The first half of this intermediate football game was completely dominated by Long Island Gaels. 

An investigation into the death of the 24-year-old construction worker Gary Feeney has been launched by New York State Police (NYSP).

A tragic construction accident  in upstate New York has taken the life of 24-year-old Gary Feeney of Dorchester and Lugdoon, Templeboy, Co. Sligo.

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Sligo Rovers fans went wild on Saturday night as a late Mark Quigley goal from the penalty spot sealed a 3-2 win over St. Patrick’s Athletic and a first League of Ireland title in 35 years.

Gold-winning athletes from around the world at London’s 2012 Olympics rely on a great diet to keep them at peak performance. And it’s the task of an Irishwoman – Catherine Toolan from Coolaney, Co Sligo – to ensure the thousands of athletes and others in the Olympic Village are properly fed and watered as they bid for sporting glory.

WB Yeats is quoted as saying “The place that has influenced my life most is Sligo” and what better way to sell Yeats county than off the back of his words. “Arise and Go Now” is a campaign established by public and private interests to attract new visitors this summer.

Sligo is set to host its inaugural celebration of the life and legacy of W.B. Yeats on June 16th, Yeats’ birthday. ‘Yeats Day’ will feature events throughout the day to celebrate and remember the works of Yeats in the places that were so near and dear to his heart.

The hiding that Sligo gave New York in the Connacht Championship last week did nothing for Gaelic football or its reputation in America.

The Connacht Championship encounter between New York and Sligo brought over 2000 viewers to Gaelic Park in the Bronx on Sunday.

The Connacht championship is upon us, and the first round of the All-Ireland championship.
This year sees the return of Sligo to the Big Apple and another date with destiny.

Margaret Devaney tightly gripped a tiny pen-knife her 12-year-old brother, John, gave her as a farewell present just before she sat into the pony cart that took her to Ballisodare railway station 100 years ago for a train to the Titanic.

Pre-Christmas tragedy has struck a family when a father and his two children died from carbon monoxide poisoning in their rural home.

This Sunday, November 6, will see Shelbourne play Sligo Rovers in the FAI Cup Final at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. It will be Sligo’s third final in as many years, and they will play a Shelbourne side which has plied their trade a division lower than Sligo for the past five years, but one which will join them in the Premier Division in 2012 having wrapped up promotion from the League of Ireland First Division last week.

In a game where both sides were guilty of wides galore, Astoria stole a win in a game that Sligo had plenty of opportunities of putting away. 

In a game where both sides were guilty of wides galore, Astoria stole a win in a game that Sligo had plenty of opportunities of putting away.