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With a population of 20,608 in 2022, it is the county's largest urban centre (constituting 29.5% of the county's population) and the 24th largest in the Republic of Ireland. [2] [3] Sligo is a commercial and cultural centre situated on the west coast of Ireland.
Carrowkeel is a cluster of passage tombs in south County Sligo, Ireland. They were built in the 4th millennium BC, during the Neolithic era. The monuments are on the Bricklieve Hills (An Bricshliabh, 'the speckled hills'), overlooking Lough Arrow, and are sometimes called the Bricklieve tombs.
Sligo is unique in Ireland as the only Norman medieval town to have been under Gaelic Irish control throughout the Medieval period, from around 1300 to 1600 AD.
In April 2022, Aidan Moffitt (aged 42) and Michael Snee (aged 58) were found murdered in their own homes in Sligo, Ireland, in the space of 24 hours. Both men were found with serious physical injuries due to a physical assault, around 1 km apart in the town.
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 70,198 at the ...
Ballysadare (Irish: Baile Easa Dara, meaning 'town of the waterfall of the oak'), locally also Ballisodare, is a town in County Sligo, Ireland. It is about 7 kilometres (4 miles) south of Sligo town.
Strandhill or occasionally Larass (Irish: an Leathros) is a coastal town and townland on the Coolera Peninsula in County Sligo, Ireland. As of 2016 [update] , the population was 1,753, [1] an increase of 10% from the 2011 census . [3]
Sligo. Demographics. Population. 3,105 (2016 [1]) Pop. density. 54.3/km 2 (140.6/sq mi) The Maugherow Peninsula ( Irish: Machaire Eabha) [2] is the largest and westernmost peninsula of County Sligo, Ireland. It is also less commonly referred to as the Raghly Peninsula, after Raghly Point ( Irish: Gob Reachla ), which is itself a headland of the ...
PC World was a British retail chain of mass market computer megastores. Established in November 1991, it became part of Dixons Retail in February 1993, and then part of Dixons Carphone , after the merger of Dixons Retail and Carphone Warehouse in August 2014.
Grange (Irish: An Ghráinseach, meaning 'monastic farm') is a village on the N15 national primary road in County Sligo, Ireland. It is located between Benbulben mountain and the Atlantic Ocean.