Globe House in Co. Sligo SLIGO

Globe House is located in the OFFALY coastal town of Sligo in the northwest region of Ireland. This centre houses families and single males. COUNTY SLIGO

Centre Manager: David Kelly

Jesuit Refugee Service Ireland LOCAL SERVICES

PUBLIC SERVICES

Social Welfare Office Citizen’s Information Service Cranmore Rd, Abbeyquarter South Sligo Bridgewater House, Rockwood Parade, Sligo Phone: 071 914 8200 Phone: 0761076390 Email: [email protected] Sligo Garda Station Pearse Rd, Abbeyquarter North, Sligo Phone: 071 915 7000

VOLUNTEERING AND EDUCATION

Sligo Volunteer Centre Sligo Education and Training Centre 1 Gaol Road, Abbeyville Terrace, Sligo Manorhamilton Rd, Ballytivnan, Sligo Phone: 0719111042 Phone: 0719159500 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Sligo County Library Stephen Street, Sligo Phone: 0719111850 Email: [email protected]

SUPPORT GROUPS

Diversity Sligo Sligo Global Kitchen Asylum Seekers and Refugees Support The Model Globe House, Chapel Hill, Sligo The Mall, Sligo Phone: 086 232 5951 www.facebook.com/foodsies/ Email: [email protected] The Avalon Centre LGBT Support Community Centre SMILY LGBT Youth Group Chapel St, Abbeyquarter North, Sligo Rockwood Parade, Sligo Town, Phone: 071 916 1836 Co. Sligo Parenting Support Phone: 089 482 0330 Lifestart Sligo Email: [email protected] The Lifestart Building, Pearse Road, Sligo Phone: 071 9146034 National LGBT Support Line 1890 929 539 CHILD AND FAMILY

Sligo Family Resource Centre For information on schools in the area 49 The Mall, Sligo visit: Phone: 0719146315 www.education.ie/en/find-a-school Email: [email protected]

SPORTS CLUBS

Sligo Rovers Sligo GAA www.sligorovers.com www.sligogaa.ie Sligo Athletic Club www.facebook.com/SligoAthleticClub

FURTHER RESOURCES www.sligococo.ie www.sligotidytowns.ie Sligo, Co. Sligo

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. With a population of 20,000, Sligo is a historic, cultural, commercial, industrial, retail and service centre. Served by rail, port and road, Sligo is a very popular tourist location being situated in an area of outstanding natural beauty with many literary and cultural associations.

Sligo has a diverse population of varying nationalities and religious denominations making it a hub for integration.

Knocknarea, a limestone hill in Sligo, is believed to contain an unexcavated Neolithic passage tomb. Hiking this hill also provides a wonderful view of Sligo and Ballysadare.

Strandhill Beach in Sligo is known as one of Europe’s key surfing sites.

Sligo is also home to Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery. Built in the 4th millennium BCE, this is the largest and one of the oldest cemeteries in Ireland, and sits in front of a beautiful mountain landscape.

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