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Local Studies & Archive,
Westward Town Centre
Bridge Street,
Sligo
F91PTX8.
Opening Hours
| Tuesday | 9.30am – 12.45pm & 2.00pm – 4.45pm |
| Wednesday | 9.30am – 12.45pm & 2.00pm – 4.45pm |
| Thursday | 9.30am – 12.45pm & 2.00pm – 4.45pm |
| Friday | 9.30am – 12.45pm & 2.00pm – 4.45pm |
Local Studies Collection
A Local Studies Collection involves both the concept of living history and responsibilities to future historians thus it will always continue to grow. Our aim is to collect, organise and make available materials relating to Sligo and its people. Over the past fifty years Sligo Library has attempted to carry out the task of accumulating these items. Through connections with specialist antiquarian dealers, local booksellers and the generosity of Sligo people the collection continues to grow and is currently in excess of 10, 000 items.
If there is a particular item you are looking for and cannot find please contact sligolib@sligococo.ie or 0719111684.
Record of the Month
This photograph shows a gathering of Volunteers at Keash in 1914 on Garland Sunday. The custom, which evolved from pagan tradition, marks the harvest, and is still practiced in Keash today. The total number of Volunteers assembled is estimated to be between 1600 and 2000 and was prompted by the looming outbreak of World War I, and the apparent necessity of defending Ireland.
The Volunteers ultimately split over John Redmond’s commitment to participation in the war, with the minority who were pro-neutrality named the ‘Irish Volunteers’, under the leadership of Eoin MacNeill. The volunteers in Keash, Grange and Tubbercurry remained with the Irish Volunteers.
Copyright & Reproduction
Copyright is a legal right over intellectual property. It restricts the right to reproduce any original work by an individual or organisation. Permission from the copyright owner must be sought before reproducing/publishing their work. The records in Local Studies and County Archives can be consulted for private study or research but copyright permission must be sought if you intend to reproduce or publish Local Studies material or any of the archives in the County Archive. In the case of the local authority records in the County Archive you can apply to the Local Studies and Archives staff for permission to publish.
As part of our Decade of Centenaries programme, Sligo Libraries have created a series of short Online Lectures. These recorded discussions will feature historical events of Sligo significance commemorated during the Decade of Centanaries.
Michael Farry Lecture on the Chaffpool Ambush
Michèle Cashman & the Sligo Congregational Church
Joe McGowan Lecture on The Moneygold Ambush
Lest Sligo Forgets Panel Discussion
Minister Josepha Madigan and Minister Regina Doherty have announced the release of more Irish historical birth, marriage and death records online.
The records now available online include:
– birth register records – 1864 to 1924
– marriage register records – 1845 to 1949
– death register records – 1871 to 1974
Start your own family history search on the irishgenealogy.ie website today on www.irishgenealogy.ie
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