County Sligo Archives and Libraries

For a list of archives and libraries on the national level, go to the Ireland Archives and Libraries page.

Archives
British Newspaper Archive (County Sligo) Website: British Newspaper Archive (County Sligo)

County Sligo Genealogy Archives Website: County Sligo Genealogy Archives

Ireland Genealogy Projects (County Sligo) Website: Ireland Genealogy Projects (County Sligo)

The Irish Archives (County Sligo) Website: The Irish Archives (County Sligo)

Sligo County Archives Sligo Library Headquarters Stephen Street Sligo Telephone: 071 9111850) Email: [mailto:sligolib@sligococo.ie sligolib@sligococo.ie] Website: Sligo County Archives Website #2: Sligo County Library Archive/Local Studies Collection


 * Sligo County Council employs an Archivist who is responsible for the care of the archives and records in the custody of the council. They include the archives of the council itself; those of former local authorities within the county including Sligo Borough Council; Sligo Harbour Commissioners; County Sligo Grand Jury, the boards of guardians of the poor law unions; the rural district councils; and archives of private origin.

Libraries
Ballymote Community Library Teeling Street Rathnakelliga Ballymote F56 FT59 Telephone: 071 9111669 Email: [mailto:ballymotelibrary@sligococo.ie ballymotelibrary@sligococo.ie] Website: Ballymote Community Library Website #2: Ballymote Community Library

Enniscrone Branch Library Pier Road Trotts Enniscrone F26 V8E2 Telephone: 071 9111653 Email: [mailto:enniscronebranchlibrary@sligococo.ie enniscronebranchlibrary@sligococo.ie] Website: Enniscrone Branch Library

Sligo Central Library Stephen Street Rathquarter Sligo Town F91 X264 Telephone: 071 9111675 Email: [mailto:sligolibrary@sligococo.ie sligolibrary@sligococo.ie] Website: Sligo Central Library Website #2: Sligo Central Library

Tubbercurry Community Library Teach Laighne Humbert Street Tubbercurry F91 Y328 Telephone: 071 9111705 Email: [mailto:tubberlibrary@sligococo.ie tubberlibrary@sligococo.ie] Website: Tubbercurry Community Library

Museums
Sligo County Museum Stephen Street Sligo Town F91 X264 Telephone: 071 9111679 Email: [mailto:sligomuseum@sligococo.ie sligomuseum@sligococo.ie] Website: Sligo County Museum Website #2: Sligo County Museum Website #3: Sligo County Museum Website #4: Sligo County Museum


 * The Sligo County Museum contains a fascinating collection of exhibits detailing Sligo's rich stone-age history, including a large firkin of 100-year-old bog butter.

For a list of County Sligo museums, go to List of museums in the Republic of Ireland in Wikipedia. Click on the arrow in the column heading labeled County to make the listing alphabetical by county name beginning with County Carlow.