History of Sligo, county and town, from the close of the Revolution of 1688 to the present time

Where Atlantic weather meets stubborn memory, Sligo keeps its own record of Ireland. A county speaks in details. W. G. Wood-Martin brings those details into sharp relief in History of Sligo, county and town, tracing county sligo history and sligo town heritage from the aftermath of 1688 through the centuries that followed. Part local history reference book, part antiquarian historical chronicle, it gathers civic change, landed families, public life, and the texture of everyday communities into a narrative shaped by post 1688 Irish politics. Readers interested in connacht Ireland history and the wider currents of 18th and 19th century Ireland will find a grounded, place-by-place account that rewards dipping in as much as sustained reading. Valued by historians and enthusiasts alike, Wood-Martin's work stands as a foundational piece of Irish county history, especially for genealogy and local research, offering signposts into names, sites, and traditions that still echo across the landscape. Its careful perspective turns parish, port, and market into living evidence, without losing the sweep of national change entirely. It also preserves threads of Irish antiquities and folklore, making it a natural addition to any Irish local history collection and a dependable title on an Irish studies reading list. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint -- a collector's item and a cultural treasure, equally suited to the curious traveller, the armchair reader, and the classic-literature collector who wants enduring regional history on the shelf.