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Community Development Association launched the 'Riverbrooke Cross-Border Initiative' linking the two villages in a programme of cross-community/cross-border working.
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Sligo Folk Park, situated at the east end of the town, was created as the result of a community effort in the 1990s.
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Amenities and notable buildings in the area include the post office, Coopershill House and the Garda barracks (built
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from 1788 to 1801. He was born Ambrose O'Higgins at Ballynary, about halfway between Riverstown and Ballinafad.
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Each year the village hosts the Riverstown Vintage Festival on the June Bank Holiday Weekend, and the
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Klein, Axel (2013). "Bowles, Michael". In White, Harry; Boydell, Barra (eds.).
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church in Riverstown, the Church of the Sacred Heart, was built in 1940.
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Traditional Music Festival during the August Bank Holiday Weekend.
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our Vintage & Heritage Day on the June Bank holiday weekend
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The James Morrison Teach Cheoil or the Morrison Cottage
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Riverstown (disambiguation)
Irish
Street corner in Riverstown
Riverstown is located in Ireland
54°07′54″N 8°23′40″W / 54.1317°N 8.3944°W / 54.1317; -8.3944
Ireland
Province
Connacht
County
County Sligo
Irish Grid Reference
G742203
Irish
County Sligo
Ireland
N4 road
Church of Ireland
Roman Catholic
James Morrison
Brookeborough
Category:People from Riverstown, County Sligo
El Marqués de Osorno
Viceroy of Peru
Spanish
Chile
Peru
Michael Bowles
James Morrison
Riverstown Catholic church
John Stenson memorial in Riverstown

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