UK Roadtrip Take Two - Galway to Sligo

26th September

This morning we packed up our gear, and loaded it all into the car, by now Nanny was a bit squished on the back seat, farewelled Orla, the friend we had been staying with and begun our trip to Sligo. Sligo is a coastal seaport and the county town of County Sligo, within the western province of Connacht. Situated on a coastal plain facing the Atlantic Ocean, Sligo is located on low gravel hills on the banks of the Garavogue River between Lough Gill and the estuary leading to Sligo Bay. The town is surrounded by numerous mountains, with the ridges of Slieve Daeane and Killery Mountain to the southeast, Cope’s and Keelogyboy Mountains to the northeast and the distinctive mountains of Knocknarea to the west and Benbulben to the north. With a population of approximately 20,000 in 2016, it is the second largest urban centre in the West of Ireland, with only Galway being larger.  Our decision to stop off here for the night was purely made as it was too far to drive directly to Derry from Galway in the round-a-bout sort of fashion we like drive, and though we (sort of) drove straight there, it still took us all day to reach the town with all the stops we make!

Taking the M17 as far as Tuam, we detoured off onto the N5 to Castlebar, before heading up to Charlestown and finishing in Sligo.  Along the way we found several little shops and town streets to wander. 

Once arriving in Sligo, we drove through the main streets of town and had a bit of a walk through here too.  We decided to stop off at the central Tescos and pick up a few supplies before heading to our accommodation as we didn't know what would be around the place we were staying. When I mapped where the apartment was, it was literally around the corner from Tescos, on one of the main streets of town.  Nothing like being central!

Sligo

Sligo