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Over 55’s Package
Book your getaway now and avail of our Over 55’s package deal. You will be treated to scones and tea or coffee on arrival, B&B and a three-course evening meal for only €74.50 per person. This offer is subject to availability, so book now to avoid disappointment.
Call Teresa on 071 9185025 or email: reception@cawleysguesthouse.ie
Sligo Will Enchant You…
Sligo is a county that celebrates its independent spirit. A place steeped in history and mythology, with a creative tradition that lives in the music, art, poetry and expression of its people. From lakes and rivers to beaches and dramatic limestone mountains, Sligo is a place where ancient sites, spectacular landscapes and rolling waves inspire stories, trails and adventures that will open your mind and invigorate your body.
Come and join us in Sligo where an enriching visitor experience is on offer. Visit our page dedicated to Festivals in Sligo and Tubbercurry, Family Holidays and Activity Holidays.
Ideas for your perfect holiday in Sligo
Planning your holiday has never been easier as Sligo has a host of activities to make this your perfect holiday. Whether you prefer a fun-filled family holiday or perhaps a quiet, relaxing getaway taking in the beautiful sights, Sligo and the Northwest has this to offer. This could include a day trip to Coney Island, the local Seaweed Baths, Spas, Walks, Lakes, Seal Watching and Forest Parks. The adventure seekers can try surfing, sailing, kayaking, kite surfing or scuba driving. Sligo also has world-class fishing, golfing and an array of historical cultural sites to visit.
Enjoy Traditional Irish Culture
Coleman Irish Music Centre – Traditional Irish Music Centre
Gurteen, Co.Sligo (10 mins from Cawley’s Guesthouse, Tubbercurry)
www.colemanirishmusic.com
The Coleman Traditional Irish Music Centre is a celebration of Irish Music, Culture and Heritage as expressed in the South Sligo Style of music played by Michael Coleman and other musicians of his time. This community-based enterprise in Gurteen, Co.Sligo, Ireland is dedicated to ensuring that the tradition of Irish music remains a living one ‘an traidisián beo’ and that it continues to be enjoyed by all ages and nationalities.
Sligo Folk Park
Riverstown, Co.Sligo, (25 mins from Cawley’s Guesthouse, Tubbercurry)
www.sligofolkpark.com
Fun for young and old: Children can discover how their great-grandparents used to live and those who are still young at heart can take a trip down memory lane to rediscover how life used to be in the old days. Throughout the year they hold a number of events including: an Easter Egg Hunt, Santatown and Scare in the Park at Halloween. Visit their Facebook page for details of upcoming events.
Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery
Carrowmore, Sligo (30 minutes from Cawley’s Guesthouse, Tubbercurry)
www.heritageireland.ie/en/north-west/carrowmoremegalithiccemetery
The largest cemetery of megalithic tombs in Ireland and it is also among the country’s oldest. Over 60 tombs have been located by archaeologists, the oldest predate Newgrange by some 700 years. A restored cottage houses a small exhibition relating to the site. Restricted access in centre for people with disabilities (the tombs are inaccessible to people with disabilities).
National Museum of Ireland – Country Life
Castlebar, Co.Mayo (30 mins from Cawley’s Guesthouse, Tubbercurry)
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Country-Life
The museum is home to Ireland’s National Folk Life Collection and charts the day-to-day lives of our rural ancestors from the 1850s to the 1950s. Exhibitions explore an almost vanished way of life through traditional crafts and skills, life in the home, farming and fishing, life in the community, festivals and customs. Visitors can see how ordinary people lived during an extraordinary century of change, rebellion, revolution and revival. Interactive audio and visual displays, objects, rare archive photography and film footage combine to make the past present. The Museum is set in modern exhibition galleries in the spectacular grounds of Turlough Park House and surrounded by magnificent gardens and lake. Admission to this national museum is free of charge.
Knockcroghery, Co.Roscommon (1 hour and 10 minutes from Cawley’s Guesthouse, Tubbercurry)
www.facebook.com/ClaypipeCentre
The Claypipe Visitor Centre is located in Knockcroghery, 8km (5 miles) from Roscommon town. For over 250 years the village was famous for the production of the tobacco clay pipe or dúidin. The Visitor Centre and Workshop are located on the original site of Andrew and P.J. Curley’s pipe factory. The craft of Claypipe making has now been revived in the workshop and visitors can watch as pipes are handcrafted using the original methods of production.
Relax and Unwind in Sligo
Strandhill, Co.Sligo (35 mins from Cawley’s Guesthouse, Tubbercurry)
www.voyaseaweedbaths.com
VOYA Seaweed Baths and Spa offer an organic seaweed skincare experience, VOYA Organic Seaweed Baths & Spa Seaweed treatments. Imagine relaxing back into a luxurious steaming organic seaweed bath or try a massage, facial, exfoliate or body wrap. VOYA have used generations of acquired wisdom about the sea to bring you an organic beauty range designed to delight and purify your body.
