Riverstown

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Riverstown

Elevation74 m

Coordinates54.13°, -8.40°

Demographic figures from Central Statistics Office (Ireland). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Riverstown, historically called Ballyederdaowen, is a village in County Sligo, Ireland. Known for its musical tradition it is located at a bridging point of the River Unshin (Arrow), 17 kilometres (11 mi) south of Sligo town and 4 km east of the N4 road.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Marian Harkin

Irish politician

Ambrosio O'Higgins, 1st Marquis of Osorno

Irish-Spanish colonial administrator (1720-1801)

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Michael Coleman

Irish musician (1891–1945)

John Perry

Irish Fine Gael politician

Alexander Charles Garrett

Priest, missionary, and bishop (1832–1924)

Eamon Scanlon

Irish politician

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J. J. Clancy

Irish politician (1890-1932)

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John Benson

Irish architect

K

Kevin Coen

Irish Republican

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Mary Colum

Irish writer and literary critic

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Thomas Joseph Drury

Bishop of San Angelo, Bishop of Corpus Christi (1908–1992)

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William Higgins

Irish chemist (1763–1825)

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John Ryan

Irish judoka

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Elizabeth Anne Phibbs

of Dooby, Sligo

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Philip Rooney

Irish writer

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Johnny Kenny

Irish footballer

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Sligo

• Ballygawley
  4.7 mi away
• Ballymote
  5.6 mi away
• Kesh
  5.8 mi away
• Ballynacarrow
  6.7 mi away
• Ballysadare
  7.2 mi away
• Ballinafad
  7.5 mi away
• Coolaney
  8.8 mi away
• Bunnanaddan
  10 mi away
• Sligo
  10.3 mi away · pop. 20,608
• Gorteen
  10.5 mi away
• Monasteraden
  13.5 mi away
• Munninane
  17.6 mi away

Browse all places in Sligo →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Riverstown

The Ranch War in Riverstown, Co. Sligo, 1908

Patrick Cosgrove · 2012

Forgotten in the drumlins

Rijksuniversiteit te Groningen. Geografisch Instituut. · 1977

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Black Bryony

Dioscorea communis

Seen 2026-09-19

Long-tailed Tit

Aegithalos caudatus

Seen 2026-09-16

common hazel

Corylus avellana

Seen 2026-09-16

Great Egret

Ardea alba

Seen 2026-09-14

Ballan Wrasse

Labrus bergylta

Seen 2026-09-13

Dryopteris lacunosa

Dryopteris lacunosa

Seen 2026-09-13

Eurasian Curlew

Numenius arquata

Seen 2026-09-12

angel's wings

Pleurocybella porrigens

Seen 2026-09-08

Speckled Wood

Pararge aegeria

Seen 2026-09-08

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).