County Sligo

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County Sligo Contae Shligigh
Location
Statistics
Province:	Connacht
County Town:	Sligo
Code:	SO
Area:	1,836 km²
Population (2006)	60,863[1]
Website: www.sligococo.ie

County Sligo (Irish: Contae Shligigh) is a county in the province of Connacht in the west of the Republic of Ireland. Area: 1,836 km² (709 square miles). The name Sligeach means "an area abounding in shells". Sligo is bordered to the west by Mayo, to the south by Roscommon, and the east by Leitrim.

The poet and Nobel laureate W. B. Yeats (1865-1939) spent much of his childhood in northern Sligo and the county's landscapes (particularly the Isle of Innisfree, in Lough Gill) were the inspiration for much of his poetry. Yeats said, "the place that has really influenced my life most is Sligo."

The megalithic cemetery landscape of Carrowmore is located in County Sligo.

The county town is Sligo (population: 17,894 ^[1]), which is home to the Institute of Technology, Sligo.

Contents 1 Towns and villages in County Sligo 2 See also 3 External links 4 References

[edit] Towns and villages in County Sligo

• Achonry, Aclare
• Ballaghnatrillick, Ballinafad, Ballymote, Ballysadare, Banada, Beltra
• Carney, Carrickbanagher, Castlebaldwin, Cliffony, Cloonacool
• Collooney, Coolaney,
• Dromore West, Drumcliffe
• Easkey
• Geevagh, Grange, Gurteen
• Inishcrone
• Kilglass, Knocknahur
• Monasteraden, Mullaghmore
• Rathbraughan, Riverstown, Rosses Point
• Skreen, Sligo, Strandhill
• Tourlestrane, Tubbercurry

[edit] See also

• List of Sligo people

[edit] External links

• Collection of Sligo Landscape Photographs
• Sligo County Council
• Map of Sligo
• Sligoheritage.com
• SligoZone

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} CSO 2006 Census Preliminary Results Table 4, Page 78