Architecture of Sligo

1250 – Dominican Friary, Sligo, Co. Sligo

Known locally as the Abbey, this Dominican Friary was founded in the mid-13th century by Maurice FitzGerald, Baron of Offaly. The Abbey has had a turbulent history,

1730 – St. Mary the Virgin & St. John the Baptist Cathedral, Sligo, Co. Sligo

Architect: Richard Cassels

A much modified Georgian Cathedral with Victorian glass and fitttings from 1890, the Cathedral of St.

1802 – Markree Castle, Co. Sligo

Architect: Francis Johnston

The castle, as we see it today, dates from 1802 with exterior changes by the architect Francis Johnston and with some changes made,

1818 – Former Prison, Sligo, Co. Sligo

Designed to hold 200 inmates in a polygon-shaped building, with six-bay two-storey facets and six-bay three-storey terminal block to south. The Governor’s residence situated in the centre of the prison.

1842 – Seafield, Co. Sligo

Architect: George Papworth

Also known as Lisheen, and now almost completely ruined. Reputed to be haunted, the house was abandoned in the 1920s after repeated attempts to rid the house of its presence failed.

1848 – Dominican Friary, Sligo, Co. Sligo

Architect: John Benson / G.C. Ashlin

Church constructed between 1845-48 replacing an earlier church of 1763. A tower was added several years later.

1850 – Railway Station, Sligo, Co. Sligo

Architect: John Skipton Mulvany

Built in the early 1850s by John Skipton Mulvany, the architect of the sublime Broadstone station in Dublin,

1850 – Seaweed Baths, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo

Unusual building, formerly a Seaweed Baths, and now increasingly derelict. One of the corner turrets is now gone.

1852 – Hyde Bridge, Sligo, Co. Sligo

Architect: Sir John Benson

This is the main bridge in Sligo and was built between 1848-53 by local architect and engineer Sir John Benson.

1852 – Library, Sligo, Co. Sligo

Architect: Walter Blackett & Joseph James

Built as an Independent Church in Gothic Revival style circa 1852, it was converted in 1954 into a Library.