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  2. Sligo - Wikipedia

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    Sligo is the anglicisation of the Irish name Sligeach, meaning "abounding in shells" or "shelly place".It refers to the abundance of shellfish found in the river and its estuary, and from the extensive shell middens in the vicinity.

  3. County Sligo - Wikipedia

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    The Sligo coastline at Mullaghmore, with Classiebawn Castle in the distance Beezie's Island on Lough Gill. County Sligo is the setting for a large number of the texts in the Mythological Cycles. The story of Diarmad and Grainne has its final act played out on Ben Bulben. The Second Battle of Moytirra is associated with Moytirra in South County ...

  4. History of Sligo - Wikipedia

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    "Herring of Sligo and salmon of Bann, Has made in Bristol many a rich man". [4] At this time, Sligo was a prosperous trading port, exporting fish, wool, cow hide, and timber, while importing wine, salt and iron. Saffron was imported as well, for its use as a dye as well as indigo which is mentioned as a common colour for clothing in the Sligo area.

  5. Mullaghmore, County Sligo - Wikipedia

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    Lord Palmerston presided over Mullaghmore and North Sligo during the worst years of the Great Famine of the mid-19th century. During the summer and autumn of 1847, nine vessels, carrying over 2,000 persons left Sligo port with tenants evicted and "shovelled out" from his Sligo estates. They arrived in Canada destitute and half-naked.

  6. Sligo Abbey - Wikipedia

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    Sligo Abbey (Irish: Mainistir Shligigh [2]) was a Dominican convent in Sligo, Ireland, founded in 1253. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It was built in the Romanesque style with some later additions and alterations. Extensive ruins remain, mainly of the church and the cloister.

  7. Sligo County Museum - Wikipedia

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    Phase 1 was to consist of the new Sligo Branch Library and Headquarters and the County Museum. A sum of €4.285m was approved by the Dept. of the Environment towards the new Sligo Branch Library and headquarters for Sligo town. An Access grant was also successful and 2,920,398 was awarded towards the new museum project in 2001. [8]

  8. Castlebaldwin - Wikipedia

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    Castlebaldwin or Bellanagarrigeeny (Irish: Béal Átha na gCarraigíní, meaning 'mouth of the ford of the small rocks') [1] is a townland and small village in County Sligo, Ireland. The castle outside the village of Castlebaldwin is a fortified 17th-century house rather than a medieval castle, with gun slits in the walls and a machicolation ...

  9. Category : Wikipedia requested photographs in County Sligo

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