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Collooney
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| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Connacht |
| County | County Sligo |
| Elevation | 62 m (203 ft) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Urban | 892 |
| • Rural | 1,754 |
| Time zone | WET (UTC+0) |
| • Summer (DST) | IST (WEST) (UTC-1) |
| Irish Grid Reference | G674261 |
Collooney or Coloony (Irish: Cúil Mhuine, meaning "nook of the thicket") is a town in County Sligo, Ireland.
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Collooney is located just off the N4 (Dublin to Sligo) and N17 (Sligo to Galway) roads, having been bypassed twice, by the N4 in 1998, and the N17 in 1992, and is the meeting point of both roads. The town was a significant railway centre, with no less than three railway stations. In addition to the one remaining Collooney railway station, opened on 3 December 1862,[1] (on the railway from Dublin to Sligo) there was a station on the line to Claremorris (The Western Railway Corridor) and on the Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway line to Enniskillen.
Collooney has a retail park, a roundabout, a Centra, a bus stop, an ATM, white lining on the roads, multiple estates, a train station and even a freaking castle. Yet the inhabitants insist that they live in a village.
Also, why no area in Collooney has been renamed "George" is of great concern.
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