Historical Significance & Maritime Operations
The Port of Sligo, sheltered under the shadow of Benbulben and Knocknarea on Sligo Bay, became a center of intense, sorrowful embarkation during the Great Famine.
Families from Leitrim, Roscommon, and Sligo boarded ships like the Larch, Carricks of Whitehaven, and Bark Wave, often in appalling states of malnutrition, seeking refuge in Canada and the United States.