterations for better gradients. Much of it is now nearly deserted due to rail traffic diversion.

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    The road from Collooney to Boyle, by Tubberscanavan and

    ' It is shown on the map of 1778. O 2

    Internet Archive historyofsligoco00wood, Chapter 99

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    Somewhere around here, the road from Collooney to Boyle runs by Tubberscanavan and Ballinafad. It was built around 1800, with later changes made for better gradients. The road is shown on a map from 1778. Much of it now lies nearly deserted, owing to rail traffic diversion.

50. Doonally and Kilsellagh Storage Reservoir

    Doonally · townland · Sligo

    A storage reservoir for Sligo's water supply was constructed below the junction of the Doonally and Kilsellagh streams by throwing an earthen embankment across the gorge. The project included an outlet-tower, waste-weir, and flood water-courses to manage the flow.

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    On the Doonally and Kilsellagh streams the storage reservoir is constructed a little below their junction by throwing an earthen embankment across the gorge, and the ground was prepared to receive this embankment by stripping off all the soft material from where it was to rest, then sinking a trench to the solid water-tight clay along its centre, and filling it with puddle to the level of tlie ground — a puddle-wall being carried up thence to nearly the summit. Tlie most adhesive material was laid on either side of this puddle wall, and the whole bank

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    Internet Archive historyofsligoco00wood, Chapter 95

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    Somewhere around here, a storage reservoir was built for Sligo's water supply, on the Doonally and Kilsellagh streams, just below where they meet. They threw an earthen embankment across the gorge. The ground was prepared first by stripping off all the soft material where the embankment would rest. Then a trench was sunk down to solid water-tight clay along its centre, and filled with puddle to ground level. A puddle-wall was carried up from there to nearly the summit. The most adhesive material was laid on either side of this wall, and the whole bank

51. Famine Relief in Sligo Town, 1822

    Sligo · town · Sligo · 1822

    In 1822, relief efforts in Sligo town provided gratuitous aid to hundreds of families across four districts. Labourers were employed and women spun flax, while provisions were sold at reduced rates to combat poverty.

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    167 labourers employed at 4s. 6d. each per week, . 108 women, spinning flax, at a weekly loss of, The weekly loss on the sale of provisions at reduced rates. Supposed increase of weekly gratuitous aid to paupers,

    till 20th August,

    Internet Archive historyofsligoco00wood, Chapter 221

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    As you pass through Sligo, in 1822 this town saw relief efforts for hundreds of families across four districts. Labourers were employed, women spun flax, and provisions were sold at reduced rates to fight poverty, continuing till the 20th of August.

52. Glencar visited by eagles and falcons

    Glencar · electoral division · Sligo

    Glencar was noted as a winter haunt of the Golden Eagle, which formerly bred in County Sligo, and as a locality frequented by the Peregrine Falcon. These observations were recorded by R. Warren as part of a catalogue of County Sligo birds.

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    Golden Eagle {Aquila chrysaetus). Visits Glencar in winter. Formerly bred in the county.

    Sea Eagle (Aquila alUcilla). Now known only as a rare Tisitor.

    Internet Archive historyofsligoco00wood, Chapter 263

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    The road takes you through or near Glencar in Sligo. R. Warren recorded the Golden Eagle as a visitor here in winter, a bird that once bred in the county. The Sea Eagle he knew only as a rare visitor.

53. Raised beach peninsula on Ballysadare Bay

    Ballysadare Bay · bay · Sligo

    A larger area of raised beach deposits on the north shore of Ballysadare Bay forms a peninsula seldom overflowed by the sea, further indicating a slight elevation of the land in comparatively modern times.

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    In conclusion, a few observations niay be made with regard to raised-beaches — those very recent examples of geological activity. Portions of the coast of Drumcliff Bay, near Carney, which contain shells of oysters, clams, periwinkles, &c., are now from four to six or seven feet above high- water mark. In Sligo Bay, at Ballincar, and near "Gibraltar," there are also silty deposits with cockles and other sliells embedded, all now well beyond tlie reach of the tide. A larger area of similar character on the north shore of Ballysadare Bay, and forming a sort of peninsula seldom if ever overflowed by the sea, seems to indicate a sliglit elevation of the land in comparatively modern times.'

    Irish names of localities are generally descriptive, either of tlie peculiarities of the configuration of the ground in the immediate vicinity, or of some prominent object or objects which there attracted attention. In the " Field-Name Books " of the Ordnance Survey (whicli are now in the Mountjoy Barracks, Phoenix Park), the Irish name, English orthography, and translation of every townland name in Ireland is given — so far as O'Donovan was able to ascertain at the time, i. e. some half-century ago. In Appendix I. a transcript of the MS. is given — so for as relates to the County Sligo — without alteration or annotation, on the authority of O'Donovan. Some of the translations are now, by the best authorities, considered erroneous, but the vast majority are correct.

    Internet Archive historyofsligoco00wood, Chapter 135

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    The road passes near Ballysadare Bay in Sligo, where a raised beach peninsula stands on the north shore. These are raised beaches, very recent examples of geological activity. Along this coast, deposits that once lay under the tide now sit above it. Near Carney, at Drumcliff Bay, portions of the coast contain shells of oysters, clams, and periwinkles, now from four to six or seven feet above highwater mark. At Ballincar in Sligo Bay, and near Gibraltar, silty deposits hold cockles and other shells embedded, all now well beyond the reach of the tide. A larger area of similar character on the north shore of Ballysadare Bay forms a sort of peninsula, seldom if ever overflowed by the sea. These deposits seem to indicate a slight elevation of the land in comparatively modern times. The Irish names of localities along this coast are generally descriptive, either of the peculiarities of the ground or of some prominent object that drew attention. The Field-Name Books of the Ordnance Survey record the Irish name, English orthography, and translation of every townland name in Ireland, as far as O'Donovan was able to ascertain, some half-century ago. Those records are now in Mountjoy Barracks in Phoenix Park. Some of the translations are now considered erroneous by the best authorities, but the vast majority are correct.

54. Rathmadder townland named for the drinking vessel

    Rathmadder · townland · Sligo

    A townland in the Parish of Kilfree is called Rathmadder, meaning 'the Fort of the Madder,' named after the traditional four-handled madder drinking vessel. The name preserves the memory of this ancient drinking cup associated with Irish feasting customs.

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    ' There is a townland in the Parish of Kilfree, styled Rathmadder, i.e. the Fort of the Madder.

    ^ Another poor woman describing the peaceful end of her daughter said " she stole away like the mist up the mountain side."

    Internet Archive historyofsligoco00wood, Chapter 175

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    Somewhere around here is Rathmadder, in the Parish of Kilfree. The name means the Fort of the Madder. A madder was an old Irish drinking vessel, and the place still carries its name, keeping the memory of that cup alive.

55. Reproductive Loan Fund for poor Sligo fishermen

    Sligo · town · Sligo · 1875–1888

    The Irish Reproductive Loan Fund issued a total of £4,962 to poor fishermen over the fourteen years ending 31 December 1888, of which almost the entire amount was repaid.

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    By a return received, it would appear that the total amount issued by the Irish Reproductive Loan Fund to poor fishermen in the fourteen years to 31st December, 1888, was but £4962, of which almost the entire is repaid.

    Prior to 1847 salmon might be caught at any period of the year in the Sligo river ; but the time was then restricted from the 1st January to the 20th August. In 1863 the close season was extended to the 14th February, and no fishing was permitted on Saturday or Sunday ; for each net employed, a licence which cost £3 had to be taken out.

    Internet Archive historyofsligoco00wood, Chapter 128

    As the companion tells it

    As you pass through Sligo, this town once had a small scheme for its poor fishermen. Between 1875 and 1888 the Irish Reproductive Loan Fund issued just under £4,962 to them over fourteen years, and almost the entire amount was repaid. Before 1847, salmon could be caught at any time of year in the Sligo river. Then the season was restricted to between 1 January and 20 August. In 1863 the close season was extended to 14 February, and no fishing was allowed on Saturday or Sunday. Each net required a licence costing £3.

56. Sea-caves at Aughris, Dirk, and Raughly

    Aughris · townland · Sligo

    The coastline of County Sligo features numerous natural sea-caves formed in the local limestone. Notable examples of these coastal geological curiosities are found at Aughris, Dirk, and Raughly.

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    Of natural curiosities, a series of caves in the limestone (already described, vol. i., pp. 375-8) may be mentioned ; and there are numerous sea- caves, as at Aughris, Dirk, Raughly, &c., not requiring particular mention here.

    A glance at the geological map shows that Sligo forms part of the great limestone plain of Ireland. A strip, differently coloured, representing various igneous and metamorphic rocks, such as granite, quartzite, mica schist, gneiss, extends across the county from the shores of Lough Conn, in Mayo, to Benbo Hill, in Leitrim, where it ends abruptly. The Ox Mountains form the Sligo portion of this metamorphic baud, whose conical or dome-shaped outlines are in marked contrast to the bold escarpments and terraces of the mountain-

    Internet Archive historyofsligoco00wood, Chapter 130

    As the companion tells it

    Somewhere close to Aughris, the limestone coastline holds a series of sea-caves. A book on the history of Sligo calls them natural curiosities, noting caves at Aughris, Dirk, and Raughly, cut into the limestone by the sea. Sligo sits on the great limestone plain of Ireland, and these caves are part of what that geology produces along the coast. The book says they do not require particular mention, but they are there, hollowed openings in the rock where the water has worked for a long time.

57. Sligo Militia marched to Dundalk

    Dundalk · town · Louth

    Following its campaign in the south of Ireland, the Sligo Militia regiment was marched to Dundalk. The regiment had previously been moved south and replaced by the Clare Militia.

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    Almost immediately after its embodiment in 1793, the Sligo Regiment was moved to the South of Ireland, and was replaced in December, 1791, by the Clare Militia. After its

    32 HISTORY OF SLIGO.

    Internet Archive historyofsligoco00wood, Chapter 15

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    Dundalk is the town the road takes you through. The Sligo Regiment was embodied in 1793 and moved to the south of Ireland. It was replaced in December 1791 by the Clare Militia. After its campaign in the south, the Sligo Militia was marched to Dundalk.

58. St. Vincent de Paul Society in Sligo Cathedral vestry

    Sligo · town · Sligo

    The vestry adjoining Sligo Cathedral was built in a style corresponding to the Cathedral. Members of the St. Vincent de Paul Society held weekly conferences there, benefiting the deserving poor of the town.

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    The vestry adjoining the cathedral is built in corresponding style. Members of the St. Vincent de Paul Society here hold their weekly conference ; their labours are of benefit to the deserving poor of the town.

    It is curious that neither the Friary Church nor the Cathedral are built in accordance with the ancient and Catholic practice of " Orientation."

    Internet Archive historyofsligoco00wood, Chapter 64

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    As you pass through Sligo, the cathedral vestry is built in a matching style to the cathedral itself. Members of the St. Vincent de Paul Society hold their weekly conferences there, and their work benefits the deserving poor of the town. The record also notes that neither the Friary Church nor the Cathedral follow the ancient Catholic practice of orientation.

59. Ulster Bank branch in Ballymote

    Ballymote · town · Sligo

    A branch of the Ulster Bank was established in Ballymote, under the charge of Mr. Tew.

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    The Ulster Bank opened a branch in Sligo, 7th December, 1861, under the management of Mr. James Daniel Mitchell, who was succeeded in September, 1863, by Mr. Robert M'Cullagh, and he, in tm-n, was replaced in 1875 by Mr. George Heron, who died April, 1889, since which date the Bank has been under the management of Mr. John C. Quin. The present handsome building was erected in the years 1862-3, at a cost of somewhat over £5000. There is also a branch in Ballymote in charge of Mr. Tew.

    The handsome banking edifices here described as situate in the town of Sligo, are all in the same street, so that the conundrum propounded nearly fifty years ago in the pages of The Cryptic, with regard to Stephen-street, is still applicable to the locality, viz. that it resembles a canal because it has a bank on both sides !

    Internet Archive historyofsligoco00wood, Chapter 90

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    The town of Ballymote had its own Ulster Bank branch, in the charge of a Mr. Tew. The record that mentions him says little else about the place itself. It tells us more about the parent branch in Sligo town, which opened on the 7th of December, 1861, under Mr. James Daniel Mitchell. He was followed in September, 1863, by Mr. Robert M'Cullagh, and then in 1875 by Mr. George Heron, who died in April, 1889. Since then the Sligo bank was run by Mr. John C. Quin. A handsome building for the Sligo branch went up in 1862 and 1863, at a cost of somewhat over 5000 pounds. But for Ballymote, all that survives in the record is the branch and the name of Mr. Tew.

60. Failed slate quarry near Lough Talt

    near Lough Talt · lake or lakes · Sligo · 1800

    At the beginning of the 19th century, Mr. Taaffe opened a slate quarry near Lough Talt. However, the quarry proved to be a commercial failure.

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    In the commencement of this century a slate quarry was opened by Mr. Taaffe near Lough Talt, but it proved a failure.

    Brick-clay is found in a few localities in the county ; it is "worked near Collooney, and in Leitrim, on the river Bonet ; the bricks, however, are of an inferior quality.

    Internet Archive historyofsligoco00wood, Chapter 126