- Development of Sligo
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This page is a detailed time line of the development of the Irish town and county of Sligo, in the 20th and 21st Centuries.
Contents
Pre 1980s
Whytes Tobaccionists, John Street opened 1888===2005=== 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
1984
Snia plant at Hazelwood closed
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
January: Construction of government office complex on College Road began
Queens Stores demolished
December 9: Hughes Bridge opened
1989
March: Construction of Saehan factory at Hazelwood started
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
1993
Sligo Leisure and Bowl Centre (bowling alley etc.) on Ballast Quay opened
Construction began on the regeneration of Rockwood Parade
The Factory performance space opened
New Tourist Office on Temple Street completed and opened
Lake Isle Road approved for construction
Fisherman's wharf apartment complex opened
April 30: New building of Sligo General Hospital officially opened
1995
Lake Isle Road opened
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
Full redevelopment of Rockwood Parade officially opened
1998
January 26: Collooney-Ballisodare bypass opened
January: Redevelopment of The Buttermarket (Named Quayside eventually) approved for construction
January 28: Sligo Regional Technical College changed officially to Sligo Institute Of Technology
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
Kennedy Parade redevelopment completed with new paving
April: War memorial on Kennedy Parade unveiled
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
2005
September 2: Inner Relief Road opened to traffic
2006
August 15: O'Connell Street Pedestrianized
2007
October: Johnston Court Shopping Centre opened to the public
Glasshouse Hotel opened on Hyde Bridge
2009
December 9: O'Connell Street de-pedestrianized
2010
March: First section of the Western Distributer Road opened, linking Strandhill Road with Ballydoogan road
Sources
All information sourced from hard copies of The Sligo Champion and The Sligo Weekender
Categories:- Sligo (town)
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