Looking back at Sligo's Past was compiled by the Sligo Family Centre and the Sligo Active Retirement Association and published in 1999. It is a small paperback with some 50 pages of old (c.1900-1940s) photos and reminiscenses of Sligo.
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| Gallows Hill
| Thomas Street - Picture Theatre House - showing lots of local children (1940s)
| Provincial Bank (Sean Ford Bank)
| Ulster Bank, corner of Holborn & Stephen Streets.
| The Mall c.1910.
| Bridge at Bridge Street, showing shops either side.
| Strandhill c.1915
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| Cafe Cairo, Wine St.(owned by John Harte)
| Woolworths, O'Connell Street
| Healys Butcher Shop (c.1940s)
| McGoldricks Hardware Shop, Grattan or Radcliffe St..,
| P.Killgallens Pub, "The Thatch", the Mall, Sligo. (1930s)
| McDonaghs Drapery Store, Castle Street
| Tohers Chemist, Stephen St.
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| Home of Councillor Campbell (near Calry Church)
| Cloverhill House (Knocknasmer)- owned by Chambers Family c.1870
| District Judge Flatterys House c.1910 poss.showing him and 2 daughters
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| Calry Church & Presbytery
| Old Friary - Holy Cross Church, Market St.
| High Alter - Old Friary Church
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| Salmon Catchers at Flagging Point of Sligo Towns Tidal Water.
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| The Docks
| Wheel-wright Traders - Gillen & Flaherty
| Cook & McNeilys Bacon Curing Factory c.1930
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| Sligo Railway Station (built 1862)
| Macarthurs Van c.1940s. |
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| Ned Kelly, Town Crier (1940s)
| Visit of De Valera to Sligo c.1948. |