Riverstown

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For the village on the County Offaly / County Tipperary border, see Riverstown (near Birr).

Riverstown
Baile idir dhá Abhainn

Location

WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates:
54°07′54″N 8°23′40″W / 54.1317, -8.3944

Irish grid reference
G742203

Statistics

74 m

Population (2006)
- Town:
- Environs:

310
562

Riverstown (Irish: Baile idir dhá Abhainn, meaning town between two rivers) is a village in County Sligo, Ireland. It is located at a bridging point of the River Unshin, some 19 km south of Sligo town and 4 km east of the main Sligo-Dublin road, the N4.

Notable buildings include the Garda Barracks, Church of Ireland, Catholic Church, Coopershill House and Post Office. There are also a number of pubs and shops. Each year the village hosts the James Morrison Traditional Music Festival during August and the Riverstown Vintage Festival during June.

In 2002 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.

[edit] See also

List of towns in the Republic of Ireland

v • d • e Places in County Sligo, Ireland

County seat: Sligo

Boroughs¹	Sligo

Unincorporated towns²	Ballymote · Collooney · Easky · Strandhill · Tubbercurry

Villages³	Achonry · Aclare · Ballaghnatrillick · Ballinafad · Ballintogher · Ballysadare · Banada · Beltra · Carney · Castlebaldwin · Cliffoney · Cloonacool · Coolaney · Dromore West · Drumcliffe · Enniscrone · Geevagh · Grange · Gorteen · Kilglass · Keash · Monasteraden · Mullaghmore · Riverstown · Rosses Point · Skreen · Tourlestrane

Townlands	Aughris · Ballynary · Carrickbanagher · Carrowhubbock South · Killeenduff · Kilmactigue · Rathbraughan · Tullavilla

¹ A CDP with defined boundaries. ² A CDP with undefined boundaries and a population above 1,000. ³ A CDP with undefined boundaries and a population below 1,000.