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	County Sligo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		County Sligo (Contae Shligigh in Irish) is a county in the province of Connacht in the west of the Republic of Ireland.
		Sligo is bordered to the west by Mayo, to the south by Roscommon, and the east by Leitrim.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/County_Sligo (231 words)

	Sligo (town) - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Sligo (town)
		Seaport and county town of County Sligo, Republic of Ireland; population (1996) 17,800.
		Sligo was a strategic site as a ford for the River Garavogue and was the site of conflict between English and Irish forces from the 13th century onwards.
		On Cairns Hill, 4 km/2 mi south of Sligo, are the remains of two stone ring forts and a stone circle; nearby is a stone altar known as Tobernalt, which was used for Mass during the period in which Catholicism was prohibited.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Sligo+(town) (380 words)

	Sligo History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Sligo was subject to attack from both British forces and the indigenous Gaelic clans.
		Hence arose two counties- Roscommon, those portions not in the DE Burgo grant, and Connaught, the remainder of the province (excluding Breffni), After the murder of earl William de Burgo in 1333, some of his kinsmen seized on his Connaught possessions, and threw off all dependence on the Crown.
		Sligo was formed of the lands held by OConor Sligo and his dependent chiefs, Mayo from those ruled over by the Lower MacWilliam -one of the Hibernicised de Burgo chiefs.
	sligo.travelinireland.com /sligo_history.htm (752 words)

	County Sligo travel guide - Wikitravel
		County Sligo is one of the counties in the Connacht province of the Republic of Ireland.
		Much of the landsape of Sligo features in the poetry of W.B.Yeats (The Stolen Child, The Fiddler of Dooney) and the poet is buried, as he wished in Drumcliffe, north of Sligo town.
		Between Sligo town and Knocknarea is the megalithic cemetery of Carrowmore.
	wikitravel.org /en/County_Sligo (631 words)

	Sligo county, Lewis, 1837 description ©Jane Lyons
		SLIGO (County of), a maritime county of the province of CONNAUGHT, bounded on the east by county Leitrim, on the north by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west and south by county Mayo, and on the south-east by county Roscommon.
		This county was included in the territory of the ‘Nagnatae’ in the time of Ptolemy, the chief city of which tribe, Nagnata, is supposed by some to have been some-where near the site of the town of Sligo.
		The county was regarded as part of Connaught, which, with the exception of Roscommon, then also considered by the English as a single county, until the 11th of Elizabeth, when the province was divided into seven counties, of which Sligo made one.
	www.from-ireland.net /lewis/s/cosligo.htm (4451 words)

	county sligo and county sligo resources
		Sligo (Sligeach in Irish) is a county in the province of Connacht in the west of county sligo.
		Sligo and the county's landscapes (particularly the Isle of Inisfree,.
		Sligo co Sligo Practitioners 10 County Infirmary - Beds 70 In patients 500 The Sligo Asylum for the Counties of Sligo and Leitrim county sligo..
	www.ripleytobacco.org /county+sligo.html (358 words)

	Education Plan 2006-2010 for is a cross border project from County Sligo VEC in the northwest of Ireland
		County Sligo VEC is charged by legislation to prepare and submit a five year Education Plan 2006 -2010 to the Department of Education and Science.
		County Sligo VEC was established following the enactment of the Vocational Education Act, 1930 and its initial administrative area of responsibility was County Sligo and excluded the Borough of Sligo which had its own dedicated Vocational Education Committee.
		Sligo County VEC is one of 33 VECs nationwide delivering and managing key elements of NDP (2000-2006) investment in education and training programmes and support services to the local community.
	www.sligovec.ie /education-plan.html (5097 words)

	County Sligo Information Sligo Information County Sligo Ireland Tourist Information Sligo Attractions County Sligo ...
		Roscommon was little affected by the Norman invasion and was one of the counties left to the native proprietors by Cromwell in the seventeenth century.
		Located on the banks of the Garavogue River with Sligo Bay, the Coolera peninsula and Knocknarea to the west, Lough Gill to the East, the Ox Mountains to the south and the Dartry Mountains with the striking outline of Benbulben to the north.
		Sligo City is the largest city in the North West and is one of the most beautifully situated towns of Ireland.
	www.ebookireland.com /sligo.htm (838 words)

	County Sligo - Yeats Country
		County Sligo is situated in the north west of Ireland at the Atlantic coast.
		County Sligo is known as Yeats Country as the scenery inspired many of the great works of W.B. Yeates, the Nobel Prize winning Irish writer.
		In the west of the county the Ox mountains form a background to the coastal plain, while north of Sligo town the landscape is dominated by steep-sided and flat-topped limestone hills like Ben Bulben.
	www.ardtarmoncastle.com /sligo.htm (285 words)

	Sligo County Heritage and Genealogy Society
		County Sligo Heritage and Genealogy Centre is part of a national network of genealogical centres in Ireland and is a member of the Irish Family History Foundation.
		County Sligo is situated on the North West coast of Ireland in the province of Connacht.
		According to the Census returns a staggering 75,660 emigrated from Sligo in the half-century from 1851-1901.
	www.sligoroots.com (235 words)

	Sligo County Enterprise Board offering support to local enterprises and start up business in County Sligo, Ireland
		Sligo County Enterprise Board was established in 1993 by the then Minister for Enterprise and Employment with the aim of filling a gap, which had become apparent in the support services for local enterprises.
		Sligo County Enterprise Board works in close association with Sligo County Council and the Corporation of Sligo as well as statutory and local development agencies in focusing attention on the economic potential and infrastructure of County Sligo.
		Sligo County Enterprise Board is located at the Sligo Development Centre, a single point of contact for local development.
	www.sligoenterprise.ie (286 words)

	Sligo Weekender: Bertie to officially open County Sligo’s plush facilities
		The opening of the new development at County Sligo signals the completion of a very important phase in the club’s development, and its timeliness is immense considering the packed programme the club faces into this season.
		County Sligo were the first club west of the Shannon to win the Shield.
		County Sligo’s efficiency in developing a first-class golfing product is, of course, undisputed given their success at the AIB Golf Club of the Year awards – which were inaugurated in 2002.
	www.sligoweekender.ie /news/story.asp?j=22557 (363 words)

	County Sligo
		Sligo was the ancestral territory of a branch of the O'Connors, called O'Connor Sligo.
		Further settlers were brought into the county at various periods, including weavers from the north of Ireland brought in by Lord Shelbourne in 1749.
		The town of Sligo was an important port in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, particularly as the River Erne and its lake systems facilitated inland trading and transport.
	www.rootsweb.com /~fianna/county/sligo.html (389 words)

	Sligo - the Irish Famine Connection
		Sligo is a county which witnessed the departure of so many famine ships during the Irish Famine.
		Sligo was one of the principal ports of emigration on the western seaboard and it became known as the embarkation point for the 'coffin ships', as the poorest of the poor walked here and sailed from this town.
		It was claimed that Sligo's own death rate was not as high as the other devastated counties of the West and the South at the time and it is reported that some of the landlords of this county were fair-minded and caring people.
	www.moytura.com /sligo1.htm (3036 words)

	Sligo Ireland tourism - hotels, bed and breakfast,car rentals Sligo, county maps...
		County Sligo's beautiful scenery was an inspiration for Yeats, who is buried at Drumcliffe Churchyard, under loaf-shaped Benbulben Mountain.
		The lakes of Sligo, with their still waters and wooded islands, are truly spectacular, and form a striking contrast to the county's rugged uplands.
		Sligo is the largest town in the north-west, with a heritage going back 6,000 years.
	www.countysligo.com (261 words)

	County Sligo Social and Benevolent Association - History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Toward the end of the year, he sailed from the port of Sligo on a windjammer, bound for the distant shores of America.
		The headstone that marks this patriot grave in Calvary Cemetary in Queens, New York, was recreated and rededicated on April 29, 1990 through the labors of Michael Corcoran's native county group in New York - the County Sligo Social and Benevolent Association.
		As a mark of appreciation for his dedication and work on behalf of his colleagues, a statue of him was erected to his memory in May 1930 in front of Ballymote Courthouse.
	www.sligoassociation.com /history.htm (849 words)

	:: Home :: West Sligo, Aughris, Templeboy, Cabra, Rathlee, Culleens, Castleconnor, Dromore West, Easkey, Enniscrone
		West Sligo is the Part of the County Sligo geographically bordered by the Ox Mountains and the Atlantic Ocean.
		It lies at the foot of the Ox Mountain on the south and the Ocean is the north side of the village.
		Enniscrone is a small seaside village and is situated along the Atlantic Ocean in county Sligo on the Northwest coast of Ireland only 7km from Ballina, Co Mayo and 64 km from Sligo town it is ideally located for touring the north west scenic routes.
	www.westsligo.com (799 words)

	Sligo Property - MyHome.ie – Properties for sale in county Sligo.
		Sligo is a county steeped in history and tradition.
		The county has quickly become a popular location for holiday homes and cottages and many new homes, houses and apartments have been built tastefully over the years.
		We have a comprehensive list of Sligo property including houses, holiday homes, country homes, farms, cottages, apartments as well details on tax incentive property to buy, rent or lease in the area.
	www.myhome.ie /sligo-property.asp (413 words)

	Sligo County Directory 1862
		The population in 1841 was 180,886; 166,915 in the rural, and 13,971 in the civic district, and in 1861 the total population of the county was 125,079, being a decrease of 55,807.
		It is in the Connaught Circuit; the Assizes are held at Sligo.
		DISTRICT LUNATIC ASYLUM AT SLIGO, FOR THE COUNTIES OF SLIGO AND LEITRIM.
	www.libraryireland.com /Thom1862/Sligo.php/index.php (1128 words)

	Ireland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the Republic, the county boundaries are still adhered to for local government, albeit with Tipperary and Dublin subdivided (some cities also have their own administrative regions).
		Across Ireland, the 32 counties are still used in sports and in some other cultural areas and retain a strong sense of local identity.
		The GAA is organised on an all-Ireland basis with all 32 counties competing; traditionally, counties first compete within their province, in the provincial championships, and the winners then compete in the All-Ireland senior hurling or football championships.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ireland (6906 words)

	Sligo
		County Sligo is situated on the Atlantic coast and is the gateway between Connaught and Ulster.
		Sligo has many beautiful lakes, especially Lough Gill and Glencar.
		This is WB Yeats county, "Land of Hearts Desire", where he and his brother, Jack, found inspiration.
	www.irelandbreaks.co.uk /leisure/accommodation/Sligo.htm (116 words)

	Sligo - the unheralded County of Ireland
		County Sligo in north west of Ireland, with a quiet and unheralded beauty of its own, is where 50% of my roots are - this was my father's county.
		In fact New Grange in County Meath pre-dates the Pyramids of Egypt by hundreds of years, so a find of this nature in Sligo is of some significance.
		Sligo is a spot of hidden and little known beauty and Lough Gill on the Leitrim border, as well as the waterfalls of Glencar, are well worth a visit to those touring the area.
	www.moytura.com /sligo.htm (2081 words)

	Sligo Chamber of Commerce and Industry Ireland - Helping Sligo Grow
		"Sligo Chamber exists to further the interests of its members by influencing all appropriate public and private bodies or agencies, to promote the long term economic developments of the county and to create, maintain and develop an environment and infrastructure in County Sligo which is conducive to the development of local business, industry and commerce.
		This is going to be a very exciting year for Sligo as we are finally experiencing the many infrastructural, industrial and commercial developments which we have long awaited.
		Sligo Chamber continue to support both the business community and the wider community of Sligo city and County and our efforts to serve all of their needs and interests have increased to deal with the increased demands of the modern business world.
	www.sligochamber.com (228 words)

	The unofficial tourist guide to Sligo Town - Hazelwood House and Sculpture Trail
		The first occupant of Hazelwood House was Lieutenant General Owen Wynne 1664-1737, third son of Owen Wynne Senior of Luganboy, County Leitrim and formerly of the Bala estate of the Gwynnes in the old county of Merionith in Wales, now known as the larger county of Gwynedd.
		Owen went on to become High Sheriff of County Sligo in 1723 and again in 1745 and High Sheriff of County Leitrim in 1724, he died in 1755 at the age of 79.
		Owen entered the Irish Parliament in 1778 as member for County Sligo whilst at the same time his father was member for the Borough.
	www.sligotown.net /index.php/87 (1414 words)

	County Sligo
		Anna Ballantyne's first 19 years were in Keash, near Ballymote, County Sligo from whence she emigrated circa 1886, probably after her 19th birthday in May to New York City to become a housekeeper.
		Kane surname occurs in all 32 Counties of Ireland.
		Cain surname occurs in 16 of the 32 counties.
	users.mo-net.com /nixit/sligo.html (1522 words)

	Sligo, Ireland, From Ireland web site, ©Jane Lyons
		People said that they came from A, B, or C, possibly in such and such a county in Ireland, and the thing is, that today, some people don't know if their ancestors were talking about the Civil Parish that they came from or the Religious parish or Barony or which division.
		Some cover only Sligo, while others take in parts of the surrounding counties or are districts whose main town is in another county and which covers only part of Co. Sligo.
		The centre for any registration district was a town in a county and the area taken in by the Poor Law Union related to that town.
	www.from-ireland.net /contents/sligoconts.htm (1782 words)

	Accommodation Sligo Ireland-Map of Sligo-Accommodation in Sligo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In Celtic mythology, Sligo was the power base of the warrior Queen Maeve of Connaught and the county's legacy of prehistoric sites indicate that the area was heavily populated in Celtic times.
		Sligo town, the busy thriving capital of the North West, is rich in culture and history with a heritage going back 6,000 years.
		The Ox Mountains in the west of the county form a background to the coastal plain, while north of Sligo town, the landscape is dominated by steep sided and flat topped limestone hills.
	sligo.goireland.com /scripts/low/xq/asp/areatype.c/areaid.192/qx/area.htm (316 words)

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