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Sligo County Museum

Sligo County Museum is a county museum in County Sligo. You will find it inside Sligo’s urban area. Our list has 11 more places within 15 km; first among them is Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, at 500 m.

Photo: Sligo County Museum, Djedi Guy (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where
In Sligo
inside the urban area
How well known
Top 27%
#466 of 1,783 places we list
Warmest months
Jun–Aug
highs of 18–19°C
In brief

Museum in Sligo

Inside Sligo

Sligo County Museum is inside Sligo’s urban area, with 8 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from Fáilte Ireland’s open data, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata and the CSO’s 2022 town outlines, with Met Éireann’s 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

When to go

The warmest stretch in Sligo is June to August, at 18–19°C in the afternoon.

Jan8° / 3°120 mm
Feb9° / 3°97 mm
Mar10° / 4°88 mm
Apr13° / 5°76 mm
May16° / 7°79 mm
Jun18° / 10°84 mm
Jul19° / 12°103 mm
Aug19° / 12°107 mm
Sep17° / 10°98 mm
Oct14° / 7°117 mm
Nov11° / 5°131 mm
Dec9° / 3°133 mm
Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Sligo, and rain in a month. Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages for Sligo (Copyright Met Éireann, CC BY 4.0). Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Sligo’s full climate →
About

Sligo County Museum

It is written up in 2 Wikipedias. On the county map, it is in County Sligo.

Sligo County Museum on Wikipedia ↗

Type
Museum
Wikipedias
Covered in 2 languages
Town
in Sligo
Facts: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0), Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
The map

Where Sligo County Museum is

Use the numbers to match each place near Sligo County Museum with the list.

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© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Sligo’s urban area. · CSO 2022 outline

Towns near it

Towns around Sligo County Museum, by distance

Home to 20,608 people, Sligo is the largest of these 8. All of these towns include it on their pages.

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  1. 1Sligo
  2. 2Ballincar
  3. 3Rosses Point
  4. 4Ballysadare
  5. 5Strandhill
  6. 6Carney
  7. 7Ballygawley
  8. 8Collooney
1 · It’s in town

Sligo

20,608 people · 20 places to visit

2 · 2.8 km northwest of it

Ballincar

423 people · 15 places to visit

3 · 5 km northwest of it

Rosses Point

883 people · 15 places to visit

4 · 7.3 km south of it

Ballysadare

1,747 people · 1 place to visit

Compare the 8 towns
TownWhere Sligo County Museum isPeoplePlaces to visit
SligoIt’s in town20,60820
Ballincar2.8 km northwest of it42315
Rosses Point5 km northwest of it88315
Ballysadare7.3 km south of it1,7471
Strandhill8.1 km west of it1,9826
Carney8.2 km northwest of it3736
Ballygawley9 km south of it2850
Collooney10 km south of it1,7970
Make a day of it

Worth adding to a visit

Around it, within 15 km, lie 11 more, including 2 cathedrals, 2 museums and an abbey or priory.

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Planning a visit to Sligo County Museum

Where is Sligo County Museum?

Sligo County Museum is in Sligo, Sligo, inside the town’s urban area.

What is Sligo County Museum?

County museum in County Sligo, Ireland.

How well known is Sligo County Museum?

Sligo County Museum has 2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages: #466 of the 1,783 Irish places we list.

When is the best time to visit Sligo County Museum?

June to August are the warmest months in Sligo, with afternoon highs of 18–19°C (Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Sligo County Museum?

Within 15 km: Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Sligo (500 m), Sligo Abbey (300 m), St John the Baptist Cathedral, Sligo (400 m) and Model Arts and Niland Gallery (300 m).

Sources: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0), © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Wikidata (CC0), CSO 2022 town outlines (CC BY 4.0), Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages (CC BY 4.0).

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (5)

Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).