New book on Civil War in Sligo and Noble Six to be launched this Friday
A new book on the Civil War in Sligo and events leading up to the deaths of Sligo’s Noble Six on Benbulben Mountain in 1922 is to be launched this coming Friday afternoon. It’s entitled ‘Even the Heath Bled’ by well-known Mullaghmore-based author and historian Joe McGowan. Research for the…
The tradition of the Wren alive and well in north west
Today, St Stephen’s Day, is also known as the Day of the Wren. People from across the region will travel from house to house or maybe pub to pub, singing, playing music and reciting poems or rhymes. And although it’s a dying tradition, it still continues in some areas. One…
Mayflower tradition alive & well in north west
The Irish tradition of leaving flowers on doorsteps on the morning of May first is alive and well throughout the counties of Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal today. The first of May traditionally welcomes the arrival of summer and is marked by a variety of customs, most of which were…
Nollaig na mBan events taking place in Manorhamilton & Sligo
Events marking what is called Little Christmas, Women’s Christmas or Nollaig na mBan, are taking place throughout the region today (Friday). Many of them are part of a festival, called the Herstory Festival. Among them are events taking place in The Glens Centre in Manorhamilton, Co Leitrim, starting with a…