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Sligo Map, Ireland

If you feel like you need some help to find your way in your destination city, you are in the right place. This Sligo Map will certainly help you to seek out the best restaurants, clubs and sights in town. You want to know what is the best place for a walk? Or what you should be watching out for during your visit? Learn more about the best things to do in the city reading our travel tips and then get around in Sligo with Travelgrove's map. While searching for places, you can also check some cheap flights or deals or you can take a look at our user's galleries about the city. We hope you will find our city map of Sligo useful. Enjoy your trip and come back to share your travel experience about Sligo!

Sligo Travel Guide

It was the year 1862 when the city of Sligo was gifted with its personal railway line that connected the city of Sligo to the city of Dublin. In recent years this rail network has grown immensely and is now being used for passengers as well as for the transportation of goods. The city of Sligo has its own Airport which is around eight kilometers away from the city of Sligo and connects the city of Sligo to many other... read more

Sligo History

The actual town of Sligo, though, did not show itself until the Medieval Age when the Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, Maurice Fitzgerald, built a castle there in 1245 A.D.  Fitzgerald also founded a Dominican Friary in Sligo known as the Sligo Abbey.  Sligo’s original name is Sligeach.  This means “shelly place” and is in reference to the multitude of shellfish and their remains found in the area.  read more

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