Riverstown

Amenities

Amenities and notable buildings in the area include the post office, Coopershill House and the Garda barracks (built ). There are also a number of pubs and shops.

The local Church of Ireland church, Tawnagh parish church, dates to . The Roman Catholic church in Riverstown, the Church of the Sacred Heart, was built in 1940.

Culture and community

Each year the village hosts the Riverstown Vintage Festival on the June Bank Holiday Weekend, and the James Morrison Traditional Music Festival during the August Bank Holiday Weekend.

During the 1990s, Riverstown and the Brookeborough Community Development Association launched the 'Riverbrooke Cross-Border Initiative' linking the two villages in a programme of cross-community/cross-border working.

{{Anchor|A-folkpark}}Folk park

Sligo Folk Park, situated at the east end of the town, was created as the result of a community effort in the 1990s.

People

• El Marqués de Osorno, Viceroy of Peru, was a Spanish military officer and colonial administrator in Chile and Peru from 1788 to 1801. He was born Ambrose O'Higgins at Ballynary, about halfway between Riverstown and Ballinafad.
• Michael Bowles (1909–1998), conductor and composer, born in Riverstown.
• Owen Elding, association footballer
• Johnny Kenny, association footballer
• James Morrison (1893–1947), South Sligo-style fiddler was born in the townland of Drumfin close to Riverstown.

Gallery

File:Riverstown-chruch.jpg|Riverstown Catholic church File:Riverstown-john-stenson.jpg|John Stenson memorial in Riverstown File:Riverstown-morrison.jpg|The James Morrison Teach Cheoil or the Morrison Cottage File:Riverstown-church-2.jpg|Riverstown Church of Ireland File:Riverstown-garga.jpg|Riverstown Garda station

References

References

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2. "Baile idir Dhá Abhainn / Riverstown (see archival records)". Placenames Database of Ireland.
3. "Riverstown Garda Station, Cooperhill, Riverstown, Sligo". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
4. "Tawnagh Parish Church of Ireland Church, Cooperhill, Riverstown, Sligo". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
5. "Church of the Sacred Heart, Ardkeeran [corran By.], Riverstown, Sligo". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
6. (18 July 2021). "Sligo Folk Park".
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9. (26 March 2010). "Riverbrooke crossborder initiative celebrates 15 years". Independent News & Media.
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12. Klein, Axel. (2013). "The Encyclopaedia of Music in Ireland". UCD Press.
13. Mark McCadden. (27 August 2025). "'I remember him in Riverstown, cutting about on his bike, him and Johnny Kenny'". [[Irish Mirror]].
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