The Square, Tubbercurry

Tubbercurry is centrally located on the N17-Sligo/Galway Road. It is 20 Miles from Sligo Town, 23 Miles from Castlebar (the County Town of Mayo) and 20 Miles from Boyle, County Roscommon. The Town is extremely well serviced with a Road Network which allows a Resident or any Business Person using the facilities in the Town to get on to the major arterial routes in latterly a matter of minutes. The N4 which is the main Sligo-Dublin arterial route is 15 minutes away in Collooney and the N5 being the main arterial route from County Mayo to Dublin is less than 10 minutes away in Charlestown.

Ireland West Airport (formerly Knock International Airport)

The Town is very well served by access to Two Regional Airports. Ireland West Airport (formerly Knock Airport) is less than 10 miles from the Town Centre and Sligo Regional Airport is 24 miles away at Strandhill, County Sligo. Currently there are daily internal flights from both Knock and Strandhill to Dublin with International Departures on a daily basis from Knock to various destinations throughout Europe.

The Town is on the Western Rail Corridor and while the Railway is currently not in use a Major Political Campaign is underway to open the Western Rail Corridor over it’s entire length which is the Old Railway Line from Sligo to Limerick inclusive. The Government have already committed to opening portion of the Railway and Political pressure is continuing to be applied to have the Northern Half of the Rail Link opened which would include the Tubbercurry Link.

Tubbercurry Health Centre

The Town has a Health Centre situated at Teeling Street, Tubbercurry, County Sligo in which all the Local G.Ps’ have a presence and in which Out-Patient services are available from various Practitioners on behalf of the Health Service Executive in Sligo.

The Town is currently well served with mains sewerage and a mains water supply available throughout the Town and the sewerage and water supplies have had major upgrades in recent years to take account of the large increase in Housing Stock which has been built in the Tubbercurry area in the last number of years.

Lough Talt

The Water Supply for the Town Water Main is from Lough Talt and the quality of Lough Talt’s Water is renound throughout the Region. In 1998 the Town received Tax Designation under the Rural Renewal Tax Relief Scheme. As a result of the introduction of this Scheme the availability of Houses for rent and purchase has increased dramatically. A large number of Housing Estates have now been completed within the vicinity of the Town and the standard of Construction is second to none. A number of ongoing projects are still under course of construction and any person wishing to come to reside in the Town or wishes to purchase a property for Investment purposes will have a large choice of Units to pick from. In addition prices for Housing Units would be less than that paid by purchasers in the larger Towns in the area and both Purchasers and Investors may avail of Tax Relief on their Investment/Purchase cost subject to satisfying the Qualifying Criteria.

The Town is well served with Communication Facilities and in the last 12 months Broadband through Eircom is available throughout the Town. Furthermore, other Broadband Providers (e.g. Digiweb) have a presence in the Town as well as Internet Broadband Access is freely available.

Sligo County Council, the Local Authority, have a significant presence in the Town in their premises “Teach Laighne” formerly known as “The One Stop Shop”. This magnificent facility incorporates Sligo County Council’s Offices in respect of it’s Officials working in the area and covers matters such as Motor Tax, Planning and other Local Authority issues. In addition Teach Laighne is the location for a State of the Art Library which includes all-day Public Internet Access. Teach Laighne also caters for the monthly District Court which is held one day per Month in portion of the Library Premises and is duel purpose in that regard.

St. Brigid’s Hall has been the hub of Community Activity in the Town for the last 60 odd years. St. Brigid’s Hall includes a Snooker Club and Sports Complex as an adjunct but it’s main use over the years has been performance and dance. The Annual Western Drama Festival (the oldest Drama Festival in the Country) is held annually in St. Brigid’s Hall and the Hall is also the major venue for Dance and Classes in musical instruments during the Annual South Sligo Summer School held annually in the Town. In addition the Hall plays host to a number of Meeting Rooms which are used by Community Groups and Voluntary Groups in various different forms of activity.

Tubbercurry Credit Union

The Town is extremely well served with Educational Facilities and in particular are very proud of the New Secondary School known as “St. Attracta’s” which was built under a Public Private Partnership and which opened in 2002. This School is recognised as being one of the best equipped Secondary Schools in the Country.

The Town boasts a huge range of Sports Facilities and among it’s Gems is the 9 Hole Golf Course situated at Ballymote Road, Tubbercurry, County Sligo latterly within walking distance of the Town Centre. This 9 Hole stretch is recognised as being one of the most challenging 9 Hole Golf Courses in Connacht.

History of Business & Industry in Tubbercurry

Tubbercurry has a long tradition of Business and Industry. The first Major Industry in the Town can be traced back to Basta Limited which was opened in the Town in 1955 by the late Jim Gallagher, T.D. In Ireland of the 1950s’ Industrialisation was very much in it’s infancy but the late Jim Gallagher who was a Native of the Town and a T.D. for the Area promoted the development of an Industry in the Town and Basta Limited was formed it’s principle activity being the making of Door Locks and Door furniture.

Very quickly it became apparent that to promote Industry throughout the Region there was a necessity to create an expertise in Toolmaking and out of this necessity Tool & Gauge was formed again in the 1950s’. It is heartening to think that both these Companies namely: Basta Limited and Tool & Gauge Limited still carry on manufacturing operations in the Town of Tubbercurry to this day. Tool & Gauge has often been referred to as the “Father of all Toolmakers”. While there are many Toolmaking Firms now in operation throughout the length and breath of the Country virtually every one of these Toolmakers can in some way trace back their original existence to somebody who would have trained in Tool & Gauge in Tubbercurry.

While Basta and Tool & Gauge were the first Major Industrial operations in the Town the Industrial Output of the Town has grown steadily over the Years and there are now a number of major manufacturing and retail and service outlets operating in the Town giving major employment. In that respect one of the major Employers operating in the Town would be Connacht Gold Co-Operative Society Limited whose Head Office is situated at Ballina Road, Tubbercurry and who are the largest Co-Op., Operating in the North West of the Country.

Many of the Businesses in the Town have been Businesses passed on from generation to generation and a stroll down Teeling Street will see many, many Businesses operating under the same style or title that their predecessors did over 50/60 years ago.

Elsewhere on this website you will find a List of Businesses and the services which are provided within the Town and it would be fair to say that at this stage there is very little in the nature of a service or a product which cannot be sourced locally in Tubbercurry or it’s immediate environs.