Category: SportSligo 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
Sluggish Sligo were shocked on home territory this Sunday afternoon when they fell to provincial neighbours Leitrim by three points, 0-8 to 0-5, in an FBD Connacht League ‘home’ final at Markievicz Park that was low on scores but high on intensity. Tweet
A memorial mass was held in St Anne’s Church, Sligo, yesterday, Wednesday, for local football legend Sean Fallon, whose funeral was taking place in Glasgow around the same time. Tweet
Sligo Rovers are in the hunt for at least one striker, possibly two, as last season’s top scorer Danny North looks set to miss the start of the champions title defence at the beginning of March. North, who bagged 17 goals last season before seeing his campaign cruelly cut short with a knee injury sustained [...]
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Do you know of any Sligo people or people with Sligo connections caught up in this terrible tornado in Oklahoma?... http://t.co/OvfAp6tEVM - posted on 21/05/2013 18:11:03I posted 77 photos on Facebook in the album "Sligo Weekender presents Nathan Carter" http://t.co/8i9OmoV0BM - posted on 21/05/2013 15:51:56COMPETITION TIME Like our facebook page , then like and share this competition to be in with a chance of winning... http://t.co/l69PIL3KWe - posted on 21/05/2013 14:36:47Have a look at this promo video for what's shaping up to be a fantastic festival!! http://t.co/4y02j2s1hR - posted on 21/05/2013 09:43:54We are still getting positive feedback to the feature in last week's paper on the new Sligo Leader tourism bus... http://t.co/RH95PKb2oV - posted on 20/05/2013 18:07:34
Pope appoints former Sligo priest as bishop
The Pope has appointed a former Sligo priest as Bishop of Kerry. Fr. Raymond Browne takes over the top position in the Kerry diocese after the the resignation of Bishop William Murphy. Pope Francis made the appointment today, Thursday. A native of Chapel Street, Athlone, the new bishop is aged 56. He attended Summerhill College [...]
Garda searches in Sligo Town and Tubbercurry
SEARCH: A number of Gardai on their way back to their vehicles after a Drugs Raid at Ard Na Mara, Cartron on Friday 19th April. Gardai, including members of the armed regional response unit, carried out searches of houses and their surroundings in Sligo town and Tubbercurry in the past week. The search in Sligo [...]
McHugh’s helping Irish Cancer Society
DAFFODIL: The staff at McHugh’s get into the Daffodil Day spirit. McHugh’s bar in Sligo town have continued their ongoing charitable work to help the Irish Cancer Society. Tweet
Posthumous honour for student Luke.
PASSING: IT Sligo student Luke Savage, who died in June 2012.Third level students across the Republic have paid a poignant national tribute to Luke Savage, an inspirational IT Sligo student who died last year. He has been posthumously named as winner of the award for Outstanding Contribution to Student Life at the inaugural USI Student [...]
