Abbeyquarter South

Abbeyquarter South is a townland in the civil parish of St. John's, barony of Carbury, Co. Sligo. Its name in Irish is Ceathrú na Mainistreach Theas.

Parcel 760396

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Area: 60 m²
Buildings: 3 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 1,706 m².
Zoning: M2 TC1 – town centre uses, type 1 (Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030) The objective
Townland: Abbeyquarter South

Planning applications on this parcel

3 Jul 2019Conditional
development consisting of the change of use of 386 sqm ground floor unit from retail to office use and all associated site works.
Permission · Sligo County Council, 19267

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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

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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: 39.1 ha; 97 acres
Land parcels: 419; registered freehold, median 142 m²
Zoning: R2; eRES – existing and infill residential use
Planning: 34; applications since 2010

Land parcels

Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann

Abbeyquarter SouthCleaveragh Demesne Caltragh Knocknaganny Knappagh Beg Rathquarter Abbeyquarter North Magheraboy

500 m

429 parcels are drawn. Click one to see it. Tailte Éireann did not answer, so these are not drawn: the buildings.© Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0

419 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Abbeyquarter South, from 3 m² to 66,959 m² (6.7 ha, 16.55 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 10 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 · 366 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 · 33 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
M3TC2 – town centre uses, type 2 (District, neighbourhood centre)
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 · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
G1OS – open space (Open space, park)
Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
C2.1BIE – business, industry, enterprise (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
S3CF – community facilities (Community facilities)
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

29 Sept 2026N/a
CHANGE OF USE OF PART OF GROUND FLOOR RETAIL UNIT TO CONSULTATION ROOMS INCLUDING ALTERATIONS TO INTERIOR GROUND FLOOR LAYOUT.
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2660401
25 Sept 2026N/a
The development will consist of the retention of alterations to the carparking, astroturf pitch, playground, open space, landscaping, bike shelters, ESB substation previously granted planning under planning reference PL20/445 and the change of use to accommodation for protected persons at Globe House and the former Novitiate building and all associated site works and services within the curtilage of a protected structure RPS Ref 12 SE and 13 SE / NIAH 32012037 as identified in the Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030.
Retention · Sligo County Council, 2660395
2 Mar 2026Conditional
planning permission to change the use of the previous retail use (currently derelict), to a childcare facility. Development to include, conservation of the existing historic 2-storey building, construction of a rear 2-storey pitched-roof entrance hall\stairs extension with pedestrian access from Pearse Road, internal layout modifications, together with all associated site works and connection into existing services
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2660082
21 Aug 2025Conditional
the construction of a new extension to the front (west) of the existing school building on the site of the existing hockey field. The extension will be part single and part two storey and will be attached to the existing school via a single storey link. The additional accommodation will include a 2 class base special education needs unit, engineering room, textiles room, science laboratories, art/craft room, staff tuition rooms, staff office, sanitary accommodation, ancillary rooms, plant and stores. Minor works are proposed to the existing building to facilitate the new extension to include façade and layout changes in the vicinity of the link to the new extension. The works will include the provision of landscaped courtyard spaces adjoining the new extension, amendments to the existing road and landscape layouts to support the new extension, a new pedestrian site entrance adjacent the existing vehicular entrance, 6 no. additional carparking spaces and 30 no. covered bicycle parking spaces and all ancillary works
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2560352
20 May 2025N/a
Permission to paint mural/artwork to the existing boundary wall along Mercy College (47metre length of wall at average height of 2.25metres) and associated works at Chapel Hill, Sligo
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2560206
7 Apr 2025Conditional
Erection of floodlighting at sports facility to include 2 no. 15.2 metre tall lighting poles and 4 no. 18.3 metre tall lighting poles all associated site development works
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2560127
23 Jul 2024Conditional
1. To retain the demolition of an existing habitable domestic dwelling. 2. To complete the reconstruction of a domestic dwelling. 3. To connect to all public services and all ancillary works CONDITION NO. 8 COMPLIED WITH
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2460242
21 Jun 2024N/a
1. To retain the demolition of an existing habitable domestic dwelling. 2. To complete the reconstruction of a domestic dwelling as per parent planning ref. 23/60249. 3. To connect to all public services and all ancillary works
Retention · Sligo County Council, 2460219
20 Feb 2024Conditional
change of use of existing property previously used as office space to use as short term residential letting with all associated works
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2460046
6 Feb 2024N/a
Permission for change of use of existing property previously used as office space to use as short term residential letting with all associated works at 2 Old Market Street, Abbeyquarter, Sligo
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2460035
24 Jan 2024Conditional
Planning permission for the refurbishment and extension of two existing retail units with upper story residential accommodation (protected structures 8SE & 9SE). The works will comprise refurbishment of the existing structures (180m2) to include thermal & fabric upgrades, shopfront replacement, window replacement/refurbishment, internal alterations, a single storey extension (23m2) to the rear comprising retail storage along with ancillary site works for use as retail units with upper story residential accommodation at 20 & 21 Castle Street, Abbeyquarter South, Sligo Town, F91 TH50. The site is located within the Market Cross Architectural Conservation Area.
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2460021
20 Sept 2023Conditional
Planning permission (1) To renovate and construct a single storey extension to the rear of each of the 3no. Terrace dwelling houses, (2) Demolition of single storey extensions and domestic sheds to the rear of the original terraced houses and, (3) Carry out all ancillary site works
Permission, 3 homes · Sligo County Council, 2360249
29 Aug 2023Conditional
development consisting of the installation of a replacement skylight (1140mm x 1180mm) to the front of our existing dwelling house, together with all ancillary works
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2384
10 Mar 2023Conditional
development consisting of the renovation and extension of existing dwellinghouse including installation of dormer windows to the front and rear and modification and extension of an existing extension, to the rear of the building, together with all ancillary site works and services
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2329
25 May 2022Conditional
development consisting of retention permission for change of use of shop unit on ground floor to living/dining/kitchen, thus creating single dwelling with existing 2 no. bedrooms and bathroom on first floor, alterations to elevations and associated works
Retention, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 22184
18 Nov 2021Conditional
Development consisting of the demolition of an existing rear extension, the construction of a 2 storey extension to rear with kitchen and bathroom facilities, the replacement of existing roof lights, replacement of windows with new sliding sash timber windows to match existing and ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 21453
30 Aug 2021Conditional
Development consisting of amendments to planning application Reference 18/198: the overall layout of the site stays generally the same as before with the foodstore (including ancillary off-licence sales area) with all adjustments to the orientation and movement closer to the western boundary. The gross floor area increases from 2416sqms to 2537sqms. The trolley bay moves from the car park to a location next to the entrance to the store; revised parking layout and pedrestrian walkways (parking changes from 140 spaces to 135 spaces); revised mechanical plant area; ESB sub-station building; cycle parking relocated from the front of the store to the same location (under cover) as the trolley bay, next to the access doors; the inclusion of 2 EV parking spaces and the provision of 10 additional "ready to go" EV charging point spaces for future conversion; replace the permitted "Totem" sign at the proposed vehicular entrance with a "Flagpole" sign and other proposed signage with an area of 75sqms; and, the addition of Photovoltaic (PV) panels on the roof of the foodstore. All associated works, drainagae landscaping (hard and soft) to facilitate the development.
Permission · Sligo County Council, 21338
23 Jul 2021Conditional
Development consisting of construction of a new two-storey pitched roof extension to the side of existing dwelling which will incorporate existing first floor flat roof extension (the proposed extension will comprise of an additional 5.46 sq. m to the first floor and 17.81 sq. m to the ground floor)
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 21290
26 Apr 2021Conditional
Development consisting of (1) Permission to retain single storey extension to rear of dwelling house (2) Permission to retain conversion of attic space for use as habitable space with all associated works (3) Planning Permission is sought to install frosted window on gable end of dwelling house at first floor level and clear window at first floor level to front elevation of dwelling house with all associated works
Retention, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 21144
22 Dec 2020Conditional
development consisting of the construction of 64 accomodation units in 5 seperate blocks with the following typology: 2 no. accomodation blocks with 8 no. Three bed units and 3 no. accommodation blocks with 16 no. Two bed units. Additional works to the site include landscaping, play areas, proposed 204 car parking spaces, boundary treatment, proposed new main entrance and all associated site works and services within the curtilage of a protected structure RPS Ref 12 SE and 13 SE/NIAH 32012037 as identified in the Sligo County Development Plan 2017-2023
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 20445
3 Sept 2020Conditional
PP - development consisting of 1. Demolish existing dwelling house and attached garage. 2. Construct 2 no. 3 storey type detached dwelling houses, a new vehicular entrance onto Pearse Road (existing entrance onto Cleaveragh road to remain), connect to public services and carry out other associated site works at the corner
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 20293
12 Feb 2020Conditional
development consisting of (a) The change of use of ground and first floor area circa 132m2 from retail to café/restaurant (b) Alterations to front elevation and proposed signage and associated site works
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2033
3 Feb 2020Conditional
for development consisting of the repositioning of pedestrian and vehicular access onto Pearse Road, along with new driveway, in curtilage parking and associated landscaping
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2019
16 Dec 2019Conditional
development consisting of the extension and refurbishment of existing two storey dwelling consisting of single storey rear extension, roof alteration with new tile finish, insulated render system externally, removal of chimney and window size alterations and replacement
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 19503
16 Sept 2019Conditional
for development consisting of (a) Change of use of part of ground floor (20m2) of existing retail unit (formerly known as Mary's) at Castle Street to seating area to connect internally with and serve the existing Centra Shop and deli adjacent with all associated site works including alterations to the front elevation
Permission · Sligo County Council, 19383

The 25 most recent of 34 applications.

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Nature and heritage

Designated sites and recorded monuments

Designated sites

Special Area of Conservation: Lough Gill SAC 001976

Recorded monuments

SL014-065023 Cross - Market cross
Description
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SL014-127 Ringfort - unclassified
Description
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Architectural heritage

1798 Monument, monument, 1895–1900 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding marble statue, erected 1899, comprising female figure on limestone pedestal and plinth. Statue bearing banner inscribed '1798', cornice with carved shamrock motif. Commemorative texts inscribed in dado record date of laying of foundation stone, October 3rd 1898, and date of unveiling of monument, 9th September 1899. Situated at former market place intersection of Grattan and Market Streets. Bouding plinth wall, railings, corner posts and lamps now lost.
Shop/retail outlet, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced six-bay three-storey rendered retail premises, built c. 1900 with living accommodation on upper floors. Roof not visible, rendered chimneystacks, cast-iron rainwater goods on corbelled eaves. Painted ruled-and-lined rendered walls. Square-headed window openings, painted lugged-and-kneed render surrounds to second floor, painted aedicules to west first floor with Doric pilasters carrying entablatures with triangular pediments flanking segmental pediment, painted masonry sills, one-over-one painted timber sash windows, five-bay painted timber arcaded first floor display window with flat entablature over to east first floor. Ground floor shopfronts c. 1970. Street fronted.
House, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced two-bay three-storey rendered retail premises, built c. 1890, formerly with living accommodation above. Roof not seen behind parapet, cast-iron downpipe. Painted ruled-and-lined smooth-rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with painted lugged-and-kneed rendered surrounds to second floor, painted pedimented aedicules to first floor, painted masonry sills, one-over-one painted timber sash windows. Painted moulded render shopfront with flanking pilasters supporting corniced fascia terminating in ornate consoles, shop display windows with overlights over tiled plinth, central recessed painted timber and glazed entrance door. Street fronted.
House, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced two-bay three-storey smooth-rendered house, built c. 1840, with shop. Now in commercial use. Pitched slate roof, unpainted smooth render corbelled chimney, clay ridge tiles, cast-iron gutters on drive-in brackets on eaves corbel course. Painted, lined, smooth-rendered walls to upper floors. Square-headed window openings with painted rendered architrave, painted masonry sills, painted timber six-over-six sashes to first floor windows and six-over-three to second floor. Painted timber shop front, c. 1995 with deep timber fascia over multiple-paned display windows and recessed glazed door. Street fronted.
Shop/retail outlet, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced four-bay three-storey smooth-rendered commercial building, built c. 1850. Pitched slate roof, clay ridge tiles, smooth-rendered corbelled chimneystacks, cast-iron gutters on substantial decorative cast-iron brackets. Painted smooth-rendered walls to upper floors. Square-headed window openings, painted masonry sills, painted timber one-over-one sashes. Upper floors supported on slender cast-iron columns behind, delicately formed, expansive shopfront, c. 1930, curving into recessed shop doors. Slender horizontal top light to each shop window, painted fascia sign under moulded cornice terminated at ends by carved gabled consoles set on slender pilasters. Street fronted.
House, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced three-bay three-storey rendered house with shop, built c. 1890. Now in commercial use. Pitched slate roof, rendered chimneystack, cast-iron rainwater goods. Painted smooth-rendered walls. Square-headed window openings, painted stone sills, one-over-one painted timber sash windows to upper floors. Ground floor shopfront consists of painted timber fascia with cornice containing raised lettering over timber and glazed display windows with fixed overlights to east and west central door opening with plain overlight above painted timber and glazed entrance door. Street fronted.
House, 1830–1870 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced single-bay three-storey smooth-rendered former house, built c. 1850. Now in commercial use. Pitched slate roof, clay ridge tiles, unpainted smooth rendered corbelled chimney, half-round cast-iron rainwater goods on eaves corbel. Painted smooth-rendered walls above painted timber shopfront. Square-headed window openings, painted masonry sills, painted timber six-over-six sashes to first floor, six-over-three to second floor. Painted timber shopfront with slender pilasters supporting simple fluted consoles flanking plain fascia, below moulded cornice and above plate glass window with fourteen pane top light, deep door recess offset to west containing painted timber half-glazed door. Street fronted.
Shop/retail outlet, 1800–1850 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced single-bay three-storey smooth-rendered shop, built c. 1825, with living accommodation above. Pitched slate roof, unpainted smooth-rendered corbelled chimneystack, clay ridge tiles, half-round cast-iron gutters on drive-in brackets on corbelled eaves. Painted smooth-rendered wall to upper floors. Square-headed window openings, painted masonry sills, painted timber one-over-one sashes. Simple painted timber shopfront with timber four-panel door. Street fronted.
Shop/retail outlet, 1800–1850 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced single-bay three-storey smooth-rendered shop with residence over, built c. 1825. In commercial use. Pitched slate roof, unpainted smooth-rendered corbelled chimneystack, clay ridge tiles, half-round cast-iron gutters on drive-in brackets on corbelled eaves. Painted smooth-rendered wall to upper floors. Square-headed window openings, painted masonry sills, tripartite painted timber one-over-one sash windows, flanked by two-over-two to first floor and six-over-three sash windows flanked by two-over-one to second floor. Glazing bars removed from central sashes to first floor. Painted shopfront with moulded render jambs to doors and shop window. Square-headed door opening leading to upper floors with painted timber door with six raised-and-fielded panels and rectangular fanlight over. Painted timber four-panel door with rectangular fanlight over to shop. Flat painted signboard, c. 1990. Street fronted.
Public house, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
Description
Attached corner-sited two-bay three-storey smooth-rendered public house, built c. 1860. Hipped slate roof, unpainted smooth rendered corbelled chimneystacks on ridge, plain clay ridge tiles, half-round cast-iron gutters on painted timber fascia. Painted smooth-rendered ruled-and-lined walls to upper floors. Square-headed window openings, painted masonry sills, painted timber casement windows, c. 1975. Painted timber traditional style pub fronts to north and east elevations c.1995, moulded pilasters flanking plate glass display windows, high stall risers, recessed entrance doorways, sign-written fascias with simple cornices and flanking consoles. Street fronted on both elevations.
Building misc, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
Description
Attached corner-sited multiple-bay three-storey smooth-rendered commercial property, built c. 1870, with carriage arch to north of four-bay east elevation, quadrant single-bay corner to south of east elevation returns to four-bay south elevation. Pitched slate roof, plain clay ridge tiles, corbelled brick chimneystacks, lead roll sheeting to quadrant corner, deep moulded cast-iron gutters on painted moulded brick corbels. Painted ruled-and-lined smooth-rendered walls on tooled ashlar limestone plinth. Square-headed window openings with painted moulded architraves, painted masonry sills, decorative cast-iron sill guards to ground floor windows and glazed one-over-one painted timber sashes. Round-headed door opening with moulded architrave, recessed painted timber doorcase with slender Doric columns, thin moulded entablature with plain-glazed fanlight over four-panel door with bolection mouldings. Segmental-headed carriage arch with tooled ashlar limestone quoins and voussoirs, painted timber diagonally sheeted and chamfered framed double gates incorporating pass door. Square-headed planar glass door and overlight to south elevation. Street fronted to east and facing Court House gable to south.
Shop/retail outlet, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced two-bay three-storey retail premises, built c. 1860, with separate entrance to upper storeys on west. Roof not visible, one yellow brick chimneystack, one rendered chimneystack with yellow clay chimney pots, cast-iron rainwater goods. Painted smooth-rendered walls to upper floors, corbelled eaves, painted pilasters to shopfront. Square-headed window openings to upper floors, painted moulded render surrounds, sill course rising to semi-circle between second floor windows, moulded render keystone and kneed architraves to first floor windows, uPVC casement windows c. 1980. Square-headed window openings to shopfront with Doric pilasters supporting fascia board terminating in consoles, painted timber segmental-headed glazed shop window, recessed segmental-headed door opening with painted timber and glazed double doors. Square-headed door opening to west with overlight above hardwood panelled doors c. 2000. Street fronted.
House, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced five-bay three-storey rendered house with shop, built c. 1860. Roof not visible, rendered chimneystack, cast-iron rainwater goods. Now in use as retail outlets. Painted ruled-and-lined smooth-rendered walls to upper floors. Square-headed window openings to upper floors, painted sills, uPVC casement windows c. 1990. Surviving timber shutters visible in interior. Square-headed window openings to shopfront to west consisting of plate glass display windows flanking central recessed doorway beneath painted timber sign board, c. 1980, supported by original painted timber paired slender colonnettes at east and west and fluted pilasters to either side of entrance. Shopfront to east with similar details, original painted timber four-panel door, plain-glazed overlight. Street fronted.
Shop/retail outlet, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced five-bay three-storey retail premises, built c. 1840, with integral carriage arch to east. Pitched slate roof, brick and render chimneystack, moulded cast-iron rainwater goods on corbel brackets. Painted smooth-rendered walling, diamond-pointed rusticated panelled painted quoins. Square-headed window openings, painted moulded render architraves to second floor, flat-topped entablatures, consoles and moulded architraves to first floor, six-over-six painted timber sash windows. Painted moulded render shopfront with arcade of segmental- and round-headed window openings supported on fluted pilasters with flat panelled infill at impost. Square-headed recessed door opening, painted timber and plate glass double doors with overlight and sidelights. Segmental-headed carriage arch, painted metal double doors. Street fronted.
House, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced two-bay three-storey stone house with shop, built c. 1850, as one of a pair. Pitched slate roof, red brick chimneystack, moulded cast-iron gutters and circular downpipe. Coursed squared-rubble walling. Square-headed window openings to upper floors, painted brick dressings, painted masonry sills, painted timber sash windows, six-over-six to second floor, six-over-one to first floor. Shopfront with three painted timber fixed plate glass windows occupy full width of building, painted timber outward-leaning sign board c. 1990, terminating in fluted consoles above paired fluted pilasters. Street fronted.
House, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced three-bay three-storey stone house with shop, built c. 1850, as one of a pair. Pitched slate roof, red brick chimneystack, moulded cast-iron gutters and circular downpipe. Coursed squared-rubble walling. Square-headed window openings to upper floors, painted brick dressings, painted sills, painted timber sash windows, six-over-six to second floor, six-over-one to first floor. Shopfront with central recessed doorway with sliding doors, flanked by painted timber fixed plate glass windows, cast-iron columns supporting upper floors set behind shop windows, painted timber panelled door with plain overlight giving to upper floors to east side, full-width painted timber outward-leaning sign board c. 1990, terminating in fluted consoles above paired fluted pilasters. Street fronted.
Shop/retail outlet, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced two-bay three-storey rendered house, built c. 1880, with shopfront incorporating separate entrance door to west. Pitched slate roof, rendered chimneystack, moulded metal rainwater goods. Painted smooth-rendered walls, decorative moulded panels between first and second floor windows, straight channelled quoins to upper floors. Square-headed window openings, painted moulded render surrounds, painted masonry sills with moulded enrichments below, one-over-one painted timber sash windows. Painted render pilasters with rope-moulded corners on plinth blocks separate display window, shop entrance and doorway to upper floors. Painted timber fascia board with upper moulding sweeping over raised elliptical crest terminating in fluted console brackets. Square-headed recessed entrance door opening, plain bissected overlight, painted timber panelled and glazed door. Square-headed door opening to upper floors under continuation of shopfront, plain-glazed overlight, painted timber four-panel door. Street fronted.
Shop/retail outlet, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced two-bay three-storey smooth-rendered commercial premises, built c. 1830. Now in use as a shop and dwelling. Pitched artificial slate roof, uPVC rainwater goods. Painted, ruled-and-lined, smooth-rendered walls to upper floors with straight channelled quoins. Square-headed window openings, painted masonry sills, original to second floor and replacement c. 1960 to first floor, painted timber casement windows c. 1960. Painted timber shopfront, painted masonry plinth, flanking pilasters surmounted by pendentive consoles, sign-written fascia, central recessed doorway with half-glazed door, semi-circular plain-glazed fanlight over, mosiac threshold incorporating shamrock motif, six-panel entrance door giving to upper floors to west side with bolection mouldings, plain-glazed overlight. Street fronted.
House, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced two-bay two-storey rendered property, built c. 1830. Pitched slate roof, clay ridge tiles, unpainted smooth-rendered chimneystack, cast-iron gutters on eaves corbel course. Painted smooth-rendered walling. Square-headed window openings, painted stone sills, painted six-over-six timber sash windows. Shopfront to ground floor with plain painted timber fascia, fixed display window, painted timber fluted pilasters. Street fronted.
Building misc, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced seven-bay three-storey rendered former cinema, built c. 1890, now in use as offices. Integral carriage arch to north, extends to rear as corrugated iron shed. Pitched artificial slate roof, artificial ridge tiles, patent roof windows, half-round metal gutters on drive-in brackets, all c1990. Painted smooth-rendered ruled-and-lined walling, moulded enrichments including conical eaves corbels. Square-headed window openings to upper floors, moulded architraves, masonry sills on corbels to second floor, segmental pediments with corbels and frieze to first floor, uPVC casement windows. Recessed painted timber folding entrance door screen flanked by shopfronts, consoled fascia over. Street fronted.
Mill (tread), 1870–1890 · Regional interest
Description
Detached six-bay five-storey stone former mill building, built c. 1880. No longer in use. L-plan with return wing to south-east. Corrugated-iron sheeted hipped roof, skylight to west, cast-iron rainwater goods. Random rubble limestone walls, vertical openings to two loading bays on north elevation with red brick dressings. Segmental-headed window openings, brick block-and-start surrounds, timber relieving lintels under brick arches, now blocked with plywood sheets. Square-headed carriage opening to west of north elevation, concrete lintel, timber sheeting over opening. Painted timber vertically sheeted doors at each floor. Approached through archway from south side of Castle Street, car park to north and east, adjoining derelict building to north-west.
Sligo Courthouse, court house, 1875–1880 · National interest
Description
Detached multi-bay two-storey stone French Gothic style courthouse, built c. 1878. Four-stage octagonal tower with dormered spire to south of symmetrical main block, two-bay three-storey south-east wing, with south-west wing across small courtyard, two-storey north wing. Steep hipped slate roofs set behind parapets, tall stone corbelled chimneystacks, wrought-iron decorative crested ridges, mitred hips to spire, clay hip tiles to other roofs. Squared-and-snecked rubble limestone walls, ashlar sandstone dressings and strings. Main front with triple-pointed arch openings to entrance with six trefoil arched windows to first floor and pair of pointed arch windows at second floor with flanking circular bartizans with conical roofs. South-east wing with square-head window openings with quadrant corners, paired at first and second floors with central colonette at first floor. North-east wing with similar windows at first floor, paired segmental-headed with inset trefoil arches. All window openings with painted one-over-one timber sash windows. Pointed-arch opening to main entrance set behind colonnaded porch, pair of half-glazed varnished oak double doors with glazed fanlight over. Pointed-arch opening to entrance to south-east wing with hood moulding and corbelled flat arch over hardwood panelled door. Wrought-iron gates and railings to south-east wing and main entrance approached by steps. Street fronted entrance hall with two-storey pointed-arch arcades to stone staircases to north and south sides, hammer beam truss roof with full-width glazed lights.
Teeling House, shop/retail outlet, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
Description
Attached three-bay three-storey rendered commercial premises, built c. 1860, with integral carriage arch. Pitched artificial slate roof, unpainted smooth-rendered chimneystacks, clay ridge tiles, mortar verge to south gable, painted timber projecting barges to north gable, moulded cast-iron gutters on profiled eaves corbels. Painted smooth-rendered ruled-and-lined walling. Square-headed window openings to east and north elevations, painted masonry sills, painted moulded architraves, painted louvred shutters to first and second floor east-facing windows, painted timber casements to most of east elevation except one painted six-over-one timber sash window at north second floor, painted six-over-one timber sash windows to north gable. Plain painted timber shopfront with central entrance and full-width sign with cornice, display windows with plain-glazed overlights, painted double doors each with eight panels, plain-glazed overlight. Square-headed carriage arch to south, painted metal folding doors. Street fronted on hill, projecting forward from courthouse to north, aligned with front of lower two-storey buildings to south.
House, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
Description
End-of-terrace one-bay three-storey rendered house, built c. 1860. Part of a terrace of four. Pitched slate roof, unpainted smooth-rendered chimneystack on gable, half-round gutters on corbelled eaves course. Painted smooth-rendered ruled-and-lined walling, projecting plinth. Square-headed window openings, painted masonry sills, varnished hardwood top-hung casement windows. Round-headed entrance doorway, painted panelled door c. 1995, sunburst fanlight, stone entrance steps. Street fronted, lower two-storey properties to south.
House, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced one-bay three-storey rendered house, built c. 1860. Part of a terrce of four. Pitched slate roof, half-round metal gutters on drive-in brackets on corbelled eaves course. Painted smooth-rendered ruled-and-lined walling. Square-headed window openings, painted masonry sills, aluminium casement windows. Round-headed entrance, painted timber panelled door c. 1985, plain-glazed fanlight, stone door steps. Street fronted on hill.
House, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced one-bay three-storey rendered house, built c. 1860. Part of a terrace of four. Pitched slate roof, unpainted smooth-rendered corbelled chimneystack, cast-iron gutters on drive-in brackets on corbelled eaves course. Unpainted smooth-rendered ruled-and-lined walling. Square-headed window openings, painted reveals, painted masonry sills, varnished hardwood casement windows. Round-headed entrance doorway, hardwood panelled door c. 1990, sunburst fanlight. Street-fronted on hill.
House, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
Description
End-of-terrace two-bay three-storey rendered house, built c. 1860, with integral carriage arch. Part of a terrace of four. Pitched slate roof, unpainted smooth-rendered corbelled chimneystacks, half-round steel gutters on corbelled eaves course. Unpainted smooth-render ruled-and-lined front elevation. Square-headed window openings, painted masonry sills, uPVC casement windows. Semi-circular-headed entrance doorway, painted four-panel timber door c. 1999, sunburst fanlight. Square-headed carriage arch, painted timber vertically-sheeted double gates incorporating pass door. Street fronted with stone steps to entrance and cobbled and stone slab paving to carriage arch.
House, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
Description
End-of-terrace two-bay two-storey rendered house, built c. 1890, with timber shopfront to ground floor north. Pitched artificial slate roof, unpainted smooth-rendered chimneystacks, cast-iron gutters on eaves corbel course, cast-iron downpipe. Painted smooth-rendered ruled-and-lined walling to front elevation, unpainted roughcast to south gable with traces of underlying red brick. Square-headed window openings, painted stone sills to first floor, painted two-over-two timber sash windows. Shopfront having narrow timber pilasters supporting plain timber fascia terminating in one-dimensional scrolled brackets, square-headed mullioned display window on stall riser to north, square-headed door opening to south, plain-glazed overlight, limestone step, painted timber panelled door c. 1990. Street fronted, on inclined street, enclosed yard to south with painted smooth-rendered boundary wall.
Sligo Garda Síochána Station, RIC barracks, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
Description
Attached corner-sited three-bay three-storey former Royal Irish Constabulary barracks, built 1848, now in use as Garda Station. Extensively refurbished 1995. Projecting gable-fronted single-bay two-storey entrance porch to west elevation. Hipped artificial slate main roof, pitched roof to porch, clay hip and ridge tiles, smooth-rendered chimneystack to south, cast-iron gutters on overhanging eaves. Random rubble limestone walling to front elevation, straight quoins to corners, projecting plinth. Unpainted smooth-rendered walling to other elevations. Square-headed window openings, red brick block-and-start surrounds, concrete sills, one-over-one uPVC casement windows. Round-headed first floor window opening to entrance porch, uPVC casement window. Square-headed door opening to entrance porch, uPVC door in glazed screen. Street fronted, at busy intersection opposite courthouse.
House, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced two-bay two-storey rendered house, built c. 1830. One of a group of twelve. Pitched artificial slate roof, artificial ridge tiles, unpainted smooth-rendered chimneystack, patent roof window c. 1990, moulded cast-iron gutters on eaves corbel course. Painted smooth-rendered ruled-and-lined walling, projecting plinth. Square-headed window openings, painted stone sills, painted six-over-six timber sash windows. Square-headed door opening, plain-glazed overlight, painted four-panel timber door. Street fronted.
School, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
Description
Attached three-bay two-storey stone former school building, built c. 1890, now in use as community centre. Entrance to west (side) elevation, two-storey single-pitched projection to south-west. M-profile artificial slate roof, clay ridge tiles, uPVC rainwater goods. Rubble limestone walling, tooled ashlar flush quoins. Square-headed window openings, yellow brick surrounds, limestone sills, painted two-over-two timber sash windows. Square-headed door openings to west and south elevations, yellow brick surrounds, sheet metal doors c. 1990. Steel fire escape staircase to south-west. Set back from street in own grounds, painted smooth-rendered high boundary wall to north with segmental copings, steel fence to south, attached to two-storey building to east.
School, 1800–1860 · Regional interest
Description
Attached corner-sited multi-bay two- and three-storey stone school building, built c. 1830, now in use as community centre. 'L'-plan. Five-bay east elevation, two-bay north elevation to main block. Two-bay three-storey link building to west of main block adjoining building to west. Two-bay two-storey extension to south of main block c. 2000. Hipped artificial slate roofs, clay ridge tiles, moulded cast-iron gutters on painted timber fascia on eaves corbel course. Random rubble limestone walling, full-height blind arcading forming segmental-headed recessed panels to all elevations, limestone plaque located on pier between first floor windows contains National School inscription. Square-headed window openings to ground floor, segmental-headed to first floor, block-and-start red brick surrounds, limestone sills, multi-pane hardwood casements c. 2000. Former elliptical-headed door opening to ground floor north elevation link building, now window but retaining sunburst fanlight. Square-headed door opening to ground floor north elevation link building, red brick surround, hardwood double doors each with three panels c. 2000. Corner sited, set back from road on restricted site, smooth-rendered high masonry boundary wall to north, lower roughcast wall to splayed north-east corner and east boundary, entrance from Chapel Street.
Bethany, school, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
Description
Detached multi-bay two-storey-over-basement stone former school building, built c. 1860, now in use as dormitory accommodation. Extensively renovated c. 2000. Approximately 'T'-plan, main block to east with entrance in west elevation of north side, return building to west with single-bay two-storey extension to west end c. 2000. Hipped slate roofs, clay ridge and hip tiles, cast-iron gutters on painted timber fascia boards on eaves corbel course. Uncoursed squared rock-faced limestone rubble walling, tooled limestone quoins, ashlar limestone sill courses. Square- and equilateral-headed window openings, yellow brick block-and-start surrounds, stone keystones to arched openings, uPVC casements c. 2000. Equilateral-headed door opening, yellow brick block-and-start surround, stone keystone, three-pane plain-glazed overlight, painted timber eleven panel door, limestone steps to concrete pavior entrance threshold. Set back from road in grounds on elevated site, smooth-rendered boundary walls, single-storey pitched roof outbuildings c.1860 to south-east and south-west, modern school buildings to south.
Globe House, convent/nunnery, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
Description
Detached fourteen-bay three-storey rendered former convent, built c. 1850, now in use as residential centre for asylum-seekers. Four-bay breakfront, with projecting two-bay three-storey porte cochere to centre, slightly higher, and possibly earlier, than five-bay wings. Three-storey double-pile central return, small extension c. 1995 to north-east corner east wing. Chapel c. 1890 with classically-styled pedimented façade attached to west. Hipped slate roofs, clay ridge and hip tiles, verge stones to gables of central block, unpainted smooth-rendered chimneystacks, moulded cast-iron gutters on deeply overhanging eaves on carved timber corbels. Painted smooth-rendered walling; ashlar limestone detailing to porte-cochere including platbands, pedimented and corbelled round-headed central niche interrupting platband at first floor and central paired Doric columns carrying inner sides of arched openings on south elevation; limestone base plinth. Square-headed window openings to ground floor west wing and first and second floors main building, round-headed window openings to ground floor entrance and ground floor east wing, flat limestone entablatures to first floor porte cochere windows, Diocletian window to second floor porte-cochere with plain ashlar limestone archivolt and keystone, painted stone sills, uPVC casements c. 1995. Round-headed door openings to east and west sides of porte-cochere, moulded limestone archivolts, moulded imposts on ashlar piers, hardwood glazed door screens c. 1995. Round-headed entrance door within porte-cochere, moulded architrave on plinth blocks, painted timber double doors each with central circular panel, rectangular lower panel and glazed upper panel with concave bottom edge, spoked margined fanlight. Former round-headed door opening to centre of west wing, with moulded architrave, now window opening. Chapel with five-bay nave, pitched slate roof, crested clay ridge tiles, overhanging eaves on moulded corbels, giant Tuscan Doric pilasters supporting triangular pediment to south façade with embellished roundel in tympanum, moulded render surrounds to door and window openings, uPVC doors and casements c. 1995. Geometric tiling to floor of porte-cochere. Group set back from road to west on elevated site in grounds, car park to south, small graveyard with wrought-iron gates to west, seven-bay three-storey novitiate building c.1850 to north-east.

Ground and risks

Radon, landslides, flooding

Radon: At the centre of the townland of Abbeyquarter South, 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 low. 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.

Homes sold

Property Price Register

No address of the register names Abbeyquarter South with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo.

The townland

Name: Abbeyquarter South · Ceathrú na Mainistreach Theas
Area: 391,320 m² (39.13 ha, 96.7 acres)
Civil parish: St. John's, and its townlands
Barony: Carbury
Electoral division: Sligo East, the unit of the census
Census 2022: 4,940 people lived in 2,073 households in the Sligo East electoral division. 55% of households owned their home. 12% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
Neighbouring townlands: Abbeyquarter North, Caltragh, Cleaveragh Demesne, Commons, Knappagh Beg, Knocknaganny, Magheraboy, Rathquarter
Placenames: Abbeyquarter South 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.