Development of Sligo
This page is a detailed time line of the development of the Irish town and county of Sligo, in the 20th and 21st Centuries. Also note it's a working process!
Pre 1980s
1935
Gaiety Cinema opened on Wine Street
1968
Best's supermarket opened on Adelaide Street, in the building now occupied by Dunnes Stores
1980s
1981
August: Gaiety cinema expanded, adding 2 new screens, to bring it up to a 3 screen cinema
1987
Sligo School Project opened on The Mall in the town, in the building now occupied by The Model Arts Centre and Niland Gallery
1988
January: Construction began on new building of Sligo General Hospital
December 9: Hughes Bridge opened
1990s
1990
January: Redevelopment of The Market Yard completed (excluding the apartments)
1991
January 14: New building of Sligo General Hospital opened to patients and staff
1992
1993
Sligo Leisure and Bowl Centre (bowling alley etc) on Ballast Quay opened
Lake Isle Road approved for construction
Fisherman's wharf apartment complex opened
April 30: New building of Sligo General Hospital officially opened
Construction began on the regeneration of Rockwood Parade
1994
ESB building on Rockwood Parade, Thomas Street, and Castle Street expanded and refurbished
1995
Lake Isle Road opened
February: New commercial buildings along Rockwood Parade, Water Lane, and Tobergal Lane completed
September: New footbridge and railings on Rockwood Parade completed
September: RTÉ transmitter station on Truskmore completed
1996
March: Work began on Collooney-Ballisodare bypass
June: Old Gaiety Cinema demolished for construction of new building
1997
April: McCarrick's garage opened in Tubbercurry
Full redevelopment of Rockwood Parade officially opened
1998
January: New Barton Smith's building opened
January 26: Collooney-Ballisodare bypass opened
January: Redevelopment of The Buttermarket (Nemed Quayside eventually) approved for construction
January 28: Sligo Regional Technical College changed officially to Sligo Institute Of Technology
March: Sligo Retail Park announced for the first time
April: Waterpoint swimming pool and leisure centre in Enniscrone opened
August: New Gaiety Cinema 7 screen multiplex opened
Sligo School Project moved from The Mall to the new site near Cranmore, previously occupied by St. Annes school
November: The Galaxy centre on The Riverside opened
1999
March: Millennium House on Stephen Street completed (Call Of The Wild, Lock and Safe, Deirdre Cook's, etc)
April 12: Curlews bypass officially opened in south county Sligo
New building, now occupied mainly by The Sligo Weekender offices opened
December 17: New Footbridge opened on The Riverside, beside the new Riverside Hotel
2000s
2000
2001
2002
June: Work began on 5 new screens in The Gaiety cinema
December: Work (above) completed in The Gaiety cinema, bringing it to be a 12 screen multiplex
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
October: Johnston Court Shopping Centre opened to the public