Sligo councillor calls for preservation of medieval walls
A local Councillor is calling on the local authority to preserve ancient medieval walls at two burial grounds. Sligo/Drumcliffe Councillor, Thomas Walsh, says the boundary and gable walls at Kilross and Killery burial grounds have been neglected over the years. The ruins at Kilross are the remains of a tower…
Killery mountain farmers still waiting confirmation on payment
Farmers on Killery mountain on the Sligo Leitrim border are still waiting for confirmation on if they will be paid. The department has withheld payments for a number of farmers whose land was burnt in the hot weather last summer. The department claims the land was burnt illegally. Farmers say…
R287 reopens after Killery Mountain gorse fire
The R287 Dromahair road from Sligo has been reopened following the major gorse fire on Killery mountain, near Ballintogher and Dromahair on the Sligo/Leitrim border. Sligo County Council says this morning that while isolated pockets of fire remain, Sligo Fire Service has made major progress in controlling the forestry, gorse…
Killery gorse fire under control
Fire services from all four Sligo stations continue to battle mountain gorse fires which broke out at Killery and Crossboy near Ballintogher and Dromahair yesterday afternoon. Approximately 42 personnel are on continuous rotation dealing with the blaze which is affecting about 4,000 acres of land on the mountain, although not…
Fire crews still at scene of mountain gorse fire on Sligo/Leitrim border
Fire crews have been battling a major mountainside gorse fire overnight at Killery and Crossboy, near Ballintogher and Dromahair on the Sligo/Leitrim border.. Fire units from Sligo and Leitrim were dispatched to the scene. No injuries have been reported. Fire crews managed to protect two houses. However, there was concern…
Major gorse fire on Killery mountain, on Sligo/Leitrim border
Fire services from both Leitrim and Sligo are at the scene of an extensive gorse fire which broke out on the mountainside at Killery and Crossboy, close to Ballintogher and Dromahair. No injuries have been reported. Plumes of smoke are visible for miles around as the blaze — becoming more…