Category: SportSligo’s Barry O’Mahony, the Mervue United and IT Carlow midfielder, has been named in the Colleges and Universities Sports Association of Ireland men’s soccer squad for the forthcoming World University Games. Former Sligo Rovers player O’Mahony, sent off for Mervue United in their EA SPORTS Cup tie against the Bit O’Red at The Showgrounds last [...]
A superb second-half comeback from St Mary’s denied plucky Calry-St Joseph’s possible silverware in last Thursday’s Sligo Minor A League decider at the IT Sligo GAA pitch in Ballinode. Despite being eight points down at one stage, an understrength St Mary’s, without six key players, emerged winners by 11 points, 3-17 to 3-6, with three [...]
Sligo’s Senior Gaelic footballers, last year’s beaten provincial finalists, will be hoping to avoid an embarrassing setback in London in the GAA Football Connacht Senior Championship quarter-final against the Exiles at Ruislip this weekend. Kevin Walsh’s charges are away to London this Sunday throw-in 2.30pm for a tie that the county has never lost in [...]
Sligo Rovers extended their string of league victories to seven with a comfortable if not resounding 2-0 defeat of second-from-bottom Shelbourne in the Showgrounds on Saturday night last, April 6. The Bit O’ Red have had a dream start to the defence of their title, but with Derry City hot on their heels, Ian Baraclough [...]
Sligo-born Dr. Mark Wehrly, who holds a PhD from the National University of Ireland Maynooth, will address the Sligo Field Club at the IT Sligo Education Centre on Friday Feb 22. Tweet
Sligo Rovers fan David Goulden reflects on another good weekend for his team as they prepare for the start of the title defence Tweet
So the GAA’s bizarre tagline to promote this year’s Allianz Football League, Unexpect the Expected, was meant for Sligo all along. Tweet
Sligo’s Senior Ladies Gaelic Football team captain, Etna Flanagan, hopes that last Sunday’s home reversal against Down, 5-9 to 1-7, is just a blip in this year’s Ladies National Football League. Tweet
Allianz Football League Division Three Sligo 1-12, Antrim 0-13 They got the win, but they made hard work of it. A week after the controversial penalty that inspired the away loss to Roscommon, Sligo were back on home sod and winning an Allianz Football League game – just about – using their own resources [...]
Sligo’s two powerhouses of Colleges GAA, Summerhill and St Attracta’s, are at it again. The finalists at Senior A and Senior B level last year are on course for the deciders in this campaign following recent impressive results. Tweet
THEY CAN RUN: The North Sligo AC team that took bronze in the team section of the Intermediate women’s race at last Sunday’s Athletics Ireland Masters and Intermediate Cross Country Championships in Derry. Tweet
Sligo experienced a traumatic start to this year’s Allianz Football League Division Three campaign when losing by three points to Roscommon, 1-11 to 1-8, at Hyde Park earlier today. Tweet
Friday, May 24, 7:28 pm
Gardai warn of thefts from cars http://t.co/HnElEGJqqo - posted on 24/05/2013 16:10:28Sligo Weekender presents cheque to North West Hospice http://t.co/yrdEAVjRps - posted on 24/05/2013 16:02:57And the winner of our first set of weekend passes for the Westport House Festival is.................... BARRY... http://t.co/xmpHBt79da - posted on 24/05/2013 15:21:32SURPRISE SURPRISE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We will announce the winner of 2 tickets to the Westport House... http://t.co/XKyuQ1iVm2 - posted on 24/05/2013 14:11:24DON'T FORGET OUR COMPETITION TIME!!!
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Sligo school heading for Croker awards
FINALISTS: Scoil Chriost Ri Enniscrone, teacher Deirdre O’Connor, Sinead Tuffy, Tyler O’Connor and Eimear Tuffy pictured with Sligo Rover’s Jake Dykes and Jack Selby at Our World Irish Aid Awards Regional Final at The Model in Sligo. Photo by James Connolly/PicSell8 Students from a primary school in West Sligo were among three groups selected [...]
Fight for future of Western Rail Corridor gets heated
OVERGROWN: Looking south from Tubbercurry you can see how the rail lines are overgrown, but largely intact. Other sections of the track are not so well preserved. Photos by Robert Cullen. CLOSED OFF: Large gates prevent people from accessing the railway line in Tubbercurry. The Western Rail Corridor proposes opening this line the entire way [...]
Sligo Weekender presents cheque to North West Hospice
Sligo Weekender Social Media and Events Manager Laura Comiskey (left) presents a cheque to Maeve Butler, Community Relations Co-ordinator of the North West Hospice. The funds were raised from a raffle at the interval at the Nathan Carter concert on the 8th of May at the Sligo Park Hotel. In total €365.50 was raised for [...]
Boys Town bosses to meet Sligo campaign
ON AIR: Fr. Alan Conway of Sligo being interviewed last month at the Spirit Radio studios in Newbraska about Fr. Flanagan’s time in Ireland. Following the recent revelation that The Bishop of Elphin is seeking to have a Sligo Boys Town set up in the old Summerhill College building, it has now emerged that the [...]
