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Title: pound st sligo- completed
Post by: jackie ogorman on Wednesday 09 April 08 12:16 BST (UK)
can anyone please tell me exactly where pound st is in sligo.thank you for any help
Title: Re: pound st sligo
Post by: Christopher on Thursday 23 April 09 23:46 BST (UK)
Hi Jackie,

I'm not certain of the location of Pound Street although I've learnt that there's a ruined Dominican Chapel in the street which dates from the eighteenth century. The map in this link may assist in spotting the street ... http://www.johnthemap.co.uk/pages/sligo/sligo_centre.html

Christopher
Title: Re: pound st sligo
Post by: Ms. Smokestoomuch on Sunday 26 April 09 21:21 BST (UK)
Ballina town I think.
Ballina used to be considered Sligo.
Title: Re: pound st sligo
Post by: Christopher on Monday 27 April 09 00:44 BST (UK)
Quote from: Ms. Smokestoomuch on Sunday 26 April 09 21:21 BST (UK)
Ballina town I think.
Ballina used to be considered Sligo.

There's definitely a Pound Street in Sligo www.sligoweekender.ie/news/story/?trs=qlkfgb  This article in the Sligo Weekender isn't about Ballina

I think Pound Street is now known as Connolly Street ... Pound Lane, which runs off it, still has its old name.
Title: Re: pound st sligo
Post by: LynRennick on Monday 04 May 09 19:03 BST (UK)
My husband was born in Connolly Street..it was most definitely called Pound Street at

There is a Dominican Friary in High Street, which is a continuation of Connolly Street..one street leads directly into another. The Friary was partly knocked down in the early 1970s and rebuilt, although there is still part of the old Friary still there at the back. This is just part of a wall of the old chapel but there is no roof.

The ruins of a Dominican abbey are in Abbey Street.

Lyn Rennick
Title: Re: pound st sligo
Post by: Tu2Tu on Monday 03 August 09 23:21 BST (UK)
Hi jackie,

Connolly Street in Sligo is the old Pound Street in Sligo.  There is an excellent book "The streets of Sligo" by Fiona Gallagher - an excellent read of general interest on the streets of sligo.   
Title: Re: pound st sligo
Post by: doch on Tuesday 04 August 09 19:43 BST (UK)
hi.

 there is also old pound street in sligo,it runs from mail coach road to circular road.

                                   doch.
Title: Re: pound st sligo
Post by: Tu2Tu on Tuesday 04 August 09 19:45 BST (UK)
I think that is locally called ..."the valley of the squinting windows" :)
Title: Re: pound st sligo
Post by: doch on Tuesday 04 August 09 20:01 BST (UK)
hi tu 2 tu.

 my back door is on old pound street but i've never heard it called that.(could be apt).

          cheers.doch.
Title: Re: pound st sligo
Post by: Tu2Tu on Tuesday 04 August 09 20:04 BST (UK)
Im less than a mile from you then!!............................ :) :) :)
Title: Re: pound st sligo
Post by: doch on Tuesday 04 August 09 20:10 BST (UK)


in town?
Title: Re: pound st sligo
Post by: Tu2Tu on Tuesday 04 August 09 20:15 BST (UK)
No, just outside the town - countryside on 3 sides...about 1.5miles from the GPO...nice quiet spot!
Title: Re: pound st sligo
Post by: doch on Tuesday 04 August 09 20:20 BST (UK)
enjoy the peace and quiet its hard to get.

                      cheers.doch.