Sligo
Sligo
Sligo (city)
Sligo, the seat of Sligo County in northwestern Ireland, is located about 180 km (110 mi) northwest of Dublin. A seaport and
commercial center, the town has a population of 17,297 (1991). Economic activities include brewing, food processing, fishing,
and textile manufacturing. Scenic Lough Gill is nearby. Among the prehistoric sites in the area are Maeve's Mound, a huge
cairn at Knocknarea, and megaliths at Carrowmore. Sligo's history dates from the mid-13th century with construction of a castle
and an abbey there. The painter Jack Butler Yeats and his brother, poet William Butler Yeats, spent much time in Sligo as youths. The poet is buried in nearby Drumcliff.
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Finn, Sligo, Dundalk, Drogheda, Dublin, Athlone, Galway, Limerick, Kilkenny, Wexford, Waterford, Cork, Tipperary, Tralee,
Shannon, Blackwater, Lee, Suir, Barrow, Lough Derg, Boyne, Lough Ree, L. Corrib, Lough Mask, Erne, Saint Georges Channel, North Atlantic Ocean, Irish Sea.
Sligo (county)
Sligo is a county in the CONNACHT province in northern Ireland, on the Atlantic Ocean. Its area of 1,795 sq km (693 sq mi) consists of lowlands traversed by the Ox Mountains. The population is 54,736 (1991); the county town is Sligo. Livestock raising, dairying, and salmon fishing are the mainstays of the economy, but tourism is gaining importance. Owned by the MacDermott family until the 12th century, Sligo was subsequently under the rule of the DeBurgos, O'Donnells, and O'Dowds before being chartered as a county in 1579
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