Sligo County Museum
A small, free museum in the city. The Yeats Memorial Room displays replicas of the poet's Nobel Prize medal, manuscripts and letters.
Sligo County Museum is housed in a 19th-century rectory on Stephen Street. It is modest in size, but the most popular room is the Yeats Memorial Room, which displays replicas of the poet's Nobel Prize medal, manuscripts, letters and photographs. Other exhibits cover Sligo's prehistoric archaeology, the 1916 Rising and Countess Markievicz. Admission is free. The museum is usually open Tuesday to Saturday, and a visit takes about 30-45 minutes. It is in the city centre, within walking distance of Sligo Abbey and the Yeats statue by the river.
Opening hours
Tue–Sat 09:30–12:30 and 14:00–16:50 (check official website)
Nearby sights
- Sligo Abbey
- The Model
- Tobernalt Holy Well
- Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery
- Drumcliffe Churchyard (Yeats's Grave)
- Benbulben
- Knocknarea & Queen Maeve's Cairn
- Rosses Point