Transition Year 1916 Centenary Project

Sligo Through The Decades1916 – 1925

Joseph McDonaghAoibhin Buckley

Silvio Conte

Significant Events In Sligo

• Spanish Flu 1918 - 1919

• Proportional Representation 1919

• The Noble Six 1922

• Sligo Olympians 1924

Spanish Flu

The Spanish Flu 1918-1919

These women are pictured wearing international health gauze masks distributed to be worn in public in an attempt to prevent the spread of the deadly influenza (www.getholistichealth.com)

• The population of Sligo was drastically reduced between the census of 1911 (79,045) and 1926 (71,388)

• A main factor of this was the Spanish Flu. This epidemic killed more people in one year then the Black Death over four years

• The death rate was very high, symptoms including; unstable pulse, sore throat, headaches, loss of appetite and gastro-intestinal pains

The Spanish Flu 1918-1919• The epidemic was nicknamed ‘the black flu’

because patients would often turn purple or even black while suffering from this deadly disease

• It spread quickly because of the masses of soldiers travelling through multiple ports, including Sligo port, and had soon taken over the country.

• By the summer of 1919, the flu pandemic came to an end, as those that were infected either died or developed immunity.

Proportional Representation

Proportional RepresentationSligo was the first electorate in Britain and Ireland in which proportional representation was used as a voting system.It was first used in the January 1919 election of the Sligo Corporation.

Election Count in Sligo Town Hall Kilgannon Foley Collection.

“Proportional Representation secures that minorities shall be represented in proportion to their strength. It is the one just system of election under democratic government.”- Arthur Griffith, 25th February, 1911

Election Statistics and Results

S.R.A Sinn Féin Labour Independents

87

54

Sligo Corporation 1919 Election Results

Sligo 1919 Election Results

Seat

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In 1918 the Representation of the People Act gave the vote to all males over the age of 21 and most women over 30.

• A total of 48 candidates ran for 24 seats.• 2208 people voted in the election. 80%

of those who were entitled to vote.

Proportional Representation is used today as the national voting system and has survived attempts to replace it.

Ballot Counting

Sligo’s Nobel Six

• On Monday morning, 18th Sept, the Pro-Treaty Free State Army (FSA) troops advanced from several directions on Rahelly House, which had been the headquarters of the IRA since they evacuated Sligo town in July.

The Anti-Treaty I.R.A forces decided to withdraw to the area around the North of Benbulben.It was estimated that they were outnumbered 10:1

• By Wednesday afternoon it began to emerge that there were many casualties. Later in the afternoon the bodies of Seamus Devins, Brian Mac Neill, Patrick Carroll and Joseph Banks were recovered.

Sligo’s Nobel Six

Sligo’s Nobel Six

• On Monday morning 2nd October the startling news reached Sligo that the bodies of Harry Benson and Thomas Langan had been found near Ballinatrillick.

• The republicans claimed the six had been shot after surrender, though conclusive evidence is lacking it appears the republican account may be true.

Picture thanks to picsawebs.com

SLIGO OLYMPIANS

1924 Olympics ParisThe 1924 Olympics was the first Olympics that Ireland (then the Irish Free State) took part in as an independent nation.

John Joe Dykes

• Sligo’s first Olympian was footballer John Joe Dykes.

• He was also the first Sligo man to captain the Irish International team.

He won the Free State Cup (now FAI Cup) with Athlone Town in 1924, becoming the first Sligo man to do so.

John Joe Dykes

Painting in the Olympics

• Painting was the first Olympic event in which Ireland (the Irish Free State) won an Olympic medal.

• Won by Jack B. Yeats for oil painting ‘The Liffey Swim’.

• He was awarded silver medal.

Jack B. Yeats. (1923). The Liffey Swim. [Painting]. Available at: http://www.nationalgallery.ie

References

• http://www.independent.ie/regionals/sligochampion/localnotes/sligo-protestants-and-the-borough-election-of-january-1919-27564871.html

• http://www.sligotoday.ie/details.php?id=36451• http://www.sligolibrary.ie/sligolibrarynew/media/SligoLibrary/Sligo400d

ocuments/PR%20(19).pdf• http://www.nationalgallery.ie/Exhibitions/Lines_of_Vision/Larger_Image

s/Glynn_Alan.aspx• http://www.olympic.org/content/the-ioc/commissions/culture-and-oly

mpic-heritage-commission/?tab=advocacy• Independent:http://www.independent.ie/regionals/sligochampion/sport

/soccer/sligoman-who-skippered-ireland-27586365.html• http://www.irishtimes.com/news/proportional-representation-and-the-s

ingle-transferable-vote-its-use-in-ireland-1.1035255• ‘The Protestant community in Sligo, 1914–49’ • The Irish Revolution 1912-23 SLIGO

Transition Year 1916 Centenary Project

1926-1935Aishling O’Regan

Cormac NugentPauric Maxwell

Contents 1927 Countess Markievicz Dies

1928 Sligo Rovers Founded1935 Mary OHara born

1927 John Jinks absents the Dail1932 Deferred Sligo-Leitrim

Constituency Election

Timeline

Ireland• 1926 Fianna Fail founded • 1932 Eamonn De Valera

Taoiseach • 1932 Britian warned Ireland

that the Oath of Allegiance is mandatory

• 1932 Fianna Fail won majority

Sligo• 1927 Countess Markievicz

dies • 1927 John Jinks absents

himself from the dail • 1928 Sligo Rovers founded • 1935 Mary O'Hara born

Death of Countess Markievicz• Lifespan: February 1868 to

July 1927. • Countess Markievicz was a

member of the Resistance during the Rising.

• She was later involved in the Government of Ireland, up until her death in 1927.

• "One thing she had in abundance, physical courage; With that she was clothed as with a garment"

- Sean O'Casey

Sligo Rovers

• Sligo Rovers were founded in 1928.

• They had early successes in the same year as their founding.

• Robert Preston became their first manager, in 1934.

Mary O’Hara

• Mary O'Hara was born in Sligo on May 12, 1935.

• Some of her works include: Songs Of Erin (1957) and Love Songs of Ireland (1958)

John Jinks Absents the Dail

"John Jinks is the Ruler of Ireland. It is a John Jinks Government." - Sean Lemass

• John Jinks was born in Drumcliffe, Sligo in 1873 .

• In August 1927, he was involved in an infamous event, resulting in a political mix up.

• John Jinx died on the 11th of September 1934.

Deferred 1932 Sligo Leitrim Constituency Election

• Cumann nGaedheal TD Patrick Reynolds and Detective Patrick McGeehan were shot dead while canvasing in the Sligo Leitrim constituency

• Under the Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935, the Leitrim-Sligo constituency was abolished and replaced by two separate 3 seat constituencies: Sligo and Leitrim.

Transition Year 1916 Centenary Project

Sligo, 1936 -1945Brónagh Kennedy

Christopher O’Brien

Contents

The Truskmore Plane Crash

• On the afternoon of 9th December 1943 Ballintrillick

• There were ten young airmen of the United States Army Air Forces.

• An American Bomber, a B-17 Flying Fortress from Goose Bay to Prestwick in Scotland.

The Emergency in Ireland

Look-Out Posts

• One thing that did help the American pilots were the coast watchers, a series of pill boxes posted around the coasts to keep a look out for planes in distress

• Coast video on Pill Box 71

Sligo’s involvement in the Spanish Civil War 1936

• A group of eleven Sligo Volunteers answered the call of Blueshirt General Eoin O’Duffy to fight for General Franco in the Spanish Civil War in 1936.

• This group of men was formed by Sidney Gallagher.

• Bishop Edward Doorly gave a passionate sermon in the Sligo Cathedral describing vividly how priests in Spain had been slaughtered.

The Moylough Belt Shrine• This relic dates back from

the 8th Century.• The belt was discovered in

1945 by Mr. John Towey when he was cutting turf on a farm in Moylough Co. Sligo.

• It has a central placed medallion of a Celtic cross.

• Probably associated with a local saint and must have been an important relic.

• This Belt can be found in the National Museum of Ireland.

Inishmurray poitin trade• Inishmurray Island was know for its role in making Whiskey.

The Police soon became aware of the illegal production and tried to stop it.

• A successful landing was achieved, on January 9th, 1936.• The whiskey trade declined after World War II due to sugar

rationing, leading to a big drop in the income of the inhabitants of the island and the eventual abandonment of the island in 1948.

Pictures we have gathered over the decade

Bibliography

An image taken during a visit to Duxford Imperial War Museum outside Cambridge in September2010. This is a flying example of the B-17, ‘Sally B’, operated from the Duxford airfield. (Photo: D.

Burke 2010) See the organizations website: www.sallyb.org.uk

Ireland and the Spanish Civil War http://irelandscw.com/band-Sligo1.htm

Second World War Look-outs http://mullaghmore-active.blogspot.ie/2011/10/mullaghmore-look-out-post.html

World War 2 today, U.S bombs fall from U.S planes http://ww2today.com/27th-january-1943-u-s-bombs-from-u-s-airplanes-with-u-s-crews-hit-germanyThe Coastguard Cutter, http://www.coastguardsofyesteryear.org/articles.php?article_id=139

Bibliography

An image taken during a visit to Duxford Imperial War Museum outside Cambridge in September2010. This is a flying example of the B-17, ‘Sally B’, operated from the Duxford airfield. (Photo: D.

Burke 2010) See the organizations website: www.sallyb.org.uk

Ireland and the Spanish Civil War http://irelandscw.com/band-Sligo1.htm

Second World War Look-outs http://mullaghmore-active.blogspot.ie/2011/10/mullaghmore-look-out-post.html

World War 2 today, U.S bombs fall from U.S planes http://ww2today.com/27th-january-1943-u-s-bombs-from-u-s-airplanes-with-u-s-crews-hit-germanyThe Coastguard Cutter, http://www.coastguardsofyesteryear.org/articles.php?article_id=139

Transition Year 1916 Centenary Project

Contents • 1946-1955

• Martin Moffat VC

• Men of Destiny

• Yeat’s Funeral

• S.S Walnut

• Markievicz Park

Martin J Moffat VC1882-1946

Martin Moffat with the Victoria cross.

• Martin J. Moffat was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross.

• Moffat who was from Knappagh Road in Sligo, first served in the Connaught Rangers.

• Lived in Sligo until his death in 1946

Men of DestinyPainted by Jack. B. Yeats

1946

• 30th Anniversary of the Easter Rising

• Fishermen in Rosses Point, who left their daily lives to fight for freedom in the Easter Rising

Men of Destiny, courtesy of the National Gallery

Picture courtesy of Ireland-calling.com

W. B. Yeats’ Funeral 17th September 1948

• Yeats died in1939 while in France but due to the outbreak of WW2, his body was not returned to Ireland until 1948.

• Éamon De Valera attended the state funeral. It represents how important the event was at the time

• Buried in the cemetery at Drumcliffe where his great-grandfather was rector

The town hall was opened the year of W. B. Yeats’ birth, in 1865

De Valera on his way to the funeral. Photograph courtesy of the Hudson Archives

Hearse outside Town Hall. Photograph courtesy of Dublin City Council website

S.S. Walnut 1948 Refugee Ship • Refugees wanted to settle in Canada to avoid Russian occupied Estonia.• Set off November 13th from Sweden, and docked into Sligo to escape a

winter storm• Arrived in Canada on the 13th of December 1948. • The ship was a WW2 minesweeper, built for a crew of 18.

''We and our children will remember your people forever''

Passengers statistics• There were 347 refugees on board, including 120 families. Most were Estonians

but there were also some Latvians, Danes and Poles, one Austrian and one German

Estonians Latvians,Poles, DanesAustrian German

Markievicz Park 1955

• Markievicz Park is the principal GAA stadium in County Sligo.

• Built in 1955. • Sean Forde was influential

in gathering funds. • It is named after Constance

Markievicz

Reference ListWalnut ship 1948 available at www.walnutship1948.ca/Walnut_Ship_Estonian_Refugees_photo_album.htm

National Gallery available at http://www.nationalgalleryimages.ie/en/page/show_home_page.html?gclid=CKv5trbyzsoCFcOw2wodq_EMEw

Ireland calling website available at http://ireland-calling.com/march28/http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/most-expensive-irish-paintings.htm

Ask about Ireland available at http://www.askaboutireland.ie/narrative-notes/de-valera-going-to-yeats-/

Yeats Funeral; town hall, (1948), image available at http://www.dublincity.ie/story/funerals-w-b-yeats-1939-and-1948

Wikipedia Available at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Moffathttp://www.oldsite.leinster-regiment-association.org.uk/ledegem/the_vc_winners.htm

Google available at https://www.google.com/fusiontables/DataSource?docid=1VTIBOuL3pN16YB743p3wTQSlRgCDH7OC-VdHh3w

Pitch check available athttp://www.pitchcheck.ie/2009/10/22/markievicz-park-ballyfermot-road-ballyfermot-dublin-10/

Transition Year 1916 Centenary Project

1956-1965 SligoThe Lost Decade

Amy FeelyEilish GleesonEvelyn HamiltonKatie Cawley

Contents:

• Emigration • Modern Industrial Investment • The first female Gardaí• Maeve de Markievicz• Culture

Emigration

Irish emigrants heading to America in late 1950s.

• Emigration was common in the 1950s.

• This was caused by high levels of unemployment.

• Roughly half a million people left Ireland in this decade.

Mary Walsh was born in 1943 and was raised in Curry Co. Sligo. She emigrated to New York in 1961.

Mary Walsh in her apartment in New York 1962Mary Walsh outside her house in Curry 1959

Emigration → Mary Walsh

Modern Industrial Investment → Basta

Basta is a factory in Tubbercurry, Co. Sligo. It opened in 1955.

This factory not only created employment but also boosted local population.

In 1958, 50 junior infants were enrolled in the local convent. The year before, only 9 had been enrolled.

The staff of Basta.

Modern Industrial Investment → Tool and Gauge Ltd.

Other industries sprung up as a result of Basta opening in Tubbercurry.Tool and Gauge Ltd. was the idea of Mr. James Gallagher. It opened in 1956.

• It became the mother of Irish tool making.

• Its reputation and highly trained toolmakers brought pride to Tubbercurry, and it boosted employment in the area.

The staff at a Tool and Gauge dinner dance.

The First Female GardaíIn 1959, the first female Gardaí were appointed. This was amajor breakthrough for women.One of these women was from Sligo, Elizabeth Josephine Dwyer.

‘Plain…but not horse-faced’

Maeve de Markievicz

Maeve de Markievicz

• Daughter of Countess Markievicz, she was born in Lissadell in 1901 and was raised by her grandmother Lady Gore-Booth.

• She moved to England at age 14. After a long illness, she returned to Sligo in 1961 to recuperate.

• Her visit lasted 3 months. During this last visit in Sligo she created many paintings, such as ‘The Little Waves of Breiffny’.

Drama → Phoenix Players

• In 1958, they won Best Production at the Western Drama Festival, at the Ballyshannon festival and at Cavan festival.

• ‘The Gaol Gate’ was nominated to go forward to the All Ireland Amateur Drama Festival, where they won second place in the One Act Open Competition.

Cast and producer of ‘The Gaol Gate’.

Music → Showbands

The Clefonaires, 1962.

• ‘The Clefonaires’ were a famous showband formed in the 1950s, in Tubbercurry, Co. Sligo.

• They played shows in local halls and ballrooms. They always gathered a good crowd.

• They also toured in England and Denmark.

Music → Jim Reeves’ Visit

• In the summer of ‘63, Sligo got ataste of a world class singer.• Jim Reeves or “Gentleman Jim”played in the Las Vegas Ballroom inStrandhill as part of an Irish tour inJune 1963.• He was an iconic musician, andbecame even more iconic after hedied in a plane crash in 1964.• Tickets to the show were sevenshillings and sixpence.

The advert for Reeves’ Sligo performance.

Reference List

Bell, K. (Editor) (2013) Hidden Histories: Political/Historical Perspectives of Sligo. Dublin: W&G Baird Ltd..

Caine, A. (2005) Meeting the Scholars Coming Home, Curry National; School 188301975. Sligo: JDK Design.

Council Honour for Sligo's UN Peace-Keeping Troops. The Irish Independent, 28th December, 2006, p.13.

Gallagher, E. (1996) The Phoenix Players, 50 Golden Years. Sligo: JKD Design.

Gallagher, F. (2008) The Streets of Sligo. Latvia: Livonia Press.

Glynn, I., Kelly, T. and MacÉinrí, P. (2013) Irish Emigration in an Age of Austerity. Cork: City Print.ie.

Mc Gowan, J. (2009) Constance Markievicz. Newtownabbey: Nicholson & Bass.

McTernan, J.C. (2000) A Sligo Miscellany. Dublin: Colour Books Ltd..

McTernan, J.C. (2000) In Sligo Long Ago. Dublin: Colour Books Ltd..

Tubbercurry Active Retirement Association (2011) The Way That it Was. Sligo: JKD Design.

Tubbercurry Active Retirement Association (2011) The Way That it Was II. Sligo: JKD Design.

Glynn, I., Kelly, T. and MacÉinrí, P. (2013) Irish Emigration in an Age of Austerity. Cork: City Print.ie.

Websites Accessed

Flannery, O. & Flannery, P. (2016) 1955-1965: The Phoenix Spreads its Wings.(http://phoenixplayerstubbercurry.info/?page_id=49)(accessed: 16th January, 2016(internet). Gallagher, I. (2000) Ian Gallagher Home Page (http://www.iangallagher.com/clefonaires.html)(accessed: 24th

January, 2016)(internet).

(http://www.irish-showbands.com/images/showbands/lcxclefs62.htm)(accessed: 25th January, 2016) (internet).

(http://www.sligo-ireland.com/sligobands.htm)(accessed: 26th January, 2016)(internet).

(http://www.thejournal.ie/horsefaced-female-gardai-1701258-Oct2014/) (accessed: 27th January, 2016)(internet).

McGloin, E. (2013) Fifty years ago today, Jim Reeves hit Sligo town (http://www.sligotoday.ie/details.php?id=26169)(accessed: 23th January, 2016)(internet).

Mc Gowan, J. (2005) Sligo Heritage (http://www.sligoheritage.com/index.htm) (accessed: 25th January, 2016)(internet).

Tubbercurry Chamber of Commerce (http://tubbercurry.ie/about-tubbercurry/) (accessed: 22th January, 2016)(internet).

Transition Year 1916 Centenary Project

Sligo Centenary Project1966-1975

Moya Gorman, David Watters and Rhian Sayers

Contents

• Sligo provincial win 1975

• Sligo Sounds festival 1971

• Ray MacSharry start of political career 1968

• Introduction of free education

• Renovation of the Holy Cross Church 1973

• World events 1966- 1975

Sport• 1975:Sligo GAA beat

Mayo in the football provincial final.

• The first match went to a replay, with a scoreline of Sligo 2-10 Mayo 1-13.

• The replay finished 2-10 to 0-15 to Sligo at

McHale Park on 20 July.

• Mickey Kearins scored and assisted both goals, Barnes Murphy was the

captain.

Culture

• 1971 Sligo sounds was the County’s first open air music festival.

• The June back holiday weekend brought music, hippies and raised prices to Sligo.

• The Showgrounds rocked to the sounds of Horslips, Fairport Convention, The Chieftains and Tir na nOg.

Politics• Ray MacSharry was born

in Sligo April 29th 1935.

• He entered politics in 1967, elected to Sligo County Council and the Borough Council.

• He was first elected to Dáil Éireann in 1969, as a Fianna Fáil TD.

• Became Tánaiste and Minister for Finance in 1982 and Irelands European Commissioner in 1989.

Education• In 1972 Donagh O’ Malley, Minister

for Education, introduced free post-primary education in Ireland.

• During the worst years of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, Summerhill College welcomed children from the North during the summer of 1972.

• Summerhill College opened its new school between 1968 and 1969, and it introduced subjects such as Woodwork and Metalwork to the school in 1972, becoming the first school in Sligo to have all subject choices available for students.

Community

• The Holy Church Friary was rebuilt in 1973 as the Holy Cross Church

• The church was designed by architect Pearse McKenna, after the previous church was demolished in 1970.

• His designs are reminiscent of the German architect Hans Schaedal.

• He finished renovating the church in 1973.

World Events

References

www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/football/2012/.../323844-history-of-galway-v-sligo/

Sport

Culture

Valerie Finan,The Stage at the Showgrounds 1971. http://www.sligotoday.ie/details.php?id=21409

Johnny Stenson, 1975

Politics

Ray MacSharry

Thanks for listening.

Sligo Through The Decades1976-1985

Eimear Mc HughLauren Verdon

Bridie Lyons

Mullaghmore and the death of Mountbatten -1979 Excavation of the Carrowmore Tombs- 1977

The official opening of the Hawks Well Theatre -1982 The closure of the Snia factory -1983

contents

• Lord Louis Mountbatten was born on the 25 th June 1900.

• On August 27th 1979, Mountbatten went fishing at the harbour at Mullaghmore on his fishing vessel ‘Shadow V’.

• Mountbatten was warned about visiting Sligo by Gardai.

Mountbatten holding his twin Grandson’s, Timothy and Nicholas Knatchbull.

Classiebawn Castle, Mullaghmore, by Gareth McCormack

Mullaghmore

• The bomb was detonated as Mountbatten made his way into Donegal Bay

• Also on board the boat was his eldest daughter Patricia, her husband John, their twin sons Nicholas and Timothy Knatchbull, John’s mother Doreen (Lady Brabourne) and Paul Maxwell, a young crew member from County Fermanagh.

• Mountbatten survived the explosion but later died from his injuries and Nicholas (aged 14), Paul (aged 15) and Lady Brabourne also died from the blast. The others were seriously injured.

Mountbattens boat the ‘Shadow V’Supreme Commander

of the Nato fleet

Mullaghmore

• A permit was issued in 1974 for the excavation of the tombs at the site of Carrowmore, 3km west of Sligo town.

• The site was not excavated until 1977 due to lack of funding.

• Stefan Burgh was the leading archaeologist on the excavation.

Aerial view of Tomb no. 51, Carrowmore, Co. Sligo[Goran Burenhult]

Excavating the megalithic cemetery at Carrowmore.

The Excavation ofCarrowmore

• A permit was issued in 1974 for the excavation of the tombs at the site of Carrowmore, 3km west of Sligo town.

• The site was not excavated until 1977 due to lack of funding.

• Stefan Burgh was the leading archaeologist on the excavation.

Aerial view of Tomb no. 51, Carrowmore, Co. Sligo[Goran Burenhult]

Excavating the megalithic cemetery at Carrowmore.

The Excavation ofCarrowmore

• Antler and bone pins with mushroom shaped heads and stone or clay balls.

• The excavations also uncovered large quantities of unopened mussels and oysters

• Quartz fragments accompanied most of the burials

• The antler pins, shellfish, and ornaments made from sperm whale teeth found in the graves.

What was found?

Bone slip from Cairn H, from Conwell's excavations.

• The history of the Hawk’s Well Theatre began with Sligo’s long and deep tradition of amateur dramatics.

• The dream of a Theatre for Sligo was what the people of the County really wanted, especially those associated with the amateur drama movement in the area and the members of the Sligo Drama Circle.

The Hawk’s Well Theatre

The official opening on January 12th 1982

A photograph of the Hawkswell in 1982

• On January the 12th1982 the President of Ireland at the time, Patrick Hillery opened the event.

• The opening play Much Ado About Nothing, ran for a week in the brand new theatre and was the beginning of a long association between the Hawk’s Well Theatre and Druid Theatre Company.

• During it’s early years, the Hawk’s Well maintained a varied program of local and national theatrical and cultural events that it still maintains today

"It is not often in the world in which we live in that we hear of the opening of a new theatre…You have set a worthy headline here. May your good example be followed by other towns and districts all over Ireland".

(Patrick Hillery, President of Ireland 1976-1990)

Patrick Hillery who opened the Hawk’s Well Theatre

http://www.megalithicireland.com/Carrowmore%20Complex.h

Avaliable on Daily Mail:http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/08/06/article-1300980-0AB35C0B000005DC-757_468x286.jpg

http://www.hawkswell.com/content/files/hpqscan0035.jpg

SourcesAvailable on Megalithic Ireland:

Available on Hawkswell Theatre:

http://www.rte.ie/archives/2015/1202/750693-president-hillerys-last-day/

Avaliable on RTE:

• The factory was built in 1969 in Hazelwood by the Italian firm Snia to manufacture nylon yarn.

• Used to employ up to 500 people from 1969-1983.

• Closed down in 1983

1983 closure of Snia Factory

Snia Factory Fire in the 1970’s, by Esther Cassidy, Corran Hearld

References

• http://www.garethmccormack.com/stock-photos/image/coastal-view-of-classie-bawn-castle-mullaghmore/

• http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1300980/My-twin-brother-dead-family-blown-apart-Suddenly-Queen-went-unstoppable-mothering-mode-Lord-Mountbattens-grandson-relives-IRA-bomb-attack.html

• The archaeological excavation at Carrowmore, Co. Sligo, Ireland: excavation seasons 1977-79 by Burenhult, Göran. Burenhults Förlag ; Institute of Archaeology, University of Stockholm, 1980

• http://www.hawkswell.com/about/history/

• www.lookwest.ie/hawks-well-theatre-iyeats-poetry-competition-2015/

• http://www.rte.ie/archives/2015/1202/750693-president-hillerys-last-day/

• http://ballymoteheritage.com/corran-previous-issues/

Transition Year 1916 Centenary Project

Sligo through the decades1986-1995

Luke GallagherAlula Keevil

Johanna Knauf

ContentsHughes Bridge opens 1988

Yeats statue erected 1989Ray MacSharry becomes EU commissioner for agriculture 1989

Fleadh Cheoil in Sligo 1989-1990-1991Sligo rovers win FAI cup 1994

Hughes Bridge Opens

• Construction began July 1987

•Construction was completed December 9th 1988

•Two thousand people turned up to the bridge opening

•The four lane bridge cost €2.55 million

Focal crossing point of the Garavogue River.

Yeats Statue ErectedYeats Statue

• Was unveiled by Senator Michael Yeats(Yeats’ son)

• Created by Rowan Gillespie and funded by

Ulster Bank and the local community

• This was built to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the poet death

• Body of the statue is engraved with extracts of his poems

Ray MacSharry appointed EU commissioner for Agriculture

• Born in Sligo in 1938• Elected to Sligo County

Council 1967• 1967-1989 elected as

Fianna Fail TD for Sligo-Leitrim

• 1984/1987 member of the European Parliament

• 1989 EU Commissioner for Agriculture and served with distinction

Fleadh Cheoil 1989-1991• Fleadh was in Sligo for 3

years

• “ Where better to host the Fleadh than Sligo, renowned the world over for it’s rich and distinctive musical heritage”- The Sligo Champion

• Brought tourism to Sligo and renewed Sligo’s interest in local Trad Cheoil

• RTE Archive 1990 Fleadh•

Sligo Rovers won FAI cup• They won the 1993-1994

season FAI cup

• The manager at the time was Willie McStay

• They won 1-0 against Derry city, Eddie Annandwon scored the winning goal

98

References• Hughes Bridge: credit to Fiona Gallagher, ”streets of Sligo”, Hughes bridge

at night, Horizontal picture https://www.flickr.com/photos/niallio77/8295790075/in/photostream/

• Yeats statue #1: http://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/82/64/826470_3ecc1b93.jpg

Yeats Statue Black and White: http://yeats2015.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/yeats-statue-1-

710x400.jpg• http://blogs.lt.vt.edu/bfulcer/2013/12/08/the-horrors-of-chernobyl/

Transition Year 1916 Centenary Project

Sligo Through the Decades1996-2005

By Hugh Kisby, Sarah Walsh and Aoife Power

Contents Sale of Lissadell House – 2003

Sligo Man Dies in 9/11 Attacks – 2001Westlife Receive Freedom of Sligo – 2000

Famine Statues Erected – 1997Pauline McLynn - 1996

Lissadell House

• Lissadell house was sold in 2003 by Sir Josslyn Gore-Booth, to the Cassidy-Walsh family.

• Kieran Gorman had been working near the top of the south tower on the morning of Sept. 11.

• A relative said he was not supposed to go back to work until later in the week but had been called in early to oblige a friend.

• Gorman had grown up in the parish of Achonry-Mullinabreena, about 17 miles southwest of Sligo town.

Sligo Man Dies in 9/11

Westlife

• Westlife were an Irish boy band, formed in July 1998 and disbanded in June 2012.

• On 1 July 2000 Westlife were honoured as Freemen of the Borough of Sligo.

Famine Statues Erected• The memorial statues were erected in

1997 by Sligo Famine Commemeration Committee.

• They were erected to mark the 150th Anniversary of Black ‘47

Mrs Doyle

Pauline McLynn

• Pauline McLynn is an actor born in Sligo.• She was most famous for playing Mrs. Doyle in

the sitcom Father Ted• She won the 1996 British Comedy Award Top TV

Comedy Actress for her role in Father Ted.• Her films include Far and Away, When Brendan

Met Trudy, An Everlasting Piece, Angela’s Ashes and Heidi and Gypo

References• http://www.goss.ie/2015/04/brian-mcfadden-reveals-his-biggest-regr

et-about-quitting-westlife/31118/

• http://www.independent.ie/regionals/sligochampion/news/westlife-confirm-first-sligo-concert-in-seven-years-will-go-ahead-at-lissadell-27571052.html

• http://www.yeatscountryantiques.ie/News.php?post=4 • http://positive.ie/blog/2015/02/04/the-many-emotions-of-a-trainee-f

utures-trader/

• http://shameless.wikia.com/wiki/Pauline_McLynn • http://www.independent.ie/regionals/sligochampion/news/special-ce

remony-for-911-victims-29547326.html

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks • https://irishamericancivilwar.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/

img_5467.jpg• http://jfarmstrong.com/faoin-sceach-sligos-famine-graveyard-memori

al/

Transition Year 1916 Centenary Project

Sligo

2006-2015

Aoibhín Buckley

Contents• The Sligo Dock Strike Centenary

2013• Prince Charles and the Duchess of

Cornwall visit Sligo• Sligo Fleadh 2014 and 2015• 150th anniversary of the birth of

WB Yeats• Helicopter Search and Rescue

base at Sligo Airport

The Sligo Dock Strike Centenary 2013

The Sligo Dock Strike Centenary 2013

A poster celebrating the centenary of the Sligo Dock Strike, 1913

• The Great Dublin Lockout has overshadowed other industrial disputes, but a similar battle took place in Sligo port 6 months earlier.

• The dispute began on March 8th, 1913, when seamen on the SS Sligo demanded extra money for handling cattle. The employer, the Sligo Steam Navigation Company, rejected the claim.

• When the seamen went on strike the dockers supported them. They left the ship with the cattle on board.

• Intervention by employers and introduction of scab labourers led to clashes on the docks and riots in the town and one striker, Patrick Dunbar, was killed.

The Sligo Dock Strike Centenary 2013

• Victory in Sligo was achieved at the same time Dublin was fighting a bitter battle for better pay, and this was a morale booster for Dublin dockers and carters.

• On the 6th May 1913 settlement was reached when the employers caved in and the position of the ITGWU at the port was secured.

• Events celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Sligo Dock Strike of 1913 took place on Wednesday the 1st of May.

“Things have now assumed an aspect which grossly threatens the commercial prosperity of the port and the town generally”- The Sligo Champion

Prince Charles and the Duchess of

Cornwall visit Sligo

Prince Charles and Camilla visit Sligo 2015• In May 2015, Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall,

came over from the UK on a four-day visit to the Republic of Ireland, and most importantly, Sligo.

• As the pair visited Mullaghmore, Co. Sligo, it was an understandably emotional time for Prince Charles.

• It was in this picturesque Irish harbour village where his beloved great-uncle, Lord Louis Mountbatten, died in an IRA bombing in 1979.

• The official visit to the Republic of Britain's Prince Charles and his wife, the Duchess of Cornwall, ended with the couple spending the evening at Sligo Races.

Charles and Camilla in Mullaghmore, Co. Sligo, where the princes uncle died in an IRA bombing

Prince Charles and Camilla visit Sligo 2015

• In the Model, he made a touching speech about his grand-uncle and was greeted by a special gift from Sligo, a piece of music in three movements specially commissioned for the visit performed by wonderful musicians.

• They toured the Model’s prized Niland collection which includes works by John and Jack B Yeats, Paul Henry, Louis Le LeBrocquy and Prince Charles’s close friend the late Derek Hill.

• Later in IT Sligo, Prince Charles met students and was briefed on the Lake Isle of Innisfree project, part of the Yeats 2015 cerebrations, which saw the poets dream of a cabin on Lough Gill realised in time for his birthday on June 13th. Hundreds of students and staff gathered to welcome Prince Charles during an hour-long visit which included a visit to IT Sligo’s new €17 million MacMunn Science Building.

Sligo Fleadh Cheoil2014 and 2015

Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann• Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, the world’s largest traditional music festival,

was held in Sligo in 2014 and 2015. This event caused a 25% increase of footfall in Sligo town, as music lovers from countries such as Ireland, Britain, the US, Japan and Korea moved between street sessions, competitions and over 250 official Fleadh events, which all sold out.

• Public relations officer for Fleadh Cheoil Michéal Ó Donhnaill estimated that the event could have brought somewhere between €40 million and €50 million into the town.

A busy street in Sligo town during Fleadh Cheoil, with an estimated 450,000 in attendance

Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann• The Fleadh relies on volunteers

to keep the event running smoothly, almost 2,000 dedicated volunteers to be precise! These volunteers acted as ‘street ambassadors’, they picked up litter, manned carparks, camp sites and competition venues, and in general helped to ensure that visitors enjoyed their experience of Sligo.

• The Fleadh was a massive boost to both the economy of Sligo and to the people of Sligo themselves.

A poster for the 2014 Fleadh Cheoil, Sligo

The Helicopter Search and

Rescue Unit Sligo

The Helicopter Search and Rescue Unit Sligo• The Helicopter Search & Rescue Base at Sligo Airport is operating since

2004. The helicopter is operated by a crew of four, maintained by a team of engineers, and supported by a team of dedicated airport staff all year round

• The coastguard's search and rescue helicopter based at Sligo airport had its busiest year ever in 2013. In six months the Sligo base at strandhill performed seven more operations than the traditionally busiest base, Shannon.

• The Sligo Rescue Helicopter can be seen regularly in the sky's over Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim, Mayo and Galway when on life saving missions ranging from Search and Rescue missions at sea, on mountains, inland waterways, lakes and Island emergency medical evacuations, they also provide Helicopter Emergency Medical Services to support the HSE Ambulance service. The helicopter performed

appromiately 320 missions in it’s first years since formation

YEATS 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF

BIRTH