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Sligo by train

  • 17-04-2015 5:53am
    #1
    tharmor
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    Any ideas is it worth going to sligo by train from dublin ?

    Any places in sligo where kids will enjoy ?

    Anyone with similar experiences and trips would appreciate advise...


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  • #2
    AgileMyth
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    How old are the kids? Would surfing lessons be an option?

    There's loads to do in Sligo.


  • #3
    jjbrien
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    AgileMyth wrote: »
    How old are the kids? Would surfing lessons be an option?

    There's loads to do in Sligo.

    Really? I found the opposite. A very dull town with nothing to do. Went there a few years ago and looked around the town for stuff to do. Got back on the next train and headed home.

    My Maa went there last year and the same thing happened to her she ended up just getting something to eat then leaving.

    OP there are better places to go Sligo isnt one of them unless you went a car and go look at Yate's country.


  • #4
    coylemj
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    It's also a relatively slow service with 11 intermediate stops (excl.Drumcondra), a minimum of three hours from Connolly to Sligo. Better going to Cork city, two and a half hours by train with more trains to pick from and much more to see when you get there. Or Galway, about two hours and 20 minutes and you arrive in the city centre.


  • #5
    keithclancy
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    http://www.tripadvisor.ie/Attractions-g186635-Activities-Sligo_County_Sligo_Western_Ireland.html


    Mostly outdoorsy stuff


  • #6
    jjbrien
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    keithclancy wrote: »
    http://www.tripadvisor.ie/Attractions-g186635-Activities-Sligo_County_Sligo_Western_Ireland.html


    Mostly outdoorsy stuff

    You would need a car to do most if not all of this stuff. If you want to walk around sligo isnt the place for you.


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  • #7
    fricatus
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    Must disagree, I spent a lovely afternoon pottering around the town, but it depends on what you're into. Best to do your homework first.


  • #8
    tharmor
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    Well we have dropped the idea...will go by car...thanks for all the inputs ...cheers !!


  • #9
    Fr Tod Umptious
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    tharmor wrote: »
    Well we have dropped the idea...will go by car...thanks for all the inputs ...cheers !!

    As another asked what age are the kids ?.

    There is an indoor play place in Colooney (sp) which is on the way into Sligo.

    It has the usual stuff for the young kids but also has stuff like a climbing wall and high ropes type stuff for the older kids, might be an option.

    Its at the back of a half finished/half occupied Celtic tiger era business park on the right off a roundabout as you come in from the Dublin side.


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