Local Essentials
The practical stuff most travel sites skip. Everything you need to know before visiting Enniscrone, from parking to pharmacies.
Emergency Services
General Emergency
112 or 999
Coast Guard
112 or 999, ask for the Coast Guard. Enniscrone strand and Killala Bay are covered by the Irish Coast Guard; dial 112 or 999 rather than contacting a local unit directly.
Garda Station
Enniscrone Garda Station, Main Street, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 XP65, +353 96 36103
Sligo University Hospital, The Mall, Rathquarter, Sligo, F91 H684. 24-hour Emergency Department, all ages, about 56 km and roughly 55 minutes northeast of Enniscrone. Mayo University Hospital, Westport Road, Knockaphunta, Castlebar, F23 H529, is a similar distance to the southwest, about 51 km and roughly 55 minutes, and is also a 24-hour Emergency Department for all ages. Enniscrone itself has no Emergency Department.
+353 71 917 1111Out-of-hours GP care for Enniscrone (Caredoc Sligo)
Markievicz Primary Care Centre, Barrack Street, Sligo Town, Co. Sligo, F91 Y8EK
0818 365 399Out-of-hours urgent GP service for all ages, by phone first; not a walk-in and not an emergency department.
Enniscrone has no emergency department. For routine daytime care use a local GP surgery during opening hours; the nearest larger GP cluster is in Ballina, Co. Mayo, about 8 km south. When surgeries are closed, patients registered with a Co. Sligo GP are covered by Caredoc in Sligo town, and patients registered with a GP on the Mayo side are covered by Westdoc on 0818 360 000, whose nearest treatment centre is at St Joseph's, Mercy Road, Ballina, F26 PP92. The nearest 24-hour Emergency Departments are Sligo University Hospital, about 56 km northeast, and Mayo University Hospital in Castlebar, about 51 km southwest.
For emergencies dial 112 or 999 and let the dispatcher route you. When GP surgeries are closed, the out-of-hours GP service for Co. Sligo is Caredoc, based at Markievicz Primary Care Centre, Barrack Street, Sligo, F91 Y8EK, 0818 365 399 (phone first, not a walk-in). Patients registered with a GP on the Mayo side of the border are covered instead by Westdoc on 0818 360 000, whose nearest treatment centre is at St Joseph's, Mercy Road, Ballina, about 8 km south. Attending an Emergency Department costs €100 without a medical card or GP referral. On the strand, mind the tide and the rip currents in the bay, and never swim or surf alone in a big Atlantic swell.
Pharmacies
Enniscrone Pharmacy
Main Street, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo
The village pharmacy on Main Street. For late-night, Sunday or bank-holiday cover, the nearest larger options are the pharmacies in Ballina, about 8 km south, and in Sligo town; in a medical emergency dial 112 or 999.