Sligo Folk Park

Riverstown, Sligo Check the official website Suits all ages

Sligo Folk Park, Riverstown, Sligo

Family practicalities

  • Pram-friendly (likely)
  • Baby changing (likely)
  • Step-free access (likely)
  • Café on site
  • Toilets (likely)

Families can explore a recreated 19th-century village street, see old farm equipment, and visit a schoolhouse and Millview House to experience rural Irish heritage.

Sligo Folk Park, Riverstown, County Sligo is a community based attraction that provides a true experience of rural life and Irish heritage in the late 19th century.

The Folk Park is set in the grounds of the authentically restored Millview House, which was originally built in the 1850s by George Reid, a farmer, shoemaker and church sexton.

Highlights include the recreated turn of the century village street, the Hands exhibition focusing on old pastimes around the home, the school house, and the World's Most Travelled Cottage.

Whatever the weather, you can stroll around the park, and visit the 12 wonderful exhibits, which house one of Ireland's finest collections of rural history, farm equipment and agricultural artefacts.

The details

Address
Millview House, Ardkeeran, Riverstown, Sligo
Cost
Check the official website
Indoors or out
Both indoors and out
Booking
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Listed by
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