Gender Diversity
Residence of Spike's father, Leo and grandfather Sgt. William Milligan, Sligo Artillery, 1880's - 90's. Spike Milligan 1918 - 2002 comic genius and author. "My father was born in Sligo. Very Irish, very working class family, very poor!"
5 Holborn Street, Sligo, Ireland
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Yeats Memorial Building built 1899 Former branch of the Belfast Banking Co & later the Royal Bank. Designed by Vincent Craig in the Arts and Crafts style. Donated to the Yeats Society in 1973 by Allied Irish Banks
1 Lower Knox Street, Sligo, Ireland
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Charlotte Matilda Blake Thornley mother of author Bram Stoker lived on this street. Her experiences in 1832 of the Great Cholera Epidemic in Sligo provided the inspiration for Stoker's great Gothic novel Dracula
Teeling Street, Sligo, Ireland
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Martin Moffatt, 1882-1946, Recipient of the Victoria Cross and the Belgium Croix de Guerre, for bravery in action in 1918, during the first World War [full inscription unknown]
21 Emmett Place, Sligo, Ireland
William Partridge 1874-1717. Leader of the Dublin workers during the 1913 lockout. Captain in the Irish Citizen Army. Served under Countess Markievicz in the Royal College of Surgeons in 1916. [full inscription unknown]
Chapel Street, Sligo, Ireland
Bernard Colleary, 1838-1907. Mayor of Sligo. Member of Parliament.
Hargadon's, 4/5 O'Connell St, Sligo, Ireland
St John's Cathedral built 1730. Designed by Richard Cassels , Architect of Hazelwood House, Sligo, and Leinster House. Gothic style. Many famous people buried in the Churchyard. [full inscription unknown]
nr RC Cathedral, Sligo, Ireland
William Pollexfen 1811-1892, Shipping and Corn Merchant with William Middleton. Grandfather to W.B., Lily, Lollie and Jack B Yeats. [full inscription unknown]
McCanny's Building, corner of Wine St and Adelaide St, Sligo, Ireland
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The Gillooly Hall built 1904. Built as a Temperance Hall and dedicated to the memory of Bishop Laurence Gillooly, 1858-1895 [full inscription unknown]
Opposite the RC Cathedral, Sligo, Ireland