5 Castle Street Sligo.
5 Castle Street Sligo.
Formally 'Carlton Cafe' Filan family restaurant and home. When Mr and Mrs Filan retired, Shane took out the Morgan clothes store franchise in 2003 - completely rebuilding shop front and himself and Gillian co-own, with sister Mariad as store manager. In late 2006 the Filans moved its Morgan franchise over to the Quayside Shopping Centre. This left the way open for a new business to occupy the vacated premises on Castle Street. Cosgroves of Centra opened their new store in mid 2007 offering customers on this side of town a new service.
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New Westlife look in
Sligo 10/18/02
Shane jetted into Sligo this past Wednesday from London to
bring the latest styles from the Autumn/Winter collection at Morgan. Shane has
teamed up with his older sister, Mairead, and tomorrow is the fulfillment of a
dream for the duo. A heavy Gardai presence is expected at the fashion house but
as of yet no plans have been confirmed to close Castle Street. "We will see how
it goes, but there are no plans as of yet to shut the street," said a Garda
source.
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PHOTOGRAPHS
Flat above Morgans - something 'interesting' in window!
CARLTON CAFE
“My mum and dad have owned it forever. I remember falling asleep at the tables when the cafe stayed open late. I must've been about 6, then I would come downstairs and wonder around sleepwalking sometimes. By the age of 7 or 8 I'd go down to the shops to run messages, buying in whatever we ran short of. Then eventually I began to do some waiting on the tables, and finally learned to do the cooking - I can cook anything on the menu you know!.”
