Grange is a village on the N15 national primary road

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 in County Sligo, Ireland

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. It is the birthplace of Lola Montez

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 - dancer, courtesan and mistress of King Ludwig I of Bavaria

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Grange is a tiny village in North Sligo, located in a scenic area between Ben Bulben mountain and the sea. During the late 1990s and early 2000s the village experienced a period of fast growth, the population and number of houses and businesses grew rapidly.

Grange has several shops and businesses, SuperValu

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 is the main store in the village, and Londis

Londis

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 is located at the Texaco petrol station. Local restaurants include Langs Bar and Restaurant, The Emperor Chinese restaurant and Riva fast food restaurant.

North Sligo Sports Complex is also located in the village, close to the Post Primary School. The complex has an indoor soccer pitch, also used for badminton and basketball. There is a squash court, racquetball court and changing room facilities and meeting room in the complex. Outside the complex there is a running track, where North Sligo Athletic Club meet (as well as at Oxfield Sports Centre), a grass soccer pitch and an all weather soccer pitch. There is also a community park. At the north end of the village is the GAA pitch, Molaise Park, where local gaelic football teams train and play, a new facility is under construction at the park.

There are two schools in the village, a church, church hall, post office, hardware store, laundrette, tile and bathroom store, tap store, furniture store, barber shop, beautician and others.

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Development

Streedagh is a townland of Grange, the location of a sandy beach and an area of Special Conservation. Three Spanish Armada ships - La Lavia, La Juliana and the Santa Maria de Vison - were lost off Streedagh in 1588, and this is commemorated by a monument close to the beach. One of the survivors, Captain Francisco de Cúellar, recorded the events of the time in detail. He documents his shipwreck at Streedagh, the subsequent events ashore, and his attempts to find hospitality from local chieftains (O'Rourke and McClancy) in the then English garrisoned North Sligo, as he made his way back to Spain via Antrim and Scotland.