Sligo Walks

04/07/2025

Best of luck to anyone doing the Sligo Camino tomorrow. Hope the weather stays well for you 😀 fans

03/07/2025

NEWS UPDATE: After more than 5 months of closure following storm damage, we are delighted to announce that as of Friday 4th July 2025, the Queen Maeve Trail on Knocknarea, Co. Sligo is fully reopened. After an extensive restoration project involving Sligo County Council, Coillte and Love’s Contractors, several months of work has been completed and the public can walk the entire trail once again.

As you can see from our photos, the boardwalk on the Strandhill side, which had been extensively damaged by Storm Eowyn, has now been fully repaired. Indeed, the Before and After photos could hardly be more different, a contrast between timbers that had been either fully or partially destroyed and those that have been relaid and in places widened to improve the trail.

After Storm Eowyn brought down many trees along the boardwalk, that section of the trail was fully closed while the remainder of the walk was restored. An additional challenge was that many other forest areas in Sligo had also been damaged, which meant that staff and contractors had to work on multiple sites, which were then gradually reopened to the public over time. However, the Queen Maeve Trail was one of the most significantly damaged of all of Sligo’s woodland walks. On top of that, the terrain and gradient of the walk meant that it was also one of the most challenging operations. Not only had trees fallen across the boardwalk, their roots had completely dug up some of the structure itself and these sections had to be entirely rebuilt or replaced.

Further challenges included getting machinery to the impacted locations. But once the passage to the site was established, the contractors were able to work together, firstly clearing the fallen trees and then effecting repairs, which have now been largely completed. And while the full 8km of Queen Maeve Trail has now fully reopened, we advise the public that ongoing maintenance works will remain in place, so please adhere to any temporary signage in place as any remedial works are concluded.

But the really welcome news is that for walkers from Sligo and for our many visitors, we are all delighted that the Queen Maeve Trail, one of Sligo’s most popular walks, has now been opened for all to enjoy. Well done to everyone involved in this difficult repair operation and we would like to thank the public for their ongoing patience while the works were undertaken.

02/07/2025

10 Sligo walks just for you ❤️

It's always a good time to get out and reacquaint ourselves with our walks, especially at this time of year when we remind ourselves of our need to stay active. With the best of intentions to get fit, our beautiful coastal walks are a great introduction, being relatively flat and easily accessible.

27/06/2025

Calling all community members interested in walking. Have your voice heard in planning the walking future for the county!

🚀 Have Your Say – Help Shape the Future of Sport & Physical Activity in Sligo! 🏃‍♀️🤸‍♂️🏐

Sligo Sport and Recreation Partnership (SSRP) is developing a brand-new Strategic Plan – and we want to hear from YOU! 🙌

Your insight, ideas, and experience are vital in helping us shape the future of sport and physical activity opportunities across County Sligo for the years ahead. 💬💡

🕐 The survey takes just 10 minutes to complete
📣 Please share with friends, family, clubs, and community groups – the more responses we receive, the stronger and more representative our plan will be!
📅 Survey closes Friday 18th July

👉 Click the link to take part:
🔗 https://www.sligosportandrecreation.ie/ssrp-strategic.../

Sligo Pickleball Club Sligo Boxing Sligo Triathlon Club South Sligo Athletic Club
North Sligo Athletic Club Sligo Athletic Club West Sligo Athletics Club.
Corran AC Northwest Mountain bike club Yeats Country Cycling Club
Sligo Cycling Team Ballisodare Bay Cycling Club Ballisodare Bay Cycling Club
Chain Driven Cycles CC Innisfree Wheelers Sligo Cycling Team
Ox Mountains Cycling Club Sligo Rovers F.C.
Sligo Rowing Club Sligo Tennis Club Gateway boxing Sligo
Sligo GAA Sligo LGFA Ej Sligo All-Stars Atlantic Eagles Basketball Club
Enniscrone Walking Club Sligo Walks Tireragh AC Ballymote Boxing Club
Medb's Dragon Warriors County Sligo Swimming Club County Sligo Golf Club
County Sligo Surf Club County Sligo Cricket Club Sligo County Boxing Board
Sligo parkrun Tubbercurry Trail parkrun Cleveragh junior parkrun

26/06/2025

Attending today’s National Outdoor Recreation Conference at the Radisson in Limerick. Informative and interesting event linking in with walks colleagues from around the country and organised by Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht fans

19/06/2025

Scrumdiddlyumtious Sligo Walks pocket maps being prepared for their hotel and tourist office homes 😍

17/06/2025

Loving the Visit Sligo Ideas Engine developed by Visit Sligo and Sligo County Council giving you options on what to see and walks to do in Sligo all within a couple of clicks of a mouse. Give it a try and see what walks are suggested to you 👏☀️🚶‍♂️

16/06/2025

Well done to the people of Sligo for keeping our town clean. 6th place of 40 towns and cities ranked in the most recent IBAL Irish Business Against Litter survey. Thanks in particular to Sligo Tidy Towns Sligo BID Sligo County Council and the many members of the public who work voluntarily to promote and clean our town.

15/06/2025

concludes today with a couple of events including a short poetry walk at Dooney Rock at 11am.

13/06/2025

Strandhill, Land of Heart’s Desire, for the weekend that’s in it ❤️ fans

11/06/2025

Young environmentalists learn how to plant trees and remove invasive species of plants at Hazelwood in Sligo. Children from St. Patrick’s National School in Calry learn about biodiversity and their environment as part of this Coillte event. A Sligo Walks podcast. Sligo County Council

A class of 7 and 8 year olds in Sligo learn about their environment by planting trees and removing invasive shrubs at Hazelwood Forest in Sligo. Part of a Coillte for Nature initiative. Recorded and v

11/06/2025

Today’s The Sligo Champion with the latest Sligo Walks news about school day out planting trees at Hazelwood fans

A novel Coillte initiative took place at Hazelwood Forest, Calry on Monday last when Sligo’s youngest group of foresters took to the woods to plant native Irish trees.