Magheraboy
Magheraboy is a townland in the civil parish of St. John's, barony of Carbury, Co. Sligo. Its name in Irish is An Machaire Buí.
Parcel 6027521
- Area
- 366 m²
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- Zoning
- M2 TC1 – town centre uses, type 1 (Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030) The objective
- Townland
- Magheraboy
Planning applications on this parcel
15 Feb 2024N/a
Planning Permission for development at West Gardens, Sligo. The development will consist. Demolition of existing derelict brick building to rear, demolition of small extension to existing building and demolition of existing overhead beam at entrance gate, Change of use of two of existing buildings from single storey derelict commercial buildings to two storey residential dwellings – 1 no. 2 bed, terraced house and 1 no. 3 bed end of terrace house, Construction of a block of two semi-detached, 2.5 storey, 3-bedroom houses in the existing yard to the rear, Provision of vehicular access, landscaping and all associated site works and service connections to serve the existing and proposed buildings.
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2460041
15 Sept 2023Conditional
development consisting of the following: 1) Change of use from existing retail unit to licensed Public House at ground floor & first floor with internal connections to existing adjoining Gracie's Bar. 2) Demolition of existing storage shed to rear of premises. 3) Construction of new covered bar area together with proposed storage areas. 4) New front facade & signage. 5) Connection to all existing site services together with all associated site development works. (No 24 Gracie's Bar - formerly McHughs is a protected structure, Ref - 56SE & 32007088).
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2389
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 40 recorded monuments.
- SL014-065 Historic town
Description
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- SL014-065003 Hospital
Description
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- SL014-065006 Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castle
Description
The following details have been extracted from the introductory essay in Gallagher and Legg (2012) to which the reader is referred for further information: ‘There is no evidence of substantial habitation [at Sligo], however, until the 1240s when the AngloNorman baron Maurice Fitzgerald, a member of the Kildare Geraldines, constructed a castle in order to control the roads, the bridge and access from the sea. Fitzgerald had been granted large tracts of land in upper Connacht after 1235 and his prime focus was to secure the crossing over the Garvoge and to encourage economic development on his manor of Sligo. It is possible that he replaced the existing wooden bridge with a stone one. Sligo Castle immediately overlooked and secured the bridge, and the two were intimately connected. Fitzgerald used it as a base from which to attack the territory of the O’Donnells to the north in Tír Conaill.’ ‘The repeated destruction and reconstruction of Sligo Castle is symptomatic of the fact that its possession was contested between various Gaelic and Anglo-Norman families. Following a period of dispute between two AngloNorman families, the castle was handed over to Richard de Burgo; he also obtained the manor of Sligo in 1299 as part of a settlement with the Fitzgeralds, who then left Sligo for good. The castle was substantially rebuilt by de Burgo, then lord of Connacht, and may have incorporated remnants of the earlier one built by Maurice Fitzgerald. The location of successive castles at Sligo was a small rise overlooking the harbour, bridge and town in what is now Quay Street, on the site of the nineteenth-century Town Hall.’ ‘By the end of the fourteenth century the O’Connors emerged as keepers of Sligo Castle.’ ‘When Sligo was visited by Sir Henry Sidney, lord deputy of Ireland, in 1566 he noted that the castle was ‘fair and the greatest of any that we have seen in an Irishman’s possession’.’ ‘By 1584 Sir Richard Bingham, in his capacity of chief commissioner of Connacht and Thomond, had reduced the power of the O’Connors Sligo and had fortified the castle with crown forces. A map from 1587 clearly shows a castle with four towers defending the river at Sligo. The importance of the crown’s possession of the castle was re-emphasised in 1588 when the Spanish Armada was blown north from the English Channel and came down the north-west coast of Ireland. William Taaffe was made sheriff of Co. Sligo and took charge of the castle that same year. Bingham reported to the lord deputy that, before leaving, O’Donnell had ‘much broken’ Sligo Castle and the priory. At the end of the year, it was decided that the castle should be restored by the former rebels, ‘nine principal gentlemen of Galway and Roscommon’, and in 1589 it was remitted to Donough O’Connor. Sligo was considered the key to Connacht and, by placing a strong garrison there, it was believed that the crown might pacify Connacht and prevent O’Donnell from returning to the province. A contemporary map of the Sligo area from 1589 shows a roughly sketched castellated structure with two towers, which may be an illustration of the old castle. In June 1595 a cousin of Bingham’s was murdered in the castle and a rebel, Ulick Burke, the first earl of Clanricard, handed it over to O’Donnell. Following Bingham’s attempt to retake the castle, O’Donnell demolished it ‘so that he did not leave a stone of it on a stone, for fear the English might take it without his knowledge’. In 1596, however, Donough O’Connor was given custody of the castle and he endeavoured to rebuild it, although he had meagre resources. Three years later John Baxter issued a declaration concerning the rebuilding of Sligo Castle. In all likelihood the castle was in an extremely ruinous state and untenable. It was described as being ‘in ruins’ and the town burnt in 1602 and there is no sign of it on Baxter’s map of c. 1600.’ ‘In the late 1650s there were also large numbers of soldiers garrisoned in the town and another quadrilateral fort, known later as the Stone Fort, was built on the site of the old de Burgo castle to accommodate them.' (see SL014-065007-). (Gallagher and Legg 2012, 1-3, 14). Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 15 February 2018
- SL014-065007 Bastioned fort
Description
Built on the site of the existing de Burgo caslte (SL014-065006-) this bastioned fort was constructed in the late 1650s to house a garrison. It is referred to as the ‘new fort’ in 1659 and again in 1663, although it appears that it was not then properly finished since the bastions were left hollow. When completed, the Stone Fort comprised high stone curtain walls, flanked by four corner bastions. Phillips’s view of c. 1685 shows a substantial castellated structure with the four bastions rising above the adjoining curtain walls. Repaired at the time of the Williamite War in 1689 part of the site was leased to the Crown for use as a barracks in 1700. It was damaged by storm in 1757 and described as the ‘Old fort leased’ in 1781. Part of it was converted to stores in 1800 and the site was purchased by the corporation in 1861. It was partly demolished when Quay Street was widened in 1861 and a Town Hall was constructed on the site in 1865. Remains this fort were uncovered in the course of excavations undertaken on the site in 2002 (licence number 02E0651; Halpin 2002). (Gallagher and Legg 2012, 3, 14). Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 15 February 2018
- SL014-065008 Religious house - Dominican friars
Description
Located on the S bank of the River Garavogue, c. 500m from the river estuary, in Sligo Town, in the townland of Abbeyquarter North. Sligo Dominican friary is a National Monument in State ownership (no. 189). It was established in 1252 by Maurice Fitz Gerald, 2nd Lord Offaly, for the Dominican Friars, and dedicated to the Holy Cross. The Annals of Loch Cé record for the year 1253: ‘A monastery was erected and a cemetery consecrated for the Friars Preachers at Sligech’ (Hennessy 1871, 403). Having taken part in the conquest of Connacht in 1235, Fitz Gerald built a castle (SL014-065006-) in 1245 and established the settlement that would become the town of Sligo. Like most mendicant foundations, the Sligo friars benefitted from both Anglo-Norman and Gaelic Irish patronage. The Annals of the Four Masters record that the friary was destroyed in 1414, following a fire started by a candle, but was rebuilt two years later in 1416 ‘by Friar Brian, son of Dermot MacDonough’ (O’Donovan 1856, 817 & 825). An inducement to fund the rebuild was offered by Pope John XXIII in a papal bull issued in 1415, granting an indulgence to penitents who ‘on the feast of the Assumption of St. Mary the Virgin, and on that of St. Patrick the Confessor, visit the church and give alms for the repair of it and the house of the Friars Preachers of Sligo (Scligie)...whose said church and house, in which were lately twenty friars, have been recently burned.’ (Cal. Papal Letters, vol. 6, 484). Irish lords buried in the friary include Tigernan, son of Ualgarc Ua Ruairc, king of Breifni, in 1418 (MacCarthy 1895, 75), and Brian MacDonough, Lord of Tirrerrill, in 1454 (Coleman 1902, 98). After the Dissolution of monasteries, the O’Conor Sligo, patrons of the friars, pleaded with Queen Elizabeth for the friary to be preserved, and in 1568 she agreed, as she was assured that the friars had become secular priests. An inquisition in 1585 lists among the possessions of the friary, a fishing weir and a quarter of land called the Fryer quarter (Coleman 1902, 98), the boundaries of which survive in the townlands of Abbeyquarter North and Abbeyquarter South, to the S and E of the friary. In 1595 Richard Bingham, Governor of Connacht, took up quarters in the friary, and stripped out its timber fittings to construct siege engines with which to attack Sligo castle, then held by Red Hugh O’Donnell’s men. James I granted the friary and its lands to Wm. Taaffe, who had been appointed sheriff of Co. Sligo in 1588. A single friar remained at this stage, but in 1608 Father Daniel O’Crean arrived from Spain to establish a new Dominican community in Sligo; by 1622 there were ten friars, and in 1627 a Provincial Chapter was held. However, in the course of the war of 1641, Colonel Sir Frederick Hamilton marched on Sligo, burned the friary and killed the friars. The Dominican community later reformed, and there were five friars in Sligo in 1703 (Coleman 1902, 99-100). In 1865 a new Dominican convent was completed, situated on Dominick Street, just a short walk from the remains of the medieval friary. The remains of the friary include a nave and chancel church, with central tower, part of the south lateral aisle and the transept or chapel; and to N of the church, the cloister, the E range, and part of the N range. The chancel and nave retains some of their original 13th-century character, but most of the other standing buildings and structures, such as the tower, S aisle and chapel, the cloister, and the domestic ranges, are 15th century or later in date, many probably dating to the phase of reconstruction that followed the 1414 fire. The abbey is noteworthy for the rare survival of the 15th-century sculpted high altar, the rood screen and the reader’s desk; also for its very fine cloister, several striking decorative and figurative carvings that enliven the grey stones of the buildings, as well as a number of fine 16th- and 17th-century funerary monuments. The buildings are constructed of roughly coursed limestone rubble masonry, apart from the nave arcade and tower pillars, which are of dressed limestone blocks. In the church, the W wall and W end of the N wall of the nave (int. c. 17m E−W; 6.55 N−S) are gone. The N wall of the nave retains three 13th-century, double pointed lancets, the middle one partly blocked by the 1506 O’Crean canopy tomb (SL014-065027-). Traces of plaster survive towards the W end of the N wall. Amongst the graveslabs on display in the nave, four (SL014-065035-; SL014-065036-; SL014-065037-; SL014-065038-) appear to be late medieval in date. The nave is separated from the S aisle by an arcade of three pointed arches, resting on two large, elongated octagonal pillars with moulded bases and capitals and two engaged semi-octagonal pillars. The arcade is a 15th-century insertion in the 13th-century S wall of the nave, which is clearly marked by a string course framing the arcade. The original S and W wall of the aisle are gone and have been replaced by modern walls. At the E end of the aisle is a round-headed archway with an internal rib, giving access into the S chapel (int. c. 9.50m N–S and c. 6m E–W). The E wall of the chapel survives, but little remains of the S and W walls. In the E wall of the chapel, there is an arched altar recess towards the N end of the wall, and remnants of another to the S, but the windows they contained are gone. There is a small piscina niche in the SW corner of the N altar recess, and an aumbry adjacent to S. At the S end of the E wall there are remnants of a window with wide splay, and another aumbry. A grave slab (SL014-065039-), on display on the N wall of the chapel, is probably late medieval date. At the E end of the nave is a rood screen structure (int.: 5.8m N–S; 1.47m E–W), which post-dates the tower. This is a rare survival. The structure originally consisted of two arcades of three pointed arches, supporting a rib-vault of three bays and a gallery above. It would have been fitted with screens to hide the chancel from view, opened only at certain moments of the liturgy, such as during the Elevation of the Host. The rood, a large representation of the crucifixion, would have been mounted above the central screen, facing towards the nave. The engaged columns at the four corners of the structure survive, and the W arcade has been restored, with two octagonal columns featuring moulded bases and capitals. In the N and S walls are arched recesses, which may have served as secondary altars. The S recess has an aumbry in its internal W wall. Immediately to E of the rood screen is the central bell tower, supported at W and E by tall, broad pointed arches. The internal ribs on the E side have simple chamfered conical stops, but on the W side they terminate in elaborately sculpted corbels in the form of a man’s head to S and woman’s head to the N, both in extravagant 15th-century headdress, the man also sporting a luxuriant moustache. Above the male head an angel bears an escutcheon; above the female head an escutcheon is held by a pair of angels in intricately feathered garb. The heads are most likely representations of the benefactors who funded the construction of the tower. In the N wall beneath the tower, there is a doorway leading to the cloister; it is slightly impeded by the NW pillar of the tower. In the S wall there is a pointed lancet, the west-most in the row of 13th-century windows that lit the chancel; this window and the doorway indicate the original W extent of the chancel prior to the construction of the tower in the 15th century. Underneath the lancet in the S wall are three 17-century sculpted wall monuments (SL014-065029-; SL014-065030-; SL014-065031-). Above the arches, the tower tapers into a two-storey square belfry. At first floor level there are rectangular single lights in the W and E walls, a large pointed light in the N wall and a cinquefoiled ogee-headed single light with concave spandrels in the S wall. At second floor lev
- SL014-065010 Church
Description
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- SL014-065014 Bastioned fort
Description
The following details are derived from Gallagher and Legg (2012, 14) and Bolton, Dargan and Roche (2017) to which the reader is referred. The fort, known as ‘Green Fort’, was probably built by Conyers Clifford in 1599 on the site of earlier ringfort, Rath-da-bhritog. It is shown as a regular earthwork with four corner bastions on the north side of the Garvoge River on Baxter’s map c.1600. It is also marked on the Down Survey maps of the barony of Carbury and the parish of Calrie dating from c.1655-8. In 1656 it was described as an earthwork in poor condition and Thomas Phillips represents it as an abandoned earthwork in his prospect of Sligo drawn c. 1685. The Green Fort was incorporated into a network of defensive earthworks which enveloped Sligo town during the Williamite wars (1688-91) that also included the 'Stone Fort' (built late 1650s; see SL014-065007-) on the site of old de Burgo castle (SL014-065006-), a redoubt (SL014-065028-) and series of enveloping earthen ramparts with bastions. When the town was attacked by Brigadier Patrick Sarsfield and his Jacobite forces in early October 1689 the commanding Williamite officer, Colonel Thomas Lloyd, abandoned the town and brought his troops to the Green Fort from where they were able to escape to Enniskillen under cover of darkness (see SL014-065024-). After the Jacobites took Sligo, Colonel Henry Luttrell, with the aid of Robert Burton 'his Majesty's engineer', refortified the Green Fort and added additional outworks. The fort was incorporated into the extensive earthen defences which surrounded the town. A plan of the works drawn at this time (see attached) describes the fort as ‘newly fortified with a good Chemien, Court, and Glacis, well palisaded’, having a well ‘which is continually full of water’. In June 1690, Sir Tadhg O’Regan was appointed commander of the Jacobite forces at Sligo. He brought ordnance from the town to strengthen the Green Fort and made improvements to the town’s defences. Sligo was strategically important to the Jacobites, as control of the town secured north Connacht and provided them with a platform from which they could raid into Ulster. By the summer of 1691 Williamite encroachment on Sligo seemed inevitable after the success of their campaign that had seen the fall of Athlone in June, and the Jacobite defeat at Aughrim on 12 July. These victories early in the campaign season meant that the main Williamite force could now advance on the Jacobite strongholds of Connacht and Clare. On Saturday 12th September 1691 the Green Fort was attached by Williamite forces under Colonel John Michelburne who had noted that while Sligo had been reinforced, only a single company of grenadiers was stationed at the fort. Michelburne and his forces advanced rapidly to secure the defensive ditch and broke into the fort, causing the defenders to escape by jumping over the parapets and retreating to the Stone Fort (SL014-065007-) in the town. O'Regan was besieged in the Stone Fort, and with the arrival of further Williamite troops, he negotiated a surrender marching away with his garrison and two cannons on Monday 14 September. O'Reagan handed the keys of the Stone Fort to Michelburne who was appointed Governor of Sligo. The Williamite forces took possession of the Green Fort which had ‘sixteen other cannons mounted in the wall, and thirty barrels of gunpowder in the magazines, as well as stores of all kinds.’ The fort appears to have been abandoned relatively soon after the war. It was in a ruinous condition by 1739, by which time its military function had been superseded by the barracks erected in the early 1700s in the town. Forthill House was built adjacent to the site in the mid-eighteenth century and from this period onwards, the Green Fort appears to have lain abandoned and unused. It is not marked on Taylor and Skinners 1777 map of Sligo or William Larkin’s 1810 map. It is named the ‘Green Fort’ on the OS 1st ed. 6-inch map (surveyed 1837) and on all later editions and revisions where it is shown as an isolated but well-defined rectilinear fortification with salient-angled corner bastions. The monument lies on raised ground c. 30m north of Connaughton Road (R286) adjacent to the entrance of Sligo University Hospital. The remains are those of an earthen artillery fortification measuring approximately 86m N-S by 90m E-W externally, and 45m by 49m E-W internally, standing c. 3.9m high at its maximum, enclosing an area of approximately 7.7 acres/3100m2. The fort comprises a raised rectangular platform, with salient-angled corner bastions, encircled by angled earthen slopes and ditches. There are no standing remains or internal features visible within the fort (entrances, covered way, gun emplacements, well etc.) and there is no surface indication of outer defensive works. The monument now forms part of a field system and has no regular access path. The south and eastern sides of the fort including the south-east and south-west bastions feature mature hedgerows. The interior of the fort, the west and north banks, and the north-east and north-west bastions show grass cover, with wet boggy ground conditions found within the northern ditch and along the east side of the fort. A later field boundary intersects the south-west bastion at the south-west corner of the site. (Gallagher and Legg 2012, 14; Bolton, Dargan and Roche 2017) This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 2/1983). SL014-065014-_01.jpg Henry Luttrell's 1689 plan of the town and forts of Sligo, as re-drawn by Wood-Martin (1889, ii, facing 134) showing the Green Fort (arrowed), with the 'Stone Fort' (B; SL014-065007-) and the redoubt (O; SL014-065026-). Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 15 February 2018
- SL014-065023 Cross - Market cross
Description
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- SL014-065027 Wall monument
Description
Located in the church of Sligo Dominican friary (SL014-064008-), set in the N wall of the nave. A canopy tomb, dated 1506, erected for members of the O’Crean family. The O’Creans were a wealthy merchant family from Donegal, who came to Sligo in the late 15th century, and became patrons of the friars. This tomb is typical of the period, and a similar example can be found in Strade Dominican friary (MA070-067003-) in Co. Mayo. It is comprised of a tall, pointed canopy arch (H c. 4m) with elegant, finely carved tracery, only the upper section of which survives (H c. 4m), which encloses a chest tomb. The front panel (Wth 2.56m; H 1.20m; D 0.68m) of the tomb is carved with a row of nine religious figures, within miniature quatrefoiled ogee-headed arches framed by crocketed pinnacles. The ogees are richly decorated with vine leaf carvings. The central figure is Christ on the cross. The figures arrayed on Christ’s left are (L to R): St Dominic; St Catherine of Alexandria, robed and crowned, with a sword in her right hand and holding a circle against her breast, identified as her wheel; a female figure in a long belted gown carrying a staff, possibly representing a pilgrim; and the Virgin. To the right of Christ are: St John the Apostle; St Michael the Archangel, with his raised sword and shield; St Peter the Apostle, holding the keys to Heaven; and the figure of a bishop holding a processional cross, his hand raised in benediction. Above the figures, directly beneath the slab of the tomb chest, is a Latin inscription, which reads: ‘Here lies Cormac O'Craian and McSehon young Faraengasa his wife, the year 1506 (MCCCCCCVI)’ (Wood-Martin 1889, 70). Set in the back wall of the canopy is an armorial stone (SL014-065043-), which is a later insertion. Attached images: SL014-065027-_01.JPG O'Crean canopy tomb SL014-065027-_02.JPG carved front panel of tomb SL014-065027-_03.JPG carved figures (L side) SL014-065027-_04.JPG carved figures (R side) Compiled by: Anne-Julie Lafaye Date of upload: 7 May 2020
- SL014-065028 Wall monument
Description
Located in the church of Sligo Dominican friary (SL014-065008-), at the E end of the S wall of the chancel. It is set within the eastern-most of the chancel’s eight 13th-century lancet windows. This impressive wall monument, carved in the Renaissance style, was commissioned in 1624 by Lady Eleanor Butler to commemorate her husband Sir Donogh O’Connor Sligo, who died in 1609. It is comprised of three sections, surmounted by a representation of the Crucifixion. The upper section bears the sculpted crest and coat of arms of the O’Connor family, flanked by two figures, one bearing a key, the other a sword, possibly representing St Peter and St Paul (Wood-Martin 1889, 70). The two figures stand on small projecting corbels. A projecting hood-moulding separates this section from the larger middle section. Winged cherubs’ heads are carved above and below the middle section, at each corner. This section is dedicated to a representation of Lady Eleanor and her husband, who face each other, kneeling in prayer on either side of a small gabled altar or reliquary. Sir Donogh, on the left, is in full 17th-century armour, with his helmet placed on the floor behind him. Lady Eleanor is wearing a collarette typical of the period, and a long gown with a cape, as well as a rosary around her neck, and on her head a tiara or diadem. Each figure is placed within a round-headed arch, resting on the altar or reliquary in the centre, and on pillars ornamented with trophies. On the pillar to the left of Sir Donogh are a drum, flag and axe, and a shield, sword and musket. On the pillar to the right of Lady Eleanor are an open book, with a spade and torch over a censer or thurible (Wood-Martin 1889, 70). These items are most likely attributes meant to symbolize the lives they lived: prowess on the battlefield for Sir Donogh, and engagement in pious activities for Lady Eleanor. The lowermost section of the monument features a winged hour-glass surrounded by elaborate carvings of stylised flowers, foliage, scrolls and grapes, flanked on either side are two skulls. Above the monument is a small wooden canopy, installed by the OPW to protect it from the elements. Attached images: SL014-065028-_01.JPG Butler wall monument SL014-065028-_02.JPG Central panel Compiled by: Anne-Julie Lafaye Date of upload: 7 May 2020
And 30 more.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- At the centre of this parcel, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map gives no landslide susceptibility class here. Parts of the land are made ground.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1100 (ZIP).
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.
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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 129 ha
- 319 acres
- Land parcels
- 302
- registered freehold, median 218 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- eRES – existing and infill residential use
- Planning
- 64
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
302 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Magheraboy, from 24 m² to 102,982 m² (10.3 ha, 25.45 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 27 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2eRES – existing and infill residential use (Existing residential)
Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 186 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M2TC1 – town centre uses, type 1 (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 70 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1nRES – new residential uses (New/proposed residential)
Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 14 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S3CF – community facilities (Community facilities)
Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 11 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M1MIX – mixed uses (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 11 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1OS – open space (Open space, park)
Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1BIE – business, industry, enterprise (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - N6TU – transport and utilities-related infrastructure (Other networks and basic infrastructure/utilities uses)
Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - O1SLR LT (MIX) - Strategic Land Reserve - long term strategic & sustainable development sites (mixed use) (Strategic reserve, White land)
Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S5NC – neighbourhood centre uses (only in Sligo Town) (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
30 Sept 2026N/a
Retention of side extension as constructed on site at 42 Ard Na Veigh, Sligo, Co. Sligo.
Retention · Sligo County Council, 2660405
18 Sept 2026N/a
(i) the installation of a modular relocatable building unit which contains a CT scanner machine and associated rooms, (ii) the construction of an ancillary modular building to accommodate the associated patient and staff spaces, with linking structure between the two and (iii) all ancillary associated site development works at Kingsbridge Private Hospital Sligo, Gardenhill, Ray Macsharry Road, College Road, Sligo, F91 X054.
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2660385
11 Dec 2025Conditional
(1) the construction of a new dwelling house (2) new garage (3) connections to existing public sewer (4) formation of a new site entrance (5) and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2560521
28 Oct 2025Refused
continuation of use of first floor 2-bedroom apartment for use for short-term letting with all associated works. Previous planning permission PL 22/295 refers
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2560445
3 Oct 2025Conditional
a) A new single storey energy centre comprising an internal plant room with roof mounted photovoltaic panels and associated external compound, along with a sub-station and switch room. b) 24 permanent car spaces with covered canopy incorporating photovoltaic panels (300 m²). c) Associated alterations to car parking, drainage and site works. Permission is also sought for the retention of the existing car park on a temporary basis for 10 years. The car park shall have a reduced parking capacity of 294 spaces (excluding the 24 spaces mentioned above)
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2560410
16 Jul 2025Conditional
(a) Extension of shop premises at ground floor level (floor area 8m2) including alterations to plans and elevations. (b) Construction of extension to provide additional floor area at first floor level for storage (floor area 33m2) including alterations to plans and elevations and all associated site works
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2560294
19 Jun 2025Conditional
Proposed change of use from convent to residential community and centre for pastoral ministry for students and young adults, at Temple Street, Sligo, F91 PPF2. The building which was originally approved under planning ref 04 700 39, is situated within the grounds of a Protected Structure, St Marys Presbytery F91 KTX2 Ref: RPS 181 SE
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2560252
13 Jun 2025Conditional
Permission for change of use of existing vacant property from previously permitted use as a retail unit to use as a residential dwelling house and construction of part 2-storey and part single storey extension to the rear with demolition of existing rear single storey section of property, construction of new rear courtyard and rear boundary wall and all associated works
Permission, 2 homes · Sligo County Council, 2560244
9 Jun 2025N/a
Permission for construction of 2-storey extension to the rear of existing property as part of renovation works for use as a dwellinghouse and all associated works at 5 Church Street, Sligo.F91YH57
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2560239
19 Dec 2024N/a
The development will consist of a deep energy retrofit comprising the following: 1) New energy centre comprising a plant room with deck at ground level and reduced floor level below ground, external compound for an air source heat pump, and a sub-station and switch room. 2) Car park canopies incorporating photovoltaic panels (800 m²). 3) Associated alterations to car parking, drainage and site works.
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2460491
16 Oct 2024Conditional
1 no. detached garden room/ den and 1 no. detached storage shed and associated site development works located in the rear garden of dwelling house
Retention · Sligo County Council, 2460363
4 Oct 2024Conditional
change of use from commercial to residential of the existing building to enable the creation of 3 no. apartments over the three floors and by constructing an extension to the rear annex at second floor level to raise the roof and make provisions for a stairs access
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2460338
24 Jul 2024Conditional
1.8m high fence and gate in the Peace Park, Sligo. The proposed development is within the curtilage of a Protected Structure Ref No 197, offices of Sligo Social Service Council CLG
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2460247
12 Jul 2024Conditional
alteration to Granted Planning Permission PL 20393. Granted Planning Permission PL 20393 - Development consisting of (a) the construction of a 2 storey theatre block 3,714 m2, (b) the construction of external stores 66 m2, (c) the expansion of existing carpark to provide total of 96 spaces, (d) the construction of an ESB Sub Station, (e) alterations to existing site entrance, and other associated site works and services The proposed alterations Comprise: A. Layout changes resulting in an (1,665 m2) increase in original floor area (Ground & 1st Floor). B. Development consisting of an enclosed rooftop plant room (787.7 m2) C. Changes to elevations and external finish materials D. Revised floor levels and parapet levels. E. Ancillary Site works, reconfigured service compound and 18 additional car parking spaces
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2460233
28 May 2024Conditional
A Large-Scale Residential Development on a site which extends to c.6.17ha on lands located on the Oakfield Road, Sligo, Co. Sligo. The application is being made under the provisions of the Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-Scale Residential Development) Act 2021. The development will consist of the following: 1) Construction of 207 no. residential units comprising: • 21 no. 1-bedroom apartments, • 37 no. 2 bedroom apartments, • 4 no. 2 bedroom terrace houses, • 99 no. 3 bedroom terrace houses, • 4 no. 3 bedroom semi-detached houses, • 42 no. 4 bedroom semi-detached houses. II. Provision of a creche facility including a secure external play area. III. Provision of all associated surface water and foul drainage services and connections with all associated site works and ancillary services. IV. Pedestrian, cycle, and vehicular access/egress, and internal pedestrian and cycle access/egress along Oakfield Road. V. Provision of public open space, communal open space, private open space, site landscaping, public lighting, refuse storage, car parking, bicycle parking, boundary treatments, and all associated site development works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development and accompanies this application
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2460186
26 Feb 2024Conditional
alterations to domestic dwelling house (Protected Structure RPS Ref 187SE) including replacement of non-historic windows, interior alterations, reroofing of existing lean to structure to rear, construction of a new detached glasshouse in the rear garden and all associated work
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2460055
22 Feb 2024N/a
Planning Permission for development at West Gardens, Sligo. The development will consist of: Demolition of existing derelict brick building to rear, demolition of small extension to existing building and demolition of existing overhead beam at entrance gate, Change of use of two existing buildings from single storey derelict commercial buildings to two storey residential dwellings. The works include the addition of a second storey to each building and alterations to both front and rear elevations. The proposed units will be 1 no. 2 bed - two storey terraced house and 1 no. – two storey - 3 bed end of terrace house. Construction of a block of two semi-detached, 2.5 storey, 3-bedroom houses in the existing yard to the rear. Provision of vehicular access, landscaping and all associated site works and service connections to serve the existing and proposed buildings.
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2460047
15 Feb 2024N/a
Planning Permission for development at West Gardens, Sligo. The development will consist. Demolition of existing derelict brick building to rear, demolition of small extension to existing building and demolition of existing overhead beam at entrance gate, Change of use of two of existing buildings from single storey derelict commercial buildings to two storey residential dwellings – 1 no. 2 bed, terraced house and 1 no. 3 bed end of terrace house, Construction of a block of two semi-detached, 2.5 storey, 3-bedroom houses in the existing yard to the rear, Provision of vehicular access, landscaping and all associated site works and service connections to serve the existing and proposed buildings.
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2460041
29 Jan 2024N/a
Kingsbridge Health Care Group intend to apply for permission for an Alteration to Granted Planning Permission PL 20393. Granted Planning Permission PL 20393 - Development consisting of (a) the construction of a 2 storey theatre block 3,714 m2, (b) the construction of external stores 66 m2, (c) the expansion of existing carpark to provide total of 96 spaces, (d) the construction of an ESB Sub Station, (e) alterations to existing site entrance, and other associated site works and services. The proposed alterations Comprise: A. Development consisting of an enclosed rooftop plant room (788 m2), B. Development of basement stores & ancillary accommodation (1,191 m2) and other associated site works and services. C. Minor changes to elevations and external finish materials D. Revised floor levels and parapet levels. E. Minor layout changes resulting in an (312m2) increase in original floor area (Ground & 1st Floor).
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2460026
21 Dec 2023Conditional
minor alterations to granted planning permission PL 2190 which comprised of new 3 storey imaging centre (1,036m2) with associated plant, office and consultation rooms and all associated site development works. The proposed alterations comprise: (a) Development consisting of single storey extension of 76.88m2 with 3 new Ultrasound rooms, and ancillary accommodation. (b) Increased footprint of stairwell by 25m2. (c) Minor changes to elevations and finish materials. (d) Revised floor levels and parapet levels
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2360372
5 Dec 2023Conditional
the demolition of an existing three storey building and the construction of a new carpark with 59 spaces in its place and all associated site works
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2360333
15 Sept 2023Conditional
development consisting of the following: 1) Change of use from existing retail unit to licensed Public House at ground floor & first floor with internal connections to existing adjoining Gracie's Bar. 2) Demolition of existing storage shed to rear of premises. 3) Construction of new covered bar area together with proposed storage areas. 4) New front facade & signage. 5) Connection to all existing site services together with all associated site development works. (No 24 Gracie's Bar - formerly McHughs is a protected structure, Ref - 56SE & 32007088).
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2389
23 May 2023Conditional
development consisting of the following: 1. Demolition of existing two-storey house and associated sheds. 2. Construction of a block of 4no. two-storey terraced houses. 3. Provision of a new vehicular access off the L94032 to provide 8no. car parking spaces with associated footpaths and landscaping. 4. Connection to existing foul and surface water drainage and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2360126
18 Apr 2023Conditional
The development will comprise the construction of 53 no. new residential units on a 1..19 ha site consisting of: • 19 no. 1 bed duplex units • 15 no. 2 bed apartments • 19 no. 3/4 bed duplex units The works will consist of the creation of a new site access from Circular Road that includes a raised tabletop with a controlled pedestrian crossing, car parking and bicycle parking, foul pumping station and rising main to an existing public foul sewer on Circular Road, sustainable drainage system, street lighting, open space, landscaping and all ancillary site works.
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2360084
24 Mar 2023Conditional
development consisting of change of use from Hair & Nail Salon to a two bedroom dwelling. The works will comprise the following changes: A) Minor changes to ground floor to form a new open plan lounge, dining and kitchen area. Changes to ground floor layout as follows: B) Removal of all existing hair salon furniture and fixtures to facilitate the proposed change of use as state in (A). C) Minor changes to first floor to form new bedroom and new bath room. Changes to first floor as follows; D) Removal of existing WC canteen and all existing nail salon to facilitate the proposed change of use as stated in (C).
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2337
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Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Magheraboy.
Recorded monuments
- SL014-065003 Hospital
Description
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- SL014-065010 Church
Description
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- SL014-124 Ringfort - unclassified
Description
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- SL014-240 Anomalous stone group
Description
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- SL014-270 Souterrain
Description
This souterrain, of drystone construction with lintel roofing, was recorded in 2005 during a pre-development archaeological assessment. The inspection revealed that the souterrain had been accessed previously in the modern era, and had been modified. Current access is through an opening (0.6m by 0.65m) at ground level. The opening is not original, but was the result of the collapse of two stone roofing lintels into the passage beneath. The passage (Wth 0.55m; H 0.8m), oriented NE−SW, could not be explored along its SW extent as it is blocked by a metal grate 2.7m to SW of the opening. The passage extends 2.4m to NE of the opening, where it intersects with a N−S passage (Wth 0.5m; H 0.6m). The N−S passage ends 1.65m to S of the junction; it was not possible to investigate how far it extended to N of the junction. Evidence of relatively recent modification of the souterrain included the metal grate blocking the NE−SW passage, cement coursing on the wall adjacent to the current opening, and the replacement of original stone lintels with concrete slabs along a section of the passage immediately to SW of the opening. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 22 June 2018
- SL014-282 Causewayed enclosure
Description
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Architectural heritage
- House, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
Description
End-of-terrace five-bay two-storey rendered house, built c. 1885, with single-storey rubble-masonry outbuilding attached to rear at south-west corner. Pitched slate roof, clay ridge tiles, brick chimneystack to west gable, unpainted smooth-rendered corbelled chimneystack to east gable, uPVC rainwater goods. Unpainted smooth-rendered ruled-and-lined walls. Square-headed window openings, painted stone sills, painted timber two-over-two sash windows, replacement casement windows c. 1980 to rear. Square-headed door opening, double-flight of rendered steps and wrought-iron railing, painted timber vertically-sheeted door with original brass ironmongery. Street fronted building at junction of John Street and Adelaide Street with enclosed garden with rubble masonry boundary wall to rear south. Slightly set back in relation to adjoining buildings to east.
- House, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced two-bay two-storey rendered house, built c. 1880. One of a pair, with other property having three-bay elevation. Square-fronted dormer attic and single-storey extension, possibly incorporating original return, added to rear c. 1995. Pitched artificial slate roof, unpainted smooth-rendered chimneystacks, uPVC rainwater goods. Unpainted smooth-rendered ruled-and-lined walls to front and rear elevations. Square-headed window openings, painted stone sills, painted timber casements c. 1995. Round-headed door opening, set of three steps to entrance level, hubbed fanlight c. 1995, hardwood vertically-sheeted timber door c. 1995. Street fronted building. Enclosed yard bounded by rubble masonry wall to rear and backing onto grounds of Roman Catholic Cathedral. Set slightly forward from house to west.
- House, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
Description
End-of-terrace three-bay two-storey rendered house, built c. 1880. One of a pair with adjoining property having two-bay elevation. Square-headed dormer attic and single-storey extension, possibly incorporating original return, added to rear c. 1995. Pitched artificial slate roof, unpainted smooth-rendered chimneystack, uPVC rainwater goods. Unpainted smooth- rendered ruled-and-lined walls. Square-headed window openings, painted stone sills, painted timber casements c. 1995. Round-headed door opening, set of three cut limestone steps to entrance, plain-glazed fanlight, hardwood vertically-sheeted door c. 1995. Street fronted with boundary walls and railings to grounds of Catholic Cathedral to east. Enclosed yard bounded by rubble masonry wall to rear and backing onto grounds of Cathedral.
- Saint John's Church Hall, church hall/parish hall, 1925–1930 · Regional interest
Description
Detached eight-bay former rendered church hall, built 1928. Asymmetric front north-facing front elevation with projecting five-bay central section, 'L'-shaped on plan with return at south-west. No longer in use. Flat roof behind castellated parapet, cast-iron rainwater goods with uPVC replacement section to east. Unpainted ruled-and-lined rendered walls, straight channelled quoins, moulded cornice and architrave below parapet. Square-headed window openings, unpainted masonry sills, uPVC windows c. 1980, windows to central section with metal mesh grilles. Round-headed door opening, rendered hood-moulding over recessed doorway, hardwood vertically-sheeted double doors. Date plaque above door reads 'ST. JOHN'S CHURCH HALL AD 1928'. Doorway accessed by concrete steps from John Street. Sited on rising ground, unpainted smooth-rendered boundary retaining wall topped with wrought-iron railings to John Street, castellated rubble stone boundary wall to east with pass gate giving to Church of Ireland Cathedral.
- Cathedral of Saint Mary the Virgin and Saint John the Baptist, cathedral, 1720–1740 · National interest
Description
Detached multi-bay stone church, originally built c.1730 by Sir Roger Jones to designs by Richard Castle. Original design consisted of cruciform plan with chamfered corners between nave and transepts, polygonal chancel to east end, square three-stage tower to west end, round-headed windows, plain corbelled eaves. Substantially remodelled 1812 in the gothic style. Single-bay gable-fronted chancel, vestrys, two-stage castellated towers engaged with north and south transepts, all added c. 1883. Pitched slate roofs reslated c. 2000, lead-lined valley and parapet gutters, lead hips and ridges, lead-covered flat roof diamond-shaped on plan over nave, square limestone chimneystack with tall yellow clay pot, uPVC downpipes. Uncoursed rubble limestone walls, limestone strings, copings, corbels and roof parapet castellations. Paired multi-paned intersecting tracery to nave and chancel, hood-mouldings, limestone block-and-start surrounds, flush sills. Curvilinear tracery leaded light east window to chancel. Square-headed window openings to north and south towers with hood-mouldings, block-and-start surrounds, flush sills, multiple-paned paired timber lancet windows. Round-headed window openings to bell-tower, fixed multiple-paned painted timber windows to lowest stage, timber louvres to top stage. Leaded light commemorative windows. Semi-circular-headed door opening to bell tower, moulded stone archivolt and keystone, hardwood six-panel double doors, bisected hardwood overlight. Interior with panelled hardwood-fronted balconys, box pews, painted plaster dome-vaulted ceiling over nave, painted plaster walls, memorial windows. On elevated site, set in graveyard with grave markers from eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, bounded by crenellated rubble-stone wall, wrought-iron gates from John Street.
- House, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced two-bay two-storey rendered house, built c. 1900, with dormer attic and timber shopfront. One of a row of similar properties. Now solely in residential use. Pitched artificial slate roof c. 2000, brick chimneystack, gabled dormer with painted timber barges carried on moulded brackets, moulded cast-iron rainwater goods. Unpainted smooth-rendered walling to first floor, painted render to ground floor. Square-headed window openings with unpainted channelled smooth render surrounds to first floor, painted masonry sills, painted timber one-over-one sash windows to first floor and attic. Centrally-located square-headed window opening to ground floor, painted timber fixed light shop display window, blank painted timber fascia board over. Square-headed door openings to east and west, plain overlights, painted timber four panel doors. Street-fronted.
- J. Harte, house, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
Description
Corner-sited end-of-terrace one-bay three-storey rendered house with shopfront, built c. 1900. Pitched tile roof, red brick chimneystack, cast-iron gutters. Painted ruled-and-lined rendered walls with smooth-rendered straight quoins returning as plain rendered gable to Charles Street. Square-headed window openings, painted stone sills, painted timber two-over-two sash windows. Painted timber shop front, simple gold leaf lettered frieze with cornice over supported on slender fluted pilasters flanking offset painted timber double one-panel doors with plain fanlight to east, five external painted timber shutters to shop display window to west. Corner-sited with yard wall and lean-to building to rear.
- Public house, 1890–1930 · Regional interest
Description
Attached three-bay three-storey stone public house, built c. 1910, with modern pubfront to ground floor c. 1980. Pitched artificial slate roof, red brick chimneystack, moulded cast-iron rainwater goods on stone corbelled eaves. Coursed ashlar limestone walling, flush sandstone broken stringcourses and quoins. Square-headed window openings, shouldered stone surrounds with chamfered reveals and moulded heads, corbelled sandstone sills, uPVC casement windows c. 1980. Pubfront with painted fascia board with individual gold lettering, square-headed window openings, uPVC windows flanked by painted plain pilasters, painted panels below windows, painted stone plinth. Square-headed door opening to west with flanking painted timber pilasters, painted-timber half-glazed double doors. Street fronted with exposed gables to both sides.
- Shop/retail outlet, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced two-bay three-storey rendered shop formerly with living accommodation above, built c. 1900. Timber shopfront curves forward to meet building line of properties to west. Roof not visible, cast-iron rainwater goods on painted timber eaves fascia and soffit. Painted ruled-and-lined walls to upper floors, moulded rendered panel between first and second floors. Square-headed window openings, painted stone sills, painted timber casement windows c. 1980. Painted timber shopfront with incised flat pilasters supporting timber fascia board with raised lettering terminating in cornice brackets, square-headed shop display windows, canted to west. Square-headed recessed door opening with plain overlight, painted timber and glazed door. Street-fronted.
- House, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced three-bay three-storey renderd former house, built c. 1900. Now in use as shop. Roof not visible, cast-iron rainwater goods on painted timber fascia and soffit. Painted ruled-and-lined smooth-rendered walls to upper floors, rendered oblong moulded panel between first and second floors. Square-headed window openings, painted masonry sills, painted timber casement windows c. 1980. Painted timber shopfront, incised flat pilasters to ground floor supporting timber fascia board over two plate display window. Square-headed door opening to west with incised flat pilasters flanking timber doorway with overlight. Street fronted.
- House, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced two-bay two-storey rendered house with ground floor shop premises, built c. 1890. Access door to first floor located to south of frontage. Now in commercial use. Pitched artificial slate roof, roof light on front slope c. 2000, cast-iron rainwater goods. Painted smooth-rendered front wall. Square-headed window openings to first floor, painted stone sills, two-over-two painted timber sash windows. Plain rectangular fascia sign over aluminium shopfront c.2000. Square-headed door opening with painted timber surround consisting of ducart panels supporting pedimented cornice, plain overlight, painted timber four-panel door. Street fronted on slight incline.
- House, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced two-bay three-storey rendered house with shop, built c. 1870. Pitched slate roof, painted smooth-rendered chimneystack, cast-iron gutters on eaves corbel, cast-iron downpipe. Painted ruled-and-lined smooth-rendered walls, above painted smooth-rendered shopfront. Square-headed window openings, painted masonry sills, painted timber one-over-one sash windows to upper floors. Square-headed shopfront, painted fluted pilasters, painted fascia board terminating in fluted consoles. Square-headed door opening to north with overlight above painted timber three-panel double doors, painted timber glazed sliding inner door, encaustic tile threshold panel. Street fronted to inclined street, facing former market place.
- Saint Michael's, friary, 1900–1920 · Regional interest
Description
Detached seven-bay three-storey over basement former Marist friary, built c. 1910. Pedimented niche projecting through eaves to central bay of east (front) elevation, projecting single-bay single-storey central entrance porch, single-storey canted bay windows to north and south sides, single-storey flat-roofed porch to north elevation, single-bay three-storey return to west (rear) elevation. Now in use as community centre. Pitched slate roof, clay ridge tiles, ashlar limestone sadle-back verge copings, painted smooth-rendered chimneystacks, cast-iron gutters on painted timber eaves on paired modillions, cast-iron downpipes. Shallow pitched lead roof to entrance porch. Painted smooth-rendered walling, moulded render impost string-course to first floor, channelled render quoins, projecting render plinth. Square-headed window openings to ground and second floors, painted stone sills, painted timber four-over-one sash windows to ground floor, uPVC casements c. 1995 to second floor. Round-headed window openings to first floor, render hood moulds with keystone detail, painted stone sills, uPVC casements c. 1995. Margined sash windows to return and second floor north gable, stained glass leaded lights to south bay window and ground floor windows on south elevation. Entrance porch with Tuscan Doric pilasters supporting plain frieze, cornice and blocking course, flight of concrete steps with bull-nosed smooth-rendered balustrades to entrance, square-headed door opening, stained glass panel to overlight, painted timber double doors each with three raised-and-fielded panels. Set back from road in landscaped grounds on elevated site, roughcast boundary wall to road, painted smooth-rendered gate piers with projecting plinths, fluted friezes and corniced caps. Wrought-iron double gates and flanking pedestrian gates with cast-iron embellishments.
- House, 1900–1920 · Regional interest
Description
End-of-terrace two-bay two-storey rendered house, built c. 1910. Two-storey canted bay window to east side front (north) elevation, one-and-a-half storey return building. One of a group of three. Pitched artificial slate roof, hipped to bay, clay ridge and hip tiles, clay finial to bay, unpainted smooth-rendered chimneystack, moulded cast-iron gutters on moulded eaves course, cast-iron downpipes, painted timber projecting barge boards to gable. Painted smooth-rendered walling to front elevation, moulded render string course between first and second floor, unpainted smooth-rendered walling to gable. Square-headed window openings, painted stone sills, uPVC casements c. 1990. Square-headed door opening, plain-glazed overlight, hardwood panelled door c. 1980. Set back slightly from street, decorative cast-iron railings on painted smooth-rendered plinth wall with canted coping, construction site to west.
- House, 1900–1920 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced two-bay two-storey rendered house, built c. 1910. Two-storey canted bay window to west side front (north) elevation, one-and-a-half storey return building. One of a group of three. Pitched artificial slate roof, hipped to bay, clay ridge and hip tiles, clay finial to bay, red brick corbelled chimneystack, moulded cast-iron gutters on moulded eaves course, cast-iron downpipes. Painted smooth-rendered walling, moulded render string course between first and second floor. Square-headed window openings, painted stone sills, painted timber casements c. 1990. Square-headed door opening, plain-glazed overlight, painted timber four-panel door. Set back slightly from street, decorative cast-iron railings on painted smooth-rendered plinth wall with canted coping.
- Glenville, house, 1900–1920 · Regional interest
Description
End-of-terrace two-bay two-storey rendered house, built c. 1910, attached to neighbouring building to east. Two-storey canted bay window to east side front (north) elevation, one-and-a-half storey return building. One of a group of three. Pitched artificial slate roof, hipped to bay, clay ridge and hip tiles, brick corbelled chimneystack, moulded cast-iron gutters on moulded eaves course, cast-iron downpipes. Painted smooth-rendered walling to front elevation, moulded render string course between ground and first floor. Square-headed window openings, painted stone sills, uPVC casements c. 2000. Square-headed door opening, plain-glazed overlight, uPVC panelled door c. 2000. Set back slightly from street, decorative cast-iron railings on painted smooth-rendered plinth wall with canted coping, terraced houses to east.
- The Manse, manse, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
Description
Detached two-bay two-storey rendered Presbyterian manse, built c. 1890. Gable-fronted double-pile, gabled dormers to east and west elevations, projecting single-storey entrance porch with cast-iron columns to east elevation, single-storey canted bay windows to north elevation, single-storey hipped roof projection to west. Pitched artificial slate roof, 'M' profile to main roof, gable-fronted dormers to east and west, unpainted smooth-rendered chimneystack, painted timber projecting barges on purlin ends, moulded uPVC gutters, square uPVC downpipes. Unpainted smooth-rendered walling c. 2001, stepped string moulding below barge soffits, moulded render panel to central bay of first floor east elevation, corbelled cornice and blocking course to north bay. Square-headed window openings, moulded render surrounds, stepped hood moulds, stone sills, uPVC casements c. 1990. Square-headed door opening, possibly originally one of three, set in entrance porch, simple moulded render surround, plain-glazed overlight, painted timber double doors each with two panels. Set back from road in extensive grounds to north and south. Three-bay two-storey building to south-west c.1910, possibly originally church hall now in use as office space. Rubble stone boundary retaining wall to north, wrought-iron pedestrian gate in stone archway.
- Summerhill College, outbuilding, 1905–1915 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay single-storey stone former toilet block, built c. 1910, now disused. Pitched slate roof, continuous painted timber louvred ventilation lantern to ridge, ashlar limestone verges with corbelled springers, canted brick eaves course. Uncoursed squared rock-faced ashlar limestone walling, red brick quoins. Square-headed window openings, brick surrounds, limestone sills, painted two-over-two timber sash windows, painted timber casement windows to south gable. Square-headed door opening, brick jambs, painted timber vertically-sheeted door. Set in yard to west of main school, metal railings set rock-faced ashlar walls to north-east and south-west.
- Summerhill College, building misc, 1900–1920 · Regional interest
Description
Attached four-bay two-storey stone school hall, built c. 1910. Pitched slate roof, clay ridge tiles, yellow brick corbelled chimneys, ashlar limestone verge copings to gables with wrought-iron finials at apexes, moulded cast-iron gutters on yellow brick corbelled eaves course, rectangular cast-iron downpipes. Squared-and-snecked rock-faced limestone walling to north, smooth flush string below ground floor window sills, unpainted smooth-rendered walling to west. Square-headed window openings, stone sills, painted six-over-six timber sash windows. Round-headed window to west gable. Square-headed door opening, ashlar stone surround, hardwood panelled door c. 1990, plain-glazed fanlight over. Part of complex of school buildings with main buildings to south. Overlooks grounds to north.
- Summerhill College, school, 1905–1915 · Regional interest
Description
Attached, fourteen-bay two-storey stone school building, built c. 1910, as addition to original 1880 school. Pitched slate roof, crested clay ridge tiles, ashlar limestone verges with corbelled springers and wrought-iron finials to apexes, moulded cast-iron gutters on eaves corbel course, rectangular cast-iron downpipes. Squared-and-snecked rock-faced limestone walling, cast-iron ventilation grilles to plinth. Square-headed window openings, tooled margined surrounds, flush splayed sills to ground floor, continuous string course to first floor, painted timber transomed and mullioned ground floor windows, painted six-over-six timber sash windows to first floor. Round-headed window opening to ground floor north gable, painted timber fixed pane window. Square-headed door openings, hardwood eight-panel door, plain-glazed overlight. Projects from north side of main school building, play area to east and west.
- Summerhill College, school, 1890–1895 · Regional interest
Description
Attached multi-bay three- and four-storey stone school, built 1890-91. T-plan. Symmetrically-disposed north-facing main block, four-storey to centre and east, three-storey to west, with three-bay central entrance breakfront, forward-projecting end bays and single-storey flat-roofed chancel to east gable (break front and east wing added c. 1950). Six-bay three-storey south wing with five-stage campanile containing entrance to north at junction with main block, two-bay three-storey with dormer attic perpendicular wing to south. Hipped slate roofs, clay ridge and hip tiles, yellow brick corbelled chimneystacks, painted timber triangular louvred ventilators with lead-capped finialled roofs to main slopes, gabled lucarnes over niches to east and west end bays of main block, dormers with painted semi-circular timber barges to perpendicular wing, cast-iron profiled gutters on splayed eaves corbel course, rectangular cast-iron downpipes. Wood-cored lead sheet pyramid roof to campanile, ball finial. Coursed squared rock-faced ashlar limestone walling, polished ashlar sill strings, round-headed niches containing statuary to east and west end bays of main block. Coursed squared rock-faced ashlar concrete walling to 1950s extension, stepped parapet with triangular central pediment to central breakfront. Machicolated eaves corbel to campanile. Square- and round-headed window openings, tooled margined surrounds, paired round-headed window openings to second floor of south wing, stepped reveals to ground floor chapel to east side of main block, painted timber sash windows generally either six-over-six or nine-over-nine panes, stained glass leaded lights to chapel. Round-headed openings to belfry, recessed and coupled with central colonette to second stage, painted timber louvres to fifth stage. Entrance portico to main block, paired Doric columns supporting flat-headed dentilled entablature, square-headed door opening, stained glass overlight, hardwood double doors each with six raised-and-fielded panels. Round-headed door opening to campanile, polished ashlar surround, gabled hood moulding with recessed motifs in tympanum, slender flanking columns with Romanesque capitals, three-panel leaded light over hardwood double doors each with twelve raised-and-fielded panels, date plaque above door reads 'ERECTED A.D. 1890-1'. Set in landscaped grounds, additional school buildings to north, painted pyramid-headed gate pillars with wrought-iron central carriage gates and flanking pedestrian gates.
- Nazareth House, orphanage/children's home, 1910–1930 · Regional interest
Description
Detached five-bay single-storey rendered house, built c. 1925, with projecting gable-fronted porch to centre of north (front) elevation. Pitched slate roof, clay ridge tiles, finials at gable ends, overhanging painted timber eaves fascia and barge boards, cast-iron rainwater goods. Unpainted smooth-rendered ruled-and-lined walling, straight channelled quoins. Square-headed window openings, painted stone sills, painted two-over-two timber sash windows. Square-headed door openings to sides of porch, painted timber vertically-sheeted doors. Rubble stone wall abuts east and west sides. Seton flat site in grounds of Nazareth House.
- Nazareth House, stables, 1800–1820 · Regional interest
Description
Attached six-arch single-storey stone former coach house, built c. 1810, now vacant. Single-pitch slate roof, half-round cast-iron gutters, cast-iron downpipes. Painted tooled limestone walling between piers. Segmental-headed carriage arches to north elevation, south elevation on line of rubble stone farm yard boundary wall.
- Nazareth House, house, 1800–1810 · Regional interest
Description
Detached five-bay two-storey stone house, built c. 1805. L-plan, two-storey pedimented porch on north (front) elevation, four-bay two-storey projecting bows to east and west sides, three-bay two-storey extension to rear east side. Hipped slate roof, clay ridge and hip tiles, unpainted smooth-rendered corbelled chimneystacks, cast-iron gutters on stone eaves course carried on stone corbels. Ashlar limestone walling, channelled rustication to first floor entrance porch and straight quoins. Square-headed window openings, stone sills supported by stone corbels, uPVC casement windows except painted six-over-six timber sash windows to west elevation. Round-headed window to first floor of projecting porch on north elevation. Square-headed door opening to porch, painted timber panelled door c. 2000. Square-headed door opening to west elevation, flat canopy, plain-glazed overlight, painted timber panelled door, approached by walkway over semi-basement. Located to south of main hospital building. Set in landscaped grounds to south of main building.
- Nazareth House, orphanage/children's home, 1920–1925 · Regional interest
Description
Detached seventeen-bay three-storey rendered former orphanage/children's home, built in 1921, now in use as nursing home. Ten-bay four-storey north-west wing added in 1956. Main east elevation with single-bay two-storey central breakfront with segmental pediment, three-bay forward-projecting pedimented end pavilions. Semi-circular single-storey flat-roofed bay window to north gable. Pitched slate roofs, clay ridge tiles, cylindrical copper ventilators with conical caps, painted smooth-rendered corbelled chimneystacks, moulded cast-iron rainwater goods. Unpainted smooth-rendered walls, quoins, eaves cornice course, first floor string course, channelled rustication to ground floor, rock-faced rustication to plinth. Square-headed window openings, flat voussoired arches to ground floor, moulded architraves to first floor with alternating triangular and segmental pediments to pavilions, moulded architraves with keystones to second floor, moulded archivolts with keystones to occuli in pavilion pediment tympanum, painted masonry sills, uPVC casement windows c. 2000. Round-headed entrance opening to porch, tiled porch floor, round-headed door opening, hardwood framing with recessed panels to all members, plain-glazed fanlight, hardwood panelled door, panelled sidelights, coloured glass leaded-light panels. Fronting onto gardens, set at end of a long tree-lined drive.
- Nazareth House, church/chapel, 1950–1955 · Regional interest
Description
Attached single-storey Roman Catholic Chapel, built in 1952, on a cruciform plan. Single-storey sacristy to north and single-storey entrance porch to south attached to single-storey flat-roofed mortuary. Pitched slate roof, clay ridge tiles, profiled cast-iron rainwater goods, painted timber fascias and barges. Unpainted pebble-dashed walls, smooth-rendered quoins, eaves and plinth course. Round-headed window openings, moulded surrounds, stone sills, leaded stained glass windows. Round-headed door openings set in pedimented projections, channelled rustication, painted timber panelled doors, spoked fanlights over. Interior with mosaic work to chancel and chapels.
- Gillooly Hall, assembly rooms, 1890–1900 · Regional interest
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Detached eight-bay two-storey stone community building, built c. 1895. T-plan, central single-storey porch projecting from central four-bay break-front flanked by lower two-bay north and south wings, central return to west containing full-height hall. Hipped slate roofs, red clay ridge and hip tiles, ashlar limestone corbelled chimneystacks on ridges to wings, parapet gutters to main building, half-round cast-iron gutters on eaves corbel course to return, cast-iron downpipes. Rock-faced squared-and-coursed rubble limestone walling, moulded ashlar strings, pilasters to central block, moulded eaves cornice to central block and wings, blocking course surmounted by swagged urns to central block and wings, central open-bed triangular-pedimented feature with flanking vertical consoles, carved statue over porch. Square-headed window openings to ground floor, moulded architraves, friezes and triangular pediments to openings flanking porch, tooled margined reveals to other windows, painted one-over-two timber sash windows. Round-headed window openings to first floor and return, rock-faced ashlar voussoirs, tooled margined reveals, balustraded balconettes on corbels to openings flanking porch, painted four-pane timber casement windows with plain-glazed fanlights to central block, painted two-over-two timber sash windows with plain-glazed fanlights to wings, painted Venetian-arched tracery timber fixed casements to returns. Pair of square-headed openings to central pedimented feature, painted timber louvres. Round-headed opening to porch, flanking limestone tooled panelled pilasters, moulded impost string course, fluted vertical paired consoles carrying oblong panels carrying moulded cornice and blocking course, tooled panelled archivolt, roundels in spandrels, projecting dropped keystone, decorative wrought-iron outer gates, hardwood panelled double doors each with three glazed panels, plain-glazed fanlight over, round-headed leaded lights to side walls of porch. Porch street fronted, remainder of frontage set behind simple wrought-iron railings on limestone plinth wall, crenellated rubble stone boundary wall to south and east, wrought-iron double gates to north leading to alleyway to rear.
- Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, cathedral, 1870–1880 · National interest
Description
Detached limestone Norman Romanesque Revival Roman Catholic Cathedral, built c. 1875. Orientated north-south, square-plan four-stage tower to south with pyramid roof flanked by octagonal three-stage corner turrets to east and west, five-bay nave with flanking east and west aisles, two-bay east and west transepts each with apse projecting from north side, apsidal chancel with lower ambulatory, apsidiole projecting to north of ambulatory, square-plan five-bay two-storey over basement sacristy to west of west transept. Pitched and hipped slate roofs, single-pitched to aisles, clay ridge tiles to nave, cast-iron cresting to chancel and apsidole, lead valley linings, lead caps to conical roofs, cast-iron finials to apexes, gabled dormers to east and west sides of apsidoles, moulded cast-iron gutters on moulded ashlar limestone corbelled eaves courses, cast-iron rectangular downpipes with eared fixings. Hipped slate roof to sacristy, gabled projections to east and west carrying ashlar limestone corbelled chimneystacks, central lead-clad skewed belfried spire, gabled dormers to north and south sides, wood-cored lead hips and ridges, moulded cast-iron gutters on moulded ashlar limestone eaves course. Pitched stone roofs to tower and turrets, lucarnes to each side of tower roof. Squared-and-snecked tooled ashlar limestone walling; corbelled parapet to tower roof; staged angle-buttresses to corners; moulded string courses; engaged colonettes to corners of third stage of tower and between windows to chancel, ambulatory and apsidole; gable to south side of apsidole with ashlar verge stones and gold statue at apex; splayed and roll-moulded plinths; blind arcades to east and west aisle elevations; gold leaf enriched iron clock faces on south, east and west faces of tower. Round-headed window openings, ashlar surrounds, splayed reveals, fixed-pane and casement leaded-light stained glass windows. Circular window openings to upper levels of transept and aisle facades. Round-headed door openings to transepts (south) set in projecting gable-headed porches, chevron-moulded archivolts supported on engaged colonnettes, fish-scale decoration to tympanum, hardwood panelled double doors. Small round-headed door openings to turret sides, fish-scale decoration to tympanum, shouldered stone surrounds. Large twin-doored gated entrance to south portal, set in round-headed opening with three recessed orders having engaged limestone colonnettes with scalloped capitals supporting moulded archivolts with chevron and rounded ornament, engaged colonnette to trumeau, carved sandstone tympanum featuring biblical scene, hardwood panelled doors. Triple-aisled interior with three-stage nave having gallery and clerestory levels, single-storey side aisles, gallery over, four nave bays with round-headed arches supported on alternating piers and columns, having scalloped capitals, engaged shafts rising to springing point of vaults and minor order of engaged columns to gallery over. Full-height projecting transepts to east and west with single-storey apses opening to north, flanking seven-bay ambulatory to north end with projecting chancel to north. Sexpartite ribbed vaults to nave and crossing with groin vaults to aisles, narthex and entrance porch, half-barrel vaults to galleries, half domes to apse and apsidioles and ribbed groin vaults to ambulatory and transepts. Polychrome glazed tiles to floor. Carved timber seating and in-built confessionals. Cathedral set on elevated site in grounds with cut limestone boundary wall having iron gates and railings giving to stone steps, small enclosed burial ground with cut stone grave markers to north-east corner.
- House, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
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Detached four-bay by two-bay two-storey over basement stone former house, built c. 1840. Square single-storey flat-roofed porch projects from east front, two-storey smooth-rendered extension c. 1990 to south-west. Now in use as public service facility. Hipped artificial slate roof, clay ridge tiles, unpainted smooth-rendered longitudinal chimneystack with yellow clay pots, extruded aluminium rainwater goods, painted timber fascia on projecting eaves corbel course. Squared rubble limestone walling; ashlar limestone porch with recessed front panel, moulded cornice and blocking course; galvanised steel fire escape balcony to first floor front c. 1990. Square-headed window openings, brick dressings, unpainted smooth-rendered reveals, limestone sills, multi-pane hardwood casement windows c. 1990. Square-headed door opening to north side of porch, hardwood four-panel door c1990. Basement area bounded by tubular steel fence c, 2000. Located at north-east corner of landscaped grounds, accessed by painted timber vertically-sheeted door set in round-headed arched opening in north-east corner, rubble stone boundary wall with stone saddle-back coping.
- Sligo Presbyterian Church, church/chapel, 1825–1830 · Regional interest
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Detached three-bay two-storey limestone Presbyterian church, built 1828. Three-bay gable front, detached pitched roofed smooth-rendered hall to east. Pitched slate roof, clay ridge tiles, ashlar verges, ashlar chimney with two corbelled diagonal stacks to south gable, uPVC rainwater goods. Coursed rubble limestone walling, ashlar quoins, pedimented south gable, inscribed date stone shield over central doorway. Square-headed window openings with hood mouldings to south front, pointed-arched openings to side elevations, block-and-start splayed surrounds, hardwood diamond pane casements. Oculus window to gable tympanum, hood moulding, splayed reveals, painted timber louvres. Tudor-arched door opening, hood moulding, block-and-start ashlar surround, hardwood panelled door c. 1990, leaded diamond-paned overlight containing carved timber crest. Oculus window opening to pedimented gable-fronted south elevation. Corner-sited, rubble stone boundary wall with steel railings and gates.
- The Hall, building misc, 1900–1920 · Regional interest
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Attached three-bay two-storey rendered hall, built c. 1910. No longer in use. Pitched corrugated-iron sheet roof, unpainted roughcast chimneystacks, verge stones to gables, cast-iron gutters on eaves corbel course, cast-iron downpipe with half-round hopper. Painted smooth-rendered ruled-and-lined walling to front, projecting plinths, straight quoins. Unpainted roughcast to west gable. Square-headed window openings, painted smooth-rendered surrounds, painted masonry sills, painted four-over-four timber sash windows. Square-headed wide window opening to east ground floor, painted smooth-rendered surround, painted masonry sill, boarded up. Square-headed door opening, painted smooth-rendered surround, moulded panel containing raised lettering inscription 'THE HALL', painted timber panelled double doors. Cast-iron boot scrapers set in recesses in plinth to either side of front door. Street fronted, construction site to west, lower commercial building to east.
- House, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced two-bay four-storey rendered house, built c. 1860. Shop front c. 1920. Pitched slate roof, cast-iron rainwater goods, corbelled eaves course. Painted smooth-rendered ruled-and-lined walling. Square-headed window openings to upper floors, painted stone sills, painted two-over-two timber sash windows. Shopfront with central vertically sub-divided display window on painted smooth-rendered stall riser, painted timber double doors to north each with single round-headed panel, painted timber four-panel door to south, plain-glazed fanlights over doors, plain painted timber pilasters flanking both doorcases, narrow full-width painted timber sign fascia. Street fronted on hill, lower buildings to north. Set on one of Sligo town's busiest streets with pavement to immediate front. Shop is currently undergoing renovations and is not in use.
- The Friary Residence, presbytery/parochial/curate's house, 1910–1915 · Regional interest
Description
Attached multi-bay three-storey rendered presbytery, built 1912. Three-storey extension to south incorporating single-storey entrance porch, various two-storey extensions to north c. 1970. Hipped slate roof, clay ridge and hip tiles, brick corbelled chimneystack on unpainted smooth-rendered plinth, half-round cast-iron gutters on painted timber profiled eaves brackets. Forward-thrusting corbelled gabled dormer to west elevation, yellow brick and limestone dressings, incorporating oculus. Unpainted smooth-rendered walling, yellow brick quoins to upper floors. Tooled ashlar limestone walling to entrance porch, corbelled projecting panel incorporating carved plaque over segmental-headed recessed porch. Segmental-headed window openings to upper floors, double-recessed reveals to first floor, yellow brick dressings, masonry sills, continuous first floor sill course, blind pointed arches to paired second floor windows. Square-headed window openings to ground floor in two groups of three, stone sills. Painted one-over-one timber sash windows. Segmental-headed door opening to entrance porch, plain-glazed fanlight, painted timber double doors each with three panels. Entrance opens on to gravelled car park to south, unpainted smooth-rendered high wall to north with square-headed doorway set in pointed arch, carriage gateway to extreme north with sheeted gates, low smooth-rendered plinth boundary wall to immediate west, three-storey development to south.
- Catholic Church of the Holy Cross, church/chapel, 1840–1850 · National interest
Description
Attached single-bay double-height chancel, built 1845-8, to designs by Sir John Benson (1812-74) originally forming part of larger church. Modified, 1972-3, to accommodate use as chapel and linked by single-storey cloister to replacement church (1972-3). Pitched slate roof, clay ridge tiles, ashlar limestone verges with corbelled and pedimented springers, cast-iron gutters on corbelled eaves course. Coursed squared rubble limestone walls with cut-limestone dressings. Pointed-arched window openings with cut-limestone surrounds, perpendicular tracery, and leaded stained glass lights. Triple pointed-arch chancel screen on polished granite clustered columns. Mosaic tiled walls with arcaded marble altar.
- Catholic Church of the Holy Cross, church/chapel, 1970–1975 · Regional interest
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Attached multiple-bay single-storey Catholic church, built 1972-3, to designs by Pearse McKenna (1917-2002) on an oblong plan with semi-circular apse and single-storey cloister linking to chancel of original church (1845-8). Flat roof with mono-pitched roof to sanctuary. Purpose-made pink calcium silicate brick walls with stained horizontally-sheeted timber friezes and patent sheet metal coping. Square-headed window openings with fixed-pane fittings. Abstract pointed-arch open porch with insitu concrete arch leading to inset hardwood double doors. Interior with exposed steel beam trussed roof. Street fronted.
- Saint John's National School, school, 1940–1945 · Regional interest
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Detached multi-bay single-storey National School, built 1944. Extended 'E'-plan, five-bay projecting central block, three-bay wings to west and east, linked to central block by corridors. Hipped slate roofs, clay ridge and hip tiles, red brick corbelled chimneystacks to east and west sides of central section, painted smooth-rendered chimneystacks to wings, uPVC profiled gutters c. 2000 on projecting eaves, timber sheeted soffit. Painted roughcast walling, painted channelled straight quoins, painted brick plinth course, painted stepped parapet to centre of each wing with 'ST. JOHN'S NATIONAL SCHOOL (BOYS) 1944' in individual letters on smooth-rendered panel with simple cross over to central block. Square-headed window openings, painted smooth-rendered surrounds, painted masonry sills, uPVC windows c. 2000. Round-headed windows to either side of main entrance doorway, painted smooth-rendered surrounds and keystones, painted masonry sills, painted two-over-two sash windows. Round-headed main entrance door opening in central block, painted smooth-rendered surround, hardwood vertically-sheeted double doors in recessed doorway, painted timber spoked fanlight, concrete steps with brick flanking walls. Set on elevated site overlooking playing fields, approached by long straight concrete drive from north. Single-storey flat-roofed extension c. 1970 to south-east.
- House, 1910–1915 · Regional interest
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End-of-terrace four-bay two-storey rendered house, built 1914. One of a group of eleven. Canted bay windows flank central entrance, abuts terrace to south at acute angle creating awkward plan form. Pitched artificial slate roof, clay ridge tiles, mitred hip, unpainted smooth-rendered corbelled chimneystack, moulded cast-iron gutters on projecting painted timber eaves. Hipped slate roofs to bays, lead wood-cored rolls to hips, uPVC gutters. Painted smooth-rendered walling, straight channelled quoins to east, projecting plinth. Square-headed window openings, narrow flanking pilasters, moulded corbels carrying flat cornice, painted masonry sills, uPVC casement windows. Square-headed door opening, narrow flanking pilasters, moulded corbels carrying flat cornice surmounted by vestigial pediment, hardwood panelled door, plain-glazed overlight. Set back slightly from pavement, decorative wrought- and cast-iron railings on painted masonry plinth wall.
- House, 1910–1915 · Regional interest
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Terraced three-bay two-storey rendered house, built 1914. One of a group of eleven. Canted bay window to south of entrance. Pitched slate roof, clay ridge tiles, unpainted smooth-rendered corbelled chimneystack, moulded cast-iron gutters on projecting painted timber eaves. Hipped slate roof to bay, lead wood-cored rolls to hips, moulded cast-iron gutters. Painted smooth-rendered walling, projecting plinth. Square-headed window openings, narrow flanking pilasters, moulded corbels carrying flat cornice, painted masonry sills, uPVC casement windows. Square-headed door opening, narrow flanking pilasters, moulded corbels carrying flat cornice surmounted by vestigial pediment, hardwood half-glazed panelled door, plain-glazed overlight. Set back slightly from pavement, decorative wrought- and cast-iron railings on unpainted masonry plinth wall.
- House, 1910–1915 · Regional interest
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Terraced three-bay two-storey rendered house, built 1914. One of a group of eleven. Canted bay window to north-west of entrance. Pitched slate roof, clay ridge tiles, unpainted smooth-rendered corbelled chimneystack, moulded cast-iron gutters on projecting painted timber eaves. Hipped slate roof to bay, lead wood-cored rolls to hips, moulded cast-iron gutters. Dry-dash walling, projecting plinth. Square-headed window openings, narrow flanking pilasters, moulded corbels carrying flat cornice, painted masonry sills, aluminium casement windows c. 1990. Square-headed door opening, narrow flanking pilasters, moulded corbels carrying flat cornice surmounted by vestigial pediment, uPVC door and plain-glazed overlight c. 2002. Set back slightly from pavement, decorative wrought- and cast-iron railings on unpainted masonry plinth wall.
- Ravella, house, 1910–1915 · Regional interest
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Terraced three-bay two-storey rendered house, built 1914. One of a group of eleven. Canted bay window to south-east of entrance. Pitched slate roof, clay ridge tiles, unpainted smooth-rendered corbelled chimneystack, moulded cast-iron gutters on projecting painted timber eaves. Hipped slate roof to bay, lead wood-cored rolls to hips, uPVC gutters. Painted smooth-rendered walling, projecting plinth. Square-headed window openings, narrow flanking pilasters, moulded corbels carrying flat cornice, painted masonry sills, aluminium casement windows. Square-headed door opening, narrow flanking pilasters, moulded corbels carrying flat cornice surmounted by vestigial pediment, painted timber panelled door, plain-glazed overlight. Set back slightly from pavement, decorative wrought- and cast-iron railings on painted masonry plinth wall.
- House, 1910–1915 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced three-bay two-storey rendered house, built 1914. One of a group of eleven. Canted bay window to north-west of entrance. Pitched artificial slate roof, clay ridge tiles, patent roof window, unpainted smooth-rendered corbelled chimneystack, moulded cast-iron gutters on projecting painted timber eaves. Hipped slate roof to bay, lead wood-cored rolls to hips, uPVC gutters. Painted smooth-rendered walling, projecting plinth. Square-headed window openings, narrow flanking pilasters, moulded corbels carrying flat cornice, painted masonry sills, aluminium casement windows. Square-headed door opening, narrow flanking pilasters, moulded corbels carrying flat cornice surmounted by vestigial pediment, painted timber panelled door, plain-glazed overlight. Set back slightly from pavement, decorative wrought- and cast-iron railings on painted masonry plinth wall.
- House, 1910–1915 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced three-bay two-storey rendered house, built 1914. One of a group of eleven. Canted bay window to south of central entrance. Pitched slate roof, clay ridge tiles, unpainted smooth-rendered corbelled chimneystack, moulded cast-iron gutters on projecting painted timber eaves. Hipped slate roof to bay, lead wood-cored rolls to hips, uPVC gutters. Painted smooth-rendered walling, projecting plinth. Square-headed window openings, narrow flanking pilasters, moulded corbels carrying flat cornice, painted masonry sills, uPVC casement windows. Square-headed door opening, narrow flanking pilasters, moulded corbels carrying flat cornice surmounted by vestigial pediment, uPVC door and plain-glazed overlight c. 2000. Set back slightly from pavement, decorative wrought- and cast-iron railings on unpainted masonry plinth wall.
- House, 1910–1915 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced three-bay two-storey rendered house, built 1914. One of a group of eleven. Canted bay window to north-west of entrance. Pitched slate roof, clay ridge tiles, unpainted smooth-rendered corbelled chimneystack, moulded cast-iron gutters on projecting painted timber eaves. Hipped slate roof to bay, lead wood-cored rolls to hips, uPVC gutters. Painted smooth-rendered walling, projecting plinth. Square-headed window openings, narrow flanking pilasters, moulded corbels carrying flat cornice, painted masonry sills, uPVC casement windows. Square-headed door opening, narrow flanking pilasters, moulded corbels carrying flat cornice surmounted by vestigial pediment, hardwood panelled door c. 1990, plain-glazed overlight. Set back slightly from pavement, decorative wrought- and cast-iron railings on painted masonry plinth wall.
- House, 1910–1915 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced three-bay two-storey rendered house, built 1914. One of a group of eleven. Canted bay window to south-east of entrance. Pitched artificial slate roof, clay ridge tiles, unpainted smooth-rendered corbelled chimneystack, moulded cast-iron gutters on projecting painted timber eaves. Hipped slate roof to bay, lead wood-cored rolls to hips, moulded cast-iron gutters. Painted smooth-rendered walling, projecting plinth. Square-headed window openings, narrow flanking pilasters, moulded corbels carrying flat cornice, painted masonry sills, painted timber casement windows. Square-headed door opening, narrow flanking pilasters, moulded corbels carrying flat cornice surmounted by vestigial pediment, painted timber door with six raised-and-fielded panels, plain-glazed overlight. Set back slightly from pavement, decorative wrought- and cast-iron railings on painted masonry plinth wall.
- Saint Martin's, house, 1910–1915 · Regional interest
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Terraced three-bay two-storey rendered house, built 1914. One of a group of eleven. Canted bay window to north-west of entrance. Pitched artificial slate roof, clay ridge tiles, painted smooth-rendered corbelled chimneystack, moulded cast-iron gutters on projecting painted timber eaves. Hipped slate roof to bay, lead wood-cored rolls to hips, uPVC gutters. Painted smooth-rendered walling, projecting plinth. Square-headed window openings, narrow flanking pilasters, moulded corbels carrying flat cornice, painted masonry sills, aluminium casement windows. Square-headed door opening, narrow flanking pilasters, moulded corbels carrying flat cornice surmounted by vestigial pediment, hardwood panelled door, plain-glazed overlight. Set back slightly from pavement, decorative wrought- and cast-iron railings on painted masonry plinth wall.
- House, 1910–1915 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced three-bay two-storey rendered house, built 1914. One of a group of eleven. Canted bay window to south of entrance. Pitched artificial slate roof, clay ridge tiles, painted smooth-rendered corbelled chimneystack, two patent roof windows, moulded cast-iron gutters on projecting painted timber eaves. Hipped slate roof to bay, lead wood-cored rolls to hips, moulded cast-iron gutters. Painted smooth-rendered walling, projecting plinth. Square-headed window openings, narrow flanking pilasters, moulded corbels carrying flat cornice, painted masonry sills, aluminium casement windows. Square-headed door opening, narrow flanking pilasters, moulded corbels carrying flat cornice surmounted by vestigial pediment, painted six-panel door, plain-glazed overlight. Set back slightly from pavement, decorative wrought- and cast-iron railings on painted masonry plinth wall.
- Ross Brían House, house, 1910–1915 · Regional interest
Description
End-of-terrace three-bay two-storey rendered house, built 1914. One of a group of eleven. Canted bay window to north-west of entrance. Pitched artificial slate roof, clay ridge tiles, unpainted smooth-rendered corbelled chimneystack, two patent roof windows, moulded cast-iron gutters on projecting painted timber eaves. Hipped slate roof to bay, lead wood-cored rolls to hips, uPVC gutters. Painted smooth-rendered walling, straight channelled quoins to norht-west, projecting plinth. Square-headed window openings, narrow flanking pilasters, moulded corbels carrying flat cornice, painted masonry sills, uPVC casement windows. Square-headed door opening, narrow flanking pilasters, moulded corbels carrying flat cornice surmounted by vestigial pediment, hardwood panelled door c. 2000, plain-glazed overlight. Set back slightly from pavement, decorative wrought- and cast-iron railings on painted masonry plinth wall, triangular garden with roughcast boundary wall to west.
- Templemount, house, 1860–1890 · Regional interest
Description
Detached four-bay two-storey rendered dwelling, built c. 1875. 'T'-plan, three-bay by single-bay north wing, single-storey flat-roofed porch in corner between south and north wings. Hipped slate roof, wood-cored lead ridge and hip cappings, red brick chimneystacks with yellow brick banding and moulded limestone caps, painted timber modillion eaves, moulded cast-iron gutters, rectangular cast-iron downpipes. Painted smooth-rendered ruled-and-lined walling, ashlar limestone quoins, chamfered plinth, parapet with lead-capped limestone cornice and blocking course to porch. Square-headed window openings, roll moulded render surrounds, limestone sills, uPVC casement windows c.1995. Round-headed door opening to east side of porch, moulded render eared surround incorporating keystone with small mosaic-tiled panel over reading 'DOMINUS SPES MEA', painted timber frame, plain-glazed fanlight, hardwood four-panel door c.2000, tooled limestone steps. Macadamed parking area and lawns to east, enclosed yard to south with ashlar limestone gate pillars, hardwood vertically-sheeted double gates c. 2000, two-storey hipped-roof rendered outbuilding to south side of yard, approached by gravelled driveway from Temple Street to the north, modest wrought-iron gates on dressed limestone pillars at entrance.
- Saint Mary's Presbytery, bishop's palace, 1875–1880 · Regional interest
Description
Detached four-bay three-storey stone bishop's palace, built 1879. Main block faces north with two-storey half-octagonal engaged tower to west side, two-bay three-storey return to rear west, five-bay three-storey return to rear east with full-height square tower projecting from east side. Hipped slate roofs, wood-cored lead cappings to hips and ridges, substantial ashlar limestone corbelled chimneystacks, moulded cast-iron gutters on eaves corbel course, cast iron downpipes. Squared and coursed tooled limestone ashlar walling, flush ashlar strings, splayed limestone ashlar plinth, two-storey blind arch to entrance bay of north elevation. Square- and round-headed window openings, polished ashlar dressings, flush polished ashlar splayed sills, painted timber sash windows nine-over-nine panes to ground and first floors, six-over-six to second floor. Main entrance to north elevation with central doorway flanked by sidelights with Diocletion overlight all set under hood moulding, splayed dressings to door and sidelights shouldered to door lintel, balustered mullions to overlight, hardwood panelled double doors each with four raised-and-fielded panels, painted two-over-two timber sash windows to sidelights with wrought-iron grilles, plain-glazed fixed panes to overlight. Macadamed parking area to north, tree-lined avenue to leading north to cathedral, lawns with field railings. Enclosed yard to south approached through gateway with square ashlar limestone pillars, range of single- and two-storey pitched-roofed dormered stone outbuildings.
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Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Magheraboy, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are made ground.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1100 (ZIP).
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Magheraboy with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo.
The townland
- Name
- Magheraboy · An Machaire Buí
- Area
- 1,290,280 m² (129.03 ha, 318.84 acres)
- Civil parish
- St. John's, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbury
- Electoral division
- Sligo West, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 7,788 people lived in 3,276 households in the Sligo West electoral division. 55% of households owned their home. 22% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Abbeyquarter South, Ballydoogan, Ballyfree, Caltragh, Derrydarragh or Oakfield, Knappagh Beg
- Placenames
- Magheraboy on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland
Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address. Old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.