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County Sligo

April 23, 2023

County Sligo (/ˈslaɪɡoʊ/ SLY-goh, Irish: Contae Shligigh) is a county in Ireland. It is in the Northern and Western Region and is part of the province of Connacht. Sligo is the administrative capital and largest town in the county. Sligo County Council is the local authority for the county. The population of the county was 65,535 at the 2016 census.[3] It is noted for Benbulben Mountain, one of Ireland's most distinctive natural landmarks.

County Sligo
Contae Shligigh
County
Coat of arms
Nickname: 
Yeats Country
Motto: 
Land of Heart's Desire  
Anthem: "Isle of Innisfree" and
"Down by the Salley Gardens"
CountryIreland
ProvinceConnacht
RegionNorthern and Western
Established1585[1]
County townSligo
Government
 • Local authoritySligo County Council
 • Dáil constituencySligo–Leitrim
 • EP constituencyMidlands–North-West
Area
[2]
 • Total1,837 km2 (709 sq mi)
 • Rank22nd
Highest elevation
(Truskmore)
647 m (2,123 ft)
Population
 (2016)[3]
 • Total65,535
 • Rank26th
 • Density36/km2 (92/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC±0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (IST)
Eircode routing keys
F56, F91 (primarily)
Telephone area codes071 (primarily)
Vehicle index
mark code		SO
WebsiteOfficial website

History

Main article: History of Sligo

The county was officially formed in 1585 by Sir Henry Sidney, Lord Deputy of Ireland, but did not come into effect until the chaos of the Nine Years' War ended, in 1603. Its boundaries reflect the Ó Conchobhair Sligigh confederation of Lower Connacht (Irish: Íochtar Connacht) as it was at the time of the Elizabethan conquest.

This confederation consisted of the tuatha, or territories, of Cairbre Drumcliabh, Tír Fhíacrach Múaidhe, Tír Ollíol, Luíghne, Corann and Cúl ó bhFionn. Under the system of surrender and regrant each tuath was subsequently made into an English barony: Carbury, Tireragh, Tirerril, Leyny, Corran and Coolavin. The capital of the newly shired county was placed at Sligo.

A causewayed enclosure discovered in 2003 at Maugheraboy is one of the earliest indications of Neolithic farming activity on the Cúil Irra Peninsula.[4] The nearby megalithic cemetery of Carrowmore forms part of a huge complex of Stone Age remains connecting Carrowkeel in south Sligo to the Ox Mountains, to the Cuil Irra Peninsula, where the passage tomb named after the legendary Queen Maeve, Miosgán Médhbh, dominates the western skyline from the crest of Knocknarea Mountain.

The Caves of Kesh, famous in Irish mythology, are in south County Sligo. A recent decoding[5] of the work of Marinus of Tyre and Ptolemy shows Sligo as the likely location of Nagnata, an important place of assembly in the Iron Age. Famous medieval manuscripts written in the area include the Book of Ballymote, written in the territory of Corran, the Great Book of Lecan, and the Yellow Book of Lecan, both written in Tir Fhiacrach. The patron of the Annals of the Four Masters was Fearghal Ó Gadhra of Coolavin in south County Sligo.

Local government and politics

Main article: Sligo County Council

Sligo County Council is the local authority for the county. At the 2019 Sligo County Council election, it was divided into three local electoral areas (LEAs): Ballymote–Tobercurry (7 seats), Sligo–Strandhill (6 seats), and Sligo–Drumcliff (5 seats).[6] Each of these form a municipal district, with the containing Sligo–Strandhill known as the borough district of Sligo.[7]

Former districts

Under the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898, County Sligo was divided into the rural districts of Boyle No. 2, Dromore West, Sligo, and Tobercurry, and the urban district of Sligo.[8] Unlike most urban districts, Sligo had retained its borough corporation. The rural districts were abolished in 1925.[9] Sligo Borough Corporation became a borough council in 2002,[10] before being abolished in 2014 in common with all borough and town councils in Ireland.[11]

National politics

County Sligo is part of the Dáil constituency of Sligo–Leitrim (4 TDs).[12] At the 2020 election, Martin Kenny (Sinn Féin), Frank Feighan (Fine Gael), Marc MacSharry (Fianna Fáil) and Marian Harkin (Ind) were elected.

Coat of arms

This coat of arms was adopted by Sligo County Council in 1980. The design on the black shield, which shows an open book on which there is a Celtic Cross and a red rose, represents collectively the literary and cultural history of Sligo. These refer to such early works as the Books of Ballymote and Lecan, while the rose was a significant theme in the poetry of W. B. Yeats. The escallop shells sprinkled on the shield refer to the origin of the word Sligeach – "a place abounding in shells". The boar's head refers to the "wild boar of Benbulben" in the Diarmuid and Gráinne myth. The colour scheme of the crest incorporates the Sligo GAA colours of black and white.[13]

Culture

 
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 Sligo. Other texts include Bruidean Ceise Corann, set on Keash Mountain. The rich array of megalithic monuments in the area has been an inspiration to artists and writers such as Sir Samuel Ferguson. 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". He is buried in North County Sligo, "Under Ben Bulben", in Drumcliff. W. B. Yeats's brother Jack, a painter, also was inspired by the Sligo landscape.

Music

County Sligo has a long history of traditional music. The south of the county is particularly noted with such musical luminaries as James Morrison, Michael Coleman, Paddy Killoran, Fred Finn, Peter Horan, Joe O'Dowd, Jim Donoghue, Martin Wynne, Oisín Mac Diarmada (of Téada), tin-whistle player Carmel Gunning and the band Dervish. The county has many traditional music festivals and one of the most well-known is the Queen Maeve International Summer School, a traditional Irish Music summer school of music and dance which is held annually in August in Sligo Town. On the more contemporary music scene there are Westlife, Tabby Callaghan and The Conway Sisters who are from Sligo. Strandhill, about 9 km west of Sligo, hosts the Strandhill Guitar Festival[14] each year, featuring a wide variety of guitar music and musicians.

Sport

The county is home to League of Ireland Premier Division club Sligo Rovers, who have played home matches at The Showgrounds since they were founded in 1928 and won the league on 3 occasions. Their colours are red and white, hence their nickname the Bit 'O' Red. Brother Walfrid, the founder of Celtic Football Club, was born in Ballymote, in the south of the county.

The county is represented in Gaelic Games by Sligo GAA. Their colours are black and white. Sligo has won the Connacht Championship 3 times.

Geography and subdivisions

 
Sligo countryside and Ben Bulben seen in the background

Sligo is the 22nd largest of Ireland's 32 counties in area and the 26th largest in terms of population.[15] It is the fourth largest of Connacht's 5 counties in size and third largest in terms of population. The County borders County Mayo to the west, County Roscommon to the south and south-east and County Leitrim to the northeast.

Largest towns in County Sligo (2016 Census)

 
Beach near Strandhill
  1. Sligo, 19,452
  2. Tubbercurry, 1,986
  3. Strandhill, 1,753
  4. Collooney, 1,610
  5. Ballymote, 1,549
  6. Ballisodare, 1,350
  7. Enniscrone, 1,223
  8. Coolaney, 990
  9. Rosses Point, 883
  10. Grange, 586

Towns and villages

Places of interest

See also: List of National Monuments in County Sligo

People

See also: Category:People from County Sligo

Railways

The Dublin–Sligo railway line is operated by Iarnród Éireann in Ireland. It starts in Dublin Connolly station, terminating at Sligo Mac Diarmada railway station in Sligo. In the county there are stations at Ballymote and Collooney.

See also

References

  1. ^ ConnollyCove (13 December 2018). "Mesmerising Beauty of County Sligo". from the original on 20 June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  2. ^ "County Profiles – Sligo". Western Development Commission. from the original on 26 April 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "Census 2016 Sapmap Area: County Sligo". Central Statistics Office (Ireland). from the original on 11 April 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  4. ^ Danaher, E. (2007) Monumental beginnings: The archaeology of the N4 Sligo Inner Relief Road. NRA Scheme Monograph 1. Dublin: The National Roads Authority
  5. ^ "Login". irishgeography.ie. from the original on 23 December 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  6. ^ County of Sligo Local Electoral Areas and Municipal Districts Order 2018 (S.I. No. 632 of 2018). Signed on 19 December 2018. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. from the original on 2 February 2019. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 31 October 2022.
  7. ^ Local Government Reform Act 2014, s. 19: municipal districts (No. 1 of 2014, s. 19). Enacted on 27 January 2014. Act of the Oireachtas. from the original on 15 February 2020. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 5 September 2020.
  8. ^ Clancy, John Joseph (1899). A handbook of local government in Ireland: containing an explanatory introduction to the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898: together with the text of the act, the orders in Council, and the rules made thereunder relating to county council, rural district council, and guardian's elections: with an index. Dublin: Sealy, Bryers and Walker. p. 426.
  9. ^ Local Government Act 1925, s. 3: Abolition of rural district councils (No. 5 of 1925, s. 3). Enacted on 26 March 1925. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 22 December 2021.
  10. ^ Local Government Act 2001, 6th Sch.: Local Government Areas (Towns) (No. 37 of 2001, 6th Sch.). Enacted on 21 July 2001. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 3 August 2022.
  11. ^ Local Government Reform Act 2014, s. 24: Dissolution of town councils and transfer date (No. 1 of 2014, s. 24). Enacted on 27 January 2014. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 21 May 2022.
  12. ^ Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017, Schedule (No. 39 of 2017, Schedule). Enacted on 23 December 2017. Act of the Oireachtas. from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 24 December 2021.
  13. ^ . resources.teachnet.ie. Archived from the original on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  14. ^ "Sligo Arts". sligoarts.ie/FestivalsandEvents/Name,13321,en.html/ Sligo Arts. from the original on 6 October 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  15. ^ Corry, Eoghan (2005). The GAA Book of Lists. Hodder Headline Ireland. pp. 186–191. ISBN 0-340-89695-7.
  16. ^ "He danced to his own tune". The Sligo Champion. from the original on 26 November 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  17. ^ For 1653 and 1659 figures from Civil Survey Census of those years, Paper of Mr Hardinge to Royal Irish Academy 14 March 1865.
  18. ^ "Server Error 404 – CSO – Central Statistics Office". cso.ie. from the original on 9 March 2005. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
  19. ^ . www.histpop.org. Archived from the original on 7 May 2016.
  20. ^ NISRA – Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (c) 2013 17 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Nisranew.nisra.gov.uk (27 September 2010). Retrieved on 23 July 2013.
  21. ^ Lee, JJ (1981). "On the accuracy of the Pre-famine Irish censuses". In Goldstrom, J. M.; Clarkson, L. A. (eds.). Irish Population, Economy, and Society: Essays in Honour of the Late K. H. Connell. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press.
  22. ^ Mokyr, Joel; O Grada, Cormac (November 1984). "New Developments in Irish Population History, 1700–1850". The Economic History Review. 37 (4): 473–488. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0289.1984.tb00344.x. hdl:10197/1406. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012.

External links

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to County Sligo.
 
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for County Sligo.
  • Collection of Sligo Landscape Photographs
  • Sligo County Council
  • Sligo Borough Council
  • Sligoheritage.com
  • History of Sligo, County and Town By William Gregory Wood-Martin
  • Song, "Beautiful Sligo" sung by Michael McGloin,YouTube Video, with images.
  •   Texts on Wikisource:

Coordinates: 54°15′N 8°40′W / 54.250°N 8.667°W / 54.250; -8.667

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County Sligo ˈ s l aɪ ɡ oʊ SLY goh Irish Contae Shligigh is a county in Ireland It is in the Northern and Western Region and is part of the province of Connacht Sligo is the administrative capital and largest town in the county Sligo County Council is the local authority for the county The population of the county was 65 535 at the 2016 census 3 It is noted for Benbulben Mountain one of Ireland s most distinctive natural landmarks County Sligo Contae ShligighCountyCoat of armsNickname Yeats CountryMotto Land of Heart s Desire Anthem Isle of Innisfree and Down by the Salley Gardens CountryIrelandProvinceConnachtRegionNorthern and WesternEstablished1585 1 County townSligoGovernment Local authoritySligo County Council Dail constituencySligo Leitrim EP constituencyMidlands North WestArea 2 Total1 837 km2 709 sq mi Rank22ndHighest elevation Truskmore 647 m 2 123 ft Population 2016 3 Total65 535 Rank26th Density36 km2 92 sq mi Time zoneUTC 0 WET Summer DST UTC 1 IST Eircode routing keysF56 F91 primarily Telephone area codes071 primarily Vehicle indexmark codeSOWebsiteOfficial website Contents 1 History 2 Local government and politics 2 1 Former districts 2 2 National politics 2 3 Coat of arms 3 Culture 3 1 Music 3 2 Sport 4 Geography and subdivisions 4 1 Largest towns in County Sligo 2016 Census 4 2 Towns and villages 5 Places of interest 6 People 7 Railways 8 See also 9 References 10 External linksHistory EditMain article History of Sligo The county was officially formed in 1585 by Sir Henry Sidney Lord Deputy of Ireland but did not come into effect until the chaos of the Nine Years War ended in 1603 Its boundaries reflect the o Conchobhair Sligigh confederation of Lower Connacht Irish Iochtar Connacht as it was at the time of the Elizabethan conquest This confederation consisted of the tuatha or territories of Cairbre Drumcliabh Tir Fhiacrach Muaidhe Tir Olliol Luighne Corann and Cul o bhFionn Under the system of surrender and regrant each tuath was subsequently made into an English barony Carbury Tireragh Tirerril Leyny Corran and Coolavin The capital of the newly shired county was placed at Sligo A causewayed enclosure discovered in 2003 at Maugheraboy is one of the earliest indications of Neolithic farming activity on the Cuil Irra Peninsula 4 The nearby megalithic cemetery of Carrowmore forms part of a huge complex of Stone Age remains connecting Carrowkeel in south Sligo to the Ox Mountains to the Cuil Irra Peninsula where the passage tomb named after the legendary Queen Maeve Miosgan Medhbh dominates the western skyline from the crest of Knocknarea Mountain The Caves of Kesh famous in Irish mythology are in south County Sligo A recent decoding 5 of the work of Marinus of Tyre and Ptolemy shows Sligo as the likely location of Nagnata an important place of assembly in the Iron Age Famous medieval manuscripts written in the area include the Book of Ballymote written in the territory of Corran the Great Book of Lecan and the Yellow Book of Lecan both written in Tir Fhiacrach The patron of the Annals of the Four Masters was Fearghal o Gadhra of Coolavin in south County Sligo Local government and politics EditMain article Sligo County Council Sligo County Council is the local authority for the county At the 2019 Sligo County Council election it was divided into three local electoral areas LEAs Ballymote Tobercurry 7 seats Sligo Strandhill 6 seats and Sligo Drumcliff 5 seats 6 Each of these form a municipal district with the containing Sligo Strandhill known as the borough district of Sligo 7 Former districts Edit Under the Local Government Ireland Act 1898 County Sligo was divided into the rural districts of Boyle No 2 Dromore West Sligo and Tobercurry and the urban district of Sligo 8 Unlike most urban districts Sligo had retained its borough corporation The rural districts were abolished in 1925 9 Sligo Borough Corporation became a borough council in 2002 10 before being abolished in 2014 in common with all borough and town councils in Ireland 11 National politics Edit County Sligo is part of the Dail constituency of Sligo Leitrim 4 TDs 12 At the 2020 election Martin Kenny Sinn Fein Frank Feighan Fine Gael Marc MacSharry Fianna Fail and Marian Harkin Ind were elected Coat of arms Edit This coat of arms was adopted by Sligo County Council in 1980 The design on the black shield which shows an open book on which there is a Celtic Cross and a red rose represents collectively the literary and cultural history of Sligo These refer to such early works as the Books of Ballymote and Lecan while the rose was a significant theme in the poetry of W B Yeats The escallop shells sprinkled on the shield refer to the origin of the word Sligeach a place abounding in shells The boar s head refers to the wild boar of Benbulben in the Diarmuid and Grainne myth The colour scheme of the crest incorporates the Sligo GAA colours of black and white 13 Culture Edit 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 Sligo Other texts include Bruidean Ceise Corann set on Keash Mountain The rich array of megalithic monuments in the area has been an inspiration to artists and writers such as Sir Samuel Ferguson 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 He is buried in North County Sligo Under Ben Bulben in Drumcliff W B Yeats s brother Jack a painter also was inspired by the Sligo landscape Music Edit County Sligo has a long history of traditional music The south of the county is particularly noted with such musical luminaries as James Morrison Michael Coleman Paddy Killoran Fred Finn Peter Horan Joe O Dowd Jim Donoghue Martin Wynne Oisin Mac Diarmada of Teada tin whistle player Carmel Gunning and the band Dervish The county has many traditional music festivals and one of the most well known is the Queen Maeve International Summer School a traditional Irish Music summer school of music and dance which is held annually in August in Sligo Town On the more contemporary music scene there are Westlife Tabby Callaghan and The Conway Sisters who are from Sligo Strandhill about 9 km west of Sligo hosts the Strandhill Guitar Festival 14 each year featuring a wide variety of guitar music and musicians Sport Edit The county is home to League of Ireland Premier Division club Sligo Rovers who have played home matches at The Showgrounds since they were founded in 1928 and won the league on 3 occasions Their colours are red and white hence their nickname the Bit O Red Brother Walfrid the founder of Celtic Football Club was born in Ballymote in the south of the county The county is represented in Gaelic Games by Sligo GAA Their colours are black and white Sligo has won the Connacht Championship 3 times Geography and subdivisions Edit Sligo countryside and Ben Bulben seen in the background Sligo is the 22nd largest of Ireland s 32 counties in area and the 26th largest in terms of population 15 It is the fourth largest of Connacht s 5 counties in size and third largest in terms of population The County borders County Mayo to the west County Roscommon to the south and south east and County Leitrim to the northeast Largest towns in County Sligo 2016 Census Edit Beach near Strandhill Sligo 19 452 Tubbercurry 1 986 Strandhill 1 753 Collooney 1 610 Ballymote 1 549 Ballisodare 1 350 Enniscrone 1 223 Coolaney 990 Rosses Point 883 Grange 586Towns and villages Edit Achonry Aclare Ballaghnatrillick Ballinafad Ballygawley Ballintogher Ballymote Ballynacarrow Ballysadare Beltra Bunninadden Carney Castlebaldwin Cliffony Cloonacool Collooney Coolaney Dromore West Drumcliff Easky Enniscrone Geevagh Grange Gorteen Kilglass Monasteraden Mullaghmore Riverstown Rosses Point Skreen Strandhill Toorlestraun TubbercurryPlaces of interest EditSee also List of National Monuments in County Sligo Benbulbin Carrowkeel Megalithic Cemetery Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery Caves of Kesh Coolera Peninsula Curlew Mountains Dartry Mountains Easkey Bog Glencar Lough Knocknarea Lough Arrow Lough Gill Maugherow Peninsula Mullaghmore Peninsula Ox Mountains Rosses Point Peninsula Sligo Abbey Sruth in Aghaidh an AirdPeople EditSee also Category People from County Sligo The 3rd Earl of Carlingford 1639 1704 a Feldmarschall for the Habsburg monarchy in the Holy Roman Empire Lord Carlingford was born in Ballymote and served for many years as the chief minister of the Duchy of Lorraine El Marques de Osorno 1720 1801 Spanish colonial administrator Owen Connellan 1797 1871 Irish Scholar translated the Annals of the Four Masters in 1846 George Stokes 1819 1903 mathematician physicist Lola Montez 1821 1861 dancer actress Michael Corcoran 1827 1863 Union Army general in the American Civil War Brother Walfrid 1840 1915 founder of Celtic FC W B Yeats 1865 1939 poet Constance Markievicz 1868 1927 revolutionary Irish nationalist the first woman elected to the British Parliament Jack Butler Yeats 1871 1957 Artist Martin Moffat 1882 1946 soldier recipient of the Victoria Cross Michael Coleman 1891 1945 traditional music James Morrison 1893 1947 traditional music Martin Savage 1897 1917 Irish republican Nace O Dowd 1931 1987 Gaelic football captain for the Sligo county team Mary O Hara b 1935 singer Ray McSharry b 1938 Fianna Fail Teachta Dala TD for the Sligo Leitrim constituency from 1969 to 1988 Tanaiste He also served as Member of the European Parliament MEP for the Connacht Ulster constituency Scott Fredericks 1943 2017 actor 16 Neil Jordan b 1950 film director screenwriter novelist and short story writer Marian Harkin b 1953 Teachta Dala TD for the Sligo Leitrim constituency previously a Member of the European Parliament MEP from 2004 to 2019 Pauline McLynn b 1962 actress Mrs Doyle in the sitcom Father Ted Christopher O Donnell born 1998 Olympic track and field athlete Tommy Fleming born 1971 singer Shane Filan b 1979 a member of the pop band Westlife Kian Egan b 1980 a member of the pop band Westlife Mark Feehily b 1980 a member of the pop band WestlifeRailways EditThe Dublin Sligo railway line is operated by Iarnrod Eireann in Ireland It starts in Dublin Connolly station terminating at Sligo Mac Diarmada railway station in Sligo In the county there are stations at Ballymote and Collooney See also EditHistorical populationYearPop 16001 095 16103 945 260 3 16534 001 1 4 16596 877 71 9 1821146 229 2026 3 1831171 765 17 5 1841180 886 5 3 1851128 515 29 0 1861124 845 2 9 1871115 493 7 5 1881111 578 3 4 189198 013 12 2 190184 083 14 2 191179 045 6 0 192671 388 9 7 193667 447 5 5 194662 375 7 5 195160 513 3 0 195656 850 6 1 196153 561 5 8 196651 263 4 3 197150 275 1 9 197954 610 8 6 198155 474 1 6 198656 046 1 0 199154 756 2 3 199655 821 1 9 200258 200 4 3 200660 894 4 6 201165 393 7 4 201665 535 0 2 202269 819 6 5 17 18 19 20 21 22 3 High Sheriff of Sligo List of abbeys and priories in the Republic of Ireland County Sligo List of people from Sligo Sligo GAA Sligo Rovers F C Sligo Town Wild Atlantic WayReferences Edit ConnollyCove 13 December 2018 Mesmerising Beauty of County Sligo Archived from the original on 20 June 2019 Retrieved 20 June 2019 County Profiles Sligo Western Development Commission Archived from the original on 26 April 2021 Retrieved 2 June 2021 a b c Census 2016 Sapmap Area County Sligo Central Statistics Office Ireland Archived from the original on 11 April 2018 Retrieved 11 April 2018 Danaher E 2007 Monumental beginnings The archaeology of the N4 Sligo Inner Relief Road NRA Scheme Monograph 1 Dublin The National Roads Authority Login irishgeography ie Archived from the original on 23 December 2019 Retrieved 20 June 2019 County of Sligo Local Electoral Areas and Municipal Districts Order 2018 S I No 632 of 2018 Signed on 19 December 2018 Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland Archived from the original on 2 February 2019 Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 31 October 2022 Local Government Reform Act 2014 s 19 municipal districts No 1 of 2014 s 19 Enacted on 27 January 2014 Act of the Oireachtas Archived from the original on 15 February 2020 Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 5 September 2020 Clancy John Joseph 1899 A handbook of local government in Ireland containing an explanatory introduction to the Local Government Ireland Act 1898 together with the text of the act the orders in Council and the rules made thereunder relating to county council rural district council and guardian s elections with an index Dublin Sealy Bryers and Walker p 426 Local Government Act 1925 s 3 Abolition of rural district councils No 5 of 1925 s 3 Enacted on 26 March 1925 Act of the Oireachtas Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 22 December 2021 Local Government Act 2001 6th Sch Local Government Areas Towns No 37 of 2001 6th Sch Enacted on 21 July 2001 Act of the Oireachtas Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 3 August 2022 Local Government Reform Act 2014 s 24 Dissolution of town councils and transfer date No 1 of 2014 s 24 Enacted on 27 January 2014 Act of the Oireachtas Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 21 May 2022 Electoral Amendment Dail Constituencies Act 2017 Schedule No 39 of 2017 Schedule Enacted on 23 December 2017 Act of the Oireachtas Archived from the original on 18 July 2018 Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 24 December 2021 History Around You resources teachnet ie Archived from the original on 29 July 2014 Retrieved 28 July 2014 Sligo Arts sligoarts ie FestivalsandEvents Name 13321 en html Sligo Arts Archived from the original on 6 October 2017 Retrieved 6 October 2017 Corry Eoghan 2005 The GAA Book of Lists Hodder Headline Ireland pp 186 191 ISBN 0 340 89695 7 He danced to his own tune The Sligo Champion Archived from the original on 26 November 2017 Retrieved 14 December 2022 For 1653 and 1659 figures from Civil Survey Census of those years Paper of Mr Hardinge to Royal Irish Academy 14 March 1865 Server Error 404 CSO Central Statistics Office cso ie Archived from the original on 9 March 2005 Retrieved 9 July 2009 Histpop The Online Historical Population Reports Website www histpop org Archived from the original on 7 May 2016 NISRA Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency c 2013 Archived 17 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine Nisranew nisra gov uk 27 September 2010 Retrieved on 23 July 2013 Lee JJ 1981 On the accuracy of the Pre famine Irish censuses In Goldstrom J M Clarkson L A eds Irish Population Economy and Society Essays in Honour of the Late K H Connell Oxford England Clarendon Press Mokyr Joel O Grada Cormac November 1984 New Developments in Irish Population History 1700 1850 The Economic History Review 37 4 473 488 doi 10 1111 j 1468 0289 1984 tb00344 x hdl 10197 1406 Archived from the original on 4 December 2012 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to County Sligo Wikivoyage has a travel guide for County Sligo Collection of Sligo Landscape Photographs Sligo County Council Sligo Borough Council Map of Sligo Sligoheritage com History of Sligo County and Town By William Gregory Wood Martin Song Beautiful Sligo sung by Michael McGloin YouTube Video with images Texts on Wikisource Sligo A maritime county of the Province of Connaught Ireland New International Encyclopedia 1905 Sligo a county of Ireland Encyclopaedia Britannica 11th ed 1911 Sligo Collier s New Encyclopedia 1921 Coordinates 54 15 N 8 40 W 54 250 N 8 667 W 54 250 8 667 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title County Sligo amp oldid 1151215624, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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