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Tubbercurry or Tobercurry[2] (Irish: Tobar an Choire[2], meaning 'well of the corrie') is the second-largest town in terms of both population and land area in County Sligo, Ireland. It lies at the foot of the Ox Mountains, on the N17 national primary road. The village is twinned with Viarmes in France.[3] Tubbercurry achieved status as a Fairtrade town in September 2008.[4]

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Tobercurry Tobar an Choire
Town
Wolfe Tone Square
Tobercurry Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 54°03′00″N 8°44′00″W
Country	Ireland
Province	Connacht
County	County Sligo
Elevation	92 m (302 ft)
Population  (2016)[1]
• Urban	1,986
Eircode routing key	F91
Telephone area code	+353(0)71
Irish Grid Reference	G520114
Website	http://www.tubbercurry.ie

History

The earliest mention of Tubbercurry is from 1397 when a battle took place in the town between two O’Connor families, the O'Conor Don from Roscommon and the O’Conor Sligo from Sligo town. St. Naithí and St Attracta are the patron saints of the area.

Events

Tubbercurry hosts three annual festivals. These include the South Sligo Summer School of Irish traditional music, song and dance, which is held each year during the second week in July. The Old Fair Day Festival is also held annually in early August, and the Western Drama Festival is held in early March.^{[citation needed]}

Sport

The local Gaelic football and hurling club is Tubbercurry GAA. Real Tubber F.C. are a local association football club, and South Sligo A.C. is a local athletics club. There is a golf course on the town's edge, named Tubbercurry Golf Club. Other sports are also catered for including badminton, handball and karate.^{[citation needed]}

Education

Tubbercurry is home to Saint Attracta's Community School, which was opened after the merger of Banada Abbey Secondary School and the Marist Convent. St. Attracta's C.S. was opened in November 2002. The town is also home to Holy Family and Drimina National Schools.

Transport

Public transport to the town is provided with a bus service which connects Tubbercurry with Galway, Sligo, Castlebar, Westport and Tuam, as well as services to nearby Ireland West Airport.^{[citation needed]} The town also has a number of private bus and hackney hire companies.

The former Tubbercurry railway station, which first opened in October 1895, was closed for passenger traffic on 17 June 1963 and closed altogether on 3 November 1975.[5]

The reopening of the Western Rail Corridor would restore the service in the future.^{[citation needed]}

Notable people

• Michael Fingleton, former chief executive of Irish Nationwide Building Society and key figure in the Irish financial crisis[6]
• Tadhg Dall Ó hÚigínn, noted sixteenth-century bardic poet, was a powerful figure in Tubbercurry.

See also

• List of towns and villages in Ireland

References

External links

• Town's Official Website

На других языках

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[de] Tubbercurry

Tubbercurry (auch Tobercurry geschrieben, irisch Tobar an Choire – „die Quelle des Kessels“) ist eine Kleinstadt im County Sligo im Nordwesten der Republik Irland. Die Gemeinde liegt an der Nationalstraße N17 südlich der Stadt Sligo in Richtung der County Mayo und Galway. Im Westen erstrecken sich die Ox Mountains. Seit den 1990er-Jahren hat sich u. a. aufgrund der Fördermaßnahmen der EU vermehrt Industrie angesiedelt, was zu einer steten Entwicklung der Stadt führt. Der nahe gelegene Flughafen Knock bietet auch Flüge von und nach Großbritannien und, in den Sommermonaten, Kontinentaleuropa.

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- [en] Tubbercurry

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[ru] Тоберкарри

Тоберкарри[2] (Тоберкерри; англ. Tubbercurry; ирл. Tobar an Choire, «цирковой колодец») — (переписной) посёлок в Ирландии, находится в графстве Слайго (провинция Коннахт) у трассы N17.

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