How 'Normal People' gave Sligo a tourism boost

And last-minute love breaks to book when lockdown is over

Daisy Edgar-Jones as Marianne and Paul Mescal as Connell in the BBC Three adaptation of Sally Rooney's Normal People.

Sligo is feeling the love! The cornerstone county of Ireland’s northwest may be traditionally overshadowed by its Atlantic neighbours, but this weather it’s on the cusp of a PR wave. Last year it enjoyed a so-called 'screen tourism' bounce thanks to the shooting of the tv adaptation of Normal People in the county, while just last week Leo Varadkar’s revelation that he and his partner would be spending their summer holiday in Sligo could do for Tubbercurry what Barack Obama did for Martha’s Vineyard. 

Follow that with news that Sligo is bidding for Unesco status for some of its most ancient burial sites and the region could be poised for further global stardom. Sligo is go!