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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B7%D8%B9%D8%A9_%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%88" title="مقاطعة سليجو – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="مقاطعة سليجو" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cond%C3%A1u_de_Sligo" title="Condáu de Sligo – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Condáu de Sligo" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sligo_K%C5%ABn" title="Sligo Kūn – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Sligo Kūn" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B3%D0%BE_(%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE)" title="Слайго (графство) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Слайго (графство)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kontelezh_Sligeach" title="Kontelezh Sligeach – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Kontelezh Sligeach" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comtat_de_Sligo" title="Comtat de Sligo – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Comtat de Sligo" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sligo_(kondado)" title="Sligo (kondado) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Sligo (kondado)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hrabstv%C3%AD_Sligo" title="Hrabství Sligo – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Hrabství Sligo" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swydd_Shligigh" title="Swydd Shligigh – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Swydd Shligigh" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Sligo" title="County Sligo – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="County Sligo" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Sligo" title="County Sligo – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="County Sligo" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sligo_krahvkond" title="Sligo krahvkond – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Sligo krahvkond" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_de_Sligo" title="Condado de Sligo – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Condado de Sligo" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graflando_Sligo" title="Graflando Sligo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Graflando Sligo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sligo_konderria" title="Sligo konderria – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Sligo konderria" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%AF%D9%88" title="شهرستان اسلایگو – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="شهرستان اسلایگو" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comt%C3%A9_de_Sligo" title="Comté de Sligo – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Comté de Sligo" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contae_Shligigh" title="Contae Shligigh – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Contae Shligigh" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coontae_Shliggee" title="Coontae Shliggee – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="Coontae Shliggee" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contae_Shligigh" title="Contae Shligigh – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Contae Shligigh" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_de_Sligo" title="Condado de Sligo – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Condado de Sligo" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%8A%AC%EB%9D%BC%EC%9D%B4%EA%B3%A0%EC%A3%BC" title="슬라이고주 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="슬라이고주" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B3%D0%BE_(%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%B4)" title="Слайго (графад) – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Слайго (графад)" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Sligo" title="County Sligo – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="County Sligo" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contea_di_Sligo" title="Contea di Sligo – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Contea di Sligo" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%97%D7%95%D7%96_%D7%A1%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%99%D7%92%D7%95" title="מחוז סלייגו – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מחוז סלייגו" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90%E1%83%98%E1%83%92%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%92%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%A4%E1%83%9D" title="სლაიგოს საგრაფო – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="სლაიგოს საგრაფო" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilaya_ya_Sligo" title="Wilaya ya Sligo – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Wilaya ya Sligo" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Sligo" title="County Sligo – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="County Sligo" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comitatus_Slegensis" title="Comitatus Slegensis – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Comitatus Slegensis" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slaigo_gr%C4%81fiste" title="Slaigo grāfiste – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Slaigo grāfiste" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slaigo_grafyst%C4%97" title="Slaigo grafystė – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Slaigo grafystė" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sligo_megye" title="Sligo megye – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Sligo megye" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%98%D0%B3%D0%BE_(%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0)" title="Слајго (грофовија) – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Слајго (грофовија)" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Sligo" title="County Sligo – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="County Sligo" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B4%E7%9C%8C" title="スライゴ県 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="スライゴ県" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sligo_(Graafskap)" title="Sligo (Graafskap) – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Sligo (Graafskap)" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sligo_(grevskap)" title="Sligo 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0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">County Sligo</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-native" lang="ga"><span title="Irish-language text"><i lang="ga">Contae Shligigh</i></span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Counties_of_Ireland" title="Counties of Ireland">County</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sligo_COA.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of County Sligo"><img alt="Coat of arms of County Sligo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Sligo_COA.png/100px-Sligo_COA.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Sligo_COA.png/150px-Sligo_COA.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Sligo_COA.png/200px-Sligo_COA.png 2x" data-file-width="944" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Coat of arms</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Nickname: <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname"><a href="/wiki/W._B._Yeats" title="W. B. Yeats">Yeats</a> Country</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Motto: <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Land_of_Heart%27s_Desire" title="The Land of Heart's Desire">Land of Heart's Desire</a></i><span class="nowrap">  </span></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Anthem: "<a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Innisfree" title="Isle of Innisfree">Isle of Innisfree</a>" and <br /> "<a href="/wiki/Down_by_the_Salley_Gardens" title="Down by the Salley Gardens">Down by the Salley Gardens</a>"</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Island_of_Ireland_location_map_Sligo.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of County Sligo"><img alt="Location of County Sligo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Island_of_Ireland_location_map_Sligo.svg/250px-Island_of_Ireland_location_map_Sligo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="312" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Island_of_Ireland_location_map_Sligo.svg/375px-Island_of_Ireland_location_map_Sligo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Island_of_Ireland_location_map_Sligo.svg/500px-Island_of_Ireland_location_map_Sligo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1450" data-file-height="1807" /></a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Sovereign_state" title="Sovereign state">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Ireland</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Ireland" title="Provinces of Ireland">Province</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Connacht" title="Connacht">Connacht</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Regions of Ireland">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Northern_and_Western_Region" title="Northern and Western Region">Northern and Western</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1585<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/County_town" title="County town">County town</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sligo" title="Sligo">Sligo</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Local government in the Republic of Ireland">Local authority</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sligo_County_Council" title="Sligo County Council">Sligo County Council</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1il_constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Dáil constituency">Dáil constituency</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sligo%E2%80%93Leitrim_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Sligo–Leitrim (Dáil constituency)">Sligo–Leitrim</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/European_Parliament_constituencies_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="European Parliament constituencies in the Republic of Ireland">EP constituency</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Midlands%E2%80%93North-West_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="Midlands–North-West (European Parliament constituency)">Midlands–North-West</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-WDC_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WDC-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,838 km<sup>2</sup> (710 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Irish_counties_by_area" title="List of Irish counties by area">22nd</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"> (<a href="/wiki/Truskmore" title="Truskmore">Truskmore</a>)</div></th><td class="infobox-data">647 m (2,123 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2022_census_of_Ireland" title="2022 census of Ireland">2022</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-cso2022_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cso2022-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">70,198</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Irish_counties_by_population" title="List of Irish counties by population">27th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">38/km<sup>2</sup> (99/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%C2%B10" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC±0">UTC±0</a> (<a href="/wiki/Western_European_Time" title="Western European Time">WET</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B1" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+1">UTC+1</a> (<a href="/wiki/Irish_Standard_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish Standard Time">IST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Eircode" class="mw-redirect" title="Eircode">Eircode</a> routing keys</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">F56, F91 <small>(primarily)</small></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Telephone numbers in the Republic of Ireland">Telephone area codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data">071 <small>(primarily)</small></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">IE-SO</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Vehicle registration plates of Ireland">Vehicle index<br />mark code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">SO</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="official-website"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sligococo.ie">Official website</a></span></span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q179325#P856" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" 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srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,7,a,a,270x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=County_Sligo&revid=1256692856&groups=_2a9c6031f025e131460b05212e77ec655b0bf641 2x" alt="Map" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>County Sligo</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/aɪ/: 'i' in 'tide'">aɪ</span><span title="/ɡ/: 'g' in 'guy'">ɡ</span><span title="/oʊ/: 'o' in 'code'">oʊ</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">SLY</span>-goh</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Irish_language" title="Irish language">Irish</a>: <i lang="ga">Contae Shligigh</i>) is a <a href="/wiki/Counties_of_Ireland" title="Counties of Ireland">county</a> in <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Ireland</a>. It is in the <a href="/wiki/Northern_and_Western_Region" title="Northern and Western Region">Northern and Western Region</a> and is part of the <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Ireland" title="Provinces of Ireland">province</a> of <a href="/wiki/Connacht" title="Connacht">Connacht</a>. <a href="/wiki/Sligo" title="Sligo">Sligo</a> is the administrative capital and largest town in the county. <a href="/wiki/Sligo_County_Council" title="Sligo County Council">Sligo County Council</a> is the <a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Local government in the Republic of Ireland">local authority</a> for the county. The population of the county was 70,198 at the <a href="/wiki/2022_census_of_Ireland" title="2022 census of Ireland">2022 census</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cso2022_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cso2022-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is noted for <a href="/wiki/Benbulben" class="mw-redirect" title="Benbulben">Benbulben</a> Mountain, one of Ireland's most distinctive natural landmarks. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Sligo&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Sligo" title="History of Sligo">History of Sligo</a></div> <p>The county was officially formed in 1585 by <a href="/wiki/Sir_Henry_Sidney" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Henry Sidney">Sir Henry Sidney</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lord_Deputy_of_Ireland" title="Lord Deputy of Ireland">Lord Deputy of Ireland</a>, but did not come into effect until the chaos of the <a href="/wiki/Nine_Years%27_War_(Ireland)" title="Nine Years' War (Ireland)">Nine Years' War</a> ended, in 1603. Its boundaries reflect the <a href="/wiki/%C3%93_Conchobhair_Sligigh" class="mw-redirect" title="Ó Conchobhair Sligigh">Ó Conchobhair Sligigh</a> <a href="/wiki/Confederation" title="Confederation">confederation</a> of Lower Connacht (<a href="/wiki/Irish_language" title="Irish language">Irish</a>: <i lang="ga">Íochtar Connacht</i>) as it was at the time of the Elizabethan conquest. </p><p>This confederation consisted of the <a href="/wiki/Tuath" class="mw-redirect" title="Tuath">tuatha</a>, or territories, of <a href="/wiki/Cairbre_Drom_Cliabh" title="Cairbre Drom Cliabh">Cairbre Drumcliabh</a>, <a href="/wiki/T%C3%ADr_Fh%C3%ADacrach_M%C3%BAaidhe" class="mw-redirect" title="Tír Fhíacrach Múaidhe">Tír Fhíacrach Múaidhe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tir_Oll%C3%ADol" title="Tir Ollíol">Tír Ollíol</a>, Luíghne, <a href="/wiki/Corann" title="Corann">Corann</a> and Cúl ó bhFionn. Under the system of <a href="/wiki/Surrender_and_regrant" title="Surrender and regrant">surrender and regrant</a> each tuath was subsequently made into an English barony: <a href="/wiki/Barony_of_Carbury_(County_Sligo)" class="mw-redirect" title="Barony of Carbury (County Sligo)">Carbury</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tireragh" title="Tireragh">Tireragh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tirerril" title="Tirerril">Tirerril</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leyny" title="Leyny">Leyny</a>, <a href="/wiki/Corran_(barony)" title="Corran (barony)">Corran</a> and <a href="/wiki/Coolavin" title="Coolavin">Coolavin</a>. The capital of the newly shired county was placed at <a href="/wiki/Sligo" title="Sligo">Sligo</a>. </p><p>A causewayed enclosure discovered in 2003 at Maugheraboy is one of the earliest indications of <a href="/wiki/Neolithic" title="Neolithic">Neolithic</a> farming activity on the <a href="/wiki/Coolera_Peninsula" title="Coolera Peninsula">Cúil Irra Peninsula</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The nearby megalithic cemetery of <a href="/wiki/Carrowmore" title="Carrowmore">Carrowmore</a> forms part of a huge complex of <a href="/wiki/Stone_Age" title="Stone Age">Stone Age</a> remains connecting <a href="/wiki/Carrowkeel_Megalithic_Cemetery" title="Carrowkeel Megalithic Cemetery">Carrowkeel</a> in south Sligo to the <a href="/wiki/Ox_Mountains" title="Ox Mountains">Ox Mountains</a>, to the Cuil Irra Peninsula, where the passage tomb named after the legendary <a href="/wiki/Medb" title="Medb">Queen Maeve</a>, <a href="/wiki/Miosg%C3%A1n_M%C3%A9dhbh" class="mw-redirect" title="Miosgán Médhbh">Miosgán Médhbh</a>, dominates the western skyline from the crest of <a href="/wiki/Knocknarea" title="Knocknarea">Knocknarea Mountain</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Caves_of_Kesh" title="Caves of Kesh">Caves of Kesh</a>, famous in Irish <a href="/wiki/Mythology" class="mw-redirect" title="Mythology">mythology</a>, are in south County Sligo. A recent decoding<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of the work of <a href="/wiki/Marinus_of_Tyre" title="Marinus of Tyre">Marinus of Tyre</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ptolemy" title="Ptolemy">Ptolemy</a> shows Sligo as the likely location of <a href="/wiki/Nagnata" title="Nagnata">Nagnata</a>, an important place of assembly in the Iron Age. Famous medieval manuscripts written in the area include the <i><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Ballymote" title="Book of Ballymote">Book of Ballymote</a></i>, written in the territory of Corran, the <i><a href="/wiki/Great_Book_of_Lecan" title="Great Book of Lecan">Great Book of Lecan</a></i>, and the <i><a href="/wiki/Yellow_Book_of_Lecan" title="Yellow Book of Lecan">Yellow Book of Lecan</a></i>, both written in Tir Fhiacrach. The patron of the <i><a href="/wiki/Annals_of_the_Four_Masters" title="Annals of the Four Masters">Annals of the Four Masters</a></i> was <a href="/wiki/Fearghal_%C3%93_Gadhra" title="Fearghal Ó Gadhra">Fearghal Ó Gadhra</a> of <a href="/wiki/Coolavin" title="Coolavin">Coolavin</a> in south County Sligo. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Local_government_and_politics">Local government and politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Sligo&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Local government and politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Sligo_County_Council" title="Sligo County Council">Sligo County Council</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Sligo_County_Council" title="Sligo County Council">Sligo County Council</a> is the local authority for the county. At the <a href="/wiki/2019_Sligo_County_Council_election" title="2019 Sligo County Council election">2019 Sligo County Council election</a>, it was divided into three <a href="/wiki/Local_electoral_area" title="Local electoral area">local electoral areas</a> (LEAs): <a href="/wiki/Ballymote" title="Ballymote">Ballymote</a>–<a href="/wiki/Tobercurry" class="mw-redirect" title="Tobercurry">Tobercurry</a> (7 seats), <a href="/wiki/Sligo" title="Sligo">Sligo</a>–<a href="/wiki/Strandhill" title="Strandhill">Strandhill</a> (6 seats), and Sligo–<a href="/wiki/Drumcliff" title="Drumcliff">Drumcliff</a> (5 seats).<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Each of these form a municipal district, with the containing Sligo–Strandhill known as the borough district of Sligo.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former_districts">Former districts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Sligo&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Former districts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Under the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_(Ireland)_Act_1898" title="Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898">Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898</a>, County Sligo was divided into the <a href="/wiki/Rural_district_(Ireland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rural district (Ireland)">rural districts</a> of Boyle No. 2, Dromore West, Sligo, and Tobercurry, and the urban district of <a href="/wiki/Sligo" title="Sligo">Sligo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Unlike most urban districts, Sligo had retained its borough corporation. The rural districts were abolished in 1925.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sligo Borough Corporation became a borough council in 2002,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before being abolished in 2014 in common with all borough and town councils in Ireland.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_politics">National politics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Sligo&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: National politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>County Sligo is part of the <a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1il_constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Dáil constituency">Dáil constituency</a> of <a href="/wiki/Sligo%E2%80%93Leitrim_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Sligo–Leitrim (Dáil constituency)">Sligo–Leitrim</a> (4 <a href="/wiki/Teachta_D%C3%A1la" title="Teachta Dála">TDs</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-ea-2017_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ea-2017-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the 2020 election, <a href="/wiki/Martin_Kenny" title="Martin Kenny">Martin Kenny</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a>), <a href="/wiki/Frank_Feighan" title="Frank Feighan">Frank Feighan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Fine_Gael" title="Fine Gael">Fine Gael</a>), <a href="/wiki/Marc_MacSharry" title="Marc MacSharry">Marc MacSharry</a> (<a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Marian_Harkin" title="Marian Harkin">Marian Harkin</a> (<a href="/wiki/Independent_politician_(Ireland)" title="Independent politician (Ireland)">Ind</a>) were elected. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Coat_of_arms">Coat of arms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Sligo&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Coat of arms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This coat of arms was adopted by <a href="/wiki/Sligo_County_Council" title="Sligo County Council">Sligo County Council</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/Sligo_GAA" title="Sligo GAA">Sligo GAA</a> colours of black and white.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Sligo&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mullaghmore,_Co_Sligo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Mullaghmore%2C_Co_Sligo.jpg/220px-Mullaghmore%2C_Co_Sligo.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Mullaghmore%2C_Co_Sligo.jpg/330px-Mullaghmore%2C_Co_Sligo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Mullaghmore%2C_Co_Sligo.jpg/440px-Mullaghmore%2C_Co_Sligo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3008" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>The Sligo coastline at <a href="/wiki/Mullaghmore_Peninsula" title="Mullaghmore Peninsula">Mullaghmore</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Classiebawn_Castle" title="Classiebawn Castle">Classiebawn Castle</a> in the distance</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Beezie%27s_Island.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Beezie%27s_Island.jpg/220px-Beezie%27s_Island.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Beezie%27s_Island.jpg/330px-Beezie%27s_Island.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Beezie%27s_Island.jpg/440px-Beezie%27s_Island.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1242" data-file-height="825" /></a><figcaption>Beezie's Island on <a href="/wiki/Lough_Gill" title="Lough Gill">Lough Gill</a></figcaption></figure> <p>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 <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Ferguson" title="Samuel Ferguson">Sir Samuel Ferguson</a>. The poet and <a href="/wiki/List_of_Nobel_laureates" title="List of Nobel laureates">Nobel laureate</a> <a href="/wiki/W._B._Yeats" title="W. B. Yeats">W. B. Yeats</a> (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, "<a href="/wiki/Under_Ben_Bulben" title="Under Ben Bulben">Under Ben Bulben</a>", in <a href="/wiki/Drumcliff" title="Drumcliff">Drumcliff</a>. W. B. Yeats's brother <a href="/wiki/Jack_Butler_Yeats" class="mw-redirect" title="Jack Butler Yeats">Jack</a>, a painter, also was inspired by the Sligo landscape. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music">Music</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Sligo&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>County Sligo has a long history of <a href="/wiki/Irish_traditional_music" title="Irish traditional music">traditional music</a>. The south of the county is particularly noted with such musical luminaries as <a href="/wiki/James_Morrison_(fiddler)" title="James Morrison (fiddler)">James Morrison</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Coleman_(Irish_musician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael Coleman (Irish musician)">Michael Coleman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paddy_Killoran" title="Paddy Killoran">Paddy Killoran</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fred_Finn_(musician)" title="Fred Finn (musician)">Fred Finn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Horan" title="Peter Horan">Peter Horan</a>, Joe O'Dowd, Jim Donoghue, Martin Wynne, <a href="/wiki/Ois%C3%ADn_Mac_Diarmada" title="Oisín Mac Diarmada">Oisín Mac Diarmada</a> (of <a href="/wiki/T%C3%A9ada" title="Téada">Téada</a>), tin-whistle player <a href="/wiki/Carmel_Gunning" title="Carmel Gunning">Carmel Gunning</a> and the band <a href="/wiki/Dervish_(band)" title="Dervish (band)">Dervish</a>. The county has many traditional music festivals and one of the most well-known is the <a href="/wiki/Queen_Maeve_International_Summer_School" title="Queen Maeve International Summer School">Queen Maeve International Summer School</a>, a traditional Irish Music summer school of music and dance which is held annually in August in <a href="/wiki/Sligo" title="Sligo">Sligo Town</a>. On the more contemporary music scene there are <a href="/wiki/Westlife" title="Westlife">Westlife</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tabby_Callaghan" title="Tabby Callaghan">Tabby Callaghan</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Conway_Sisters" title="The Conway Sisters">The Conway Sisters</a> who are from Sligo. <a href="/wiki/Strandhill" title="Strandhill">Strandhill</a>, about 9 km west of Sligo, hosts the Strandhill Guitar Festival<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> each year, featuring a wide variety of guitar music and musicians. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sport">Sport</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Sligo&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The county is home to <a href="/wiki/League_of_Ireland_Premier_Division" title="League of Ireland Premier Division">League of Ireland Premier Division</a> club <a href="/wiki/Sligo_Rovers_F.C." title="Sligo Rovers F.C.">Sligo Rovers</a>, who have played home matches at <a href="/wiki/The_Showgrounds,_Sligo_Town" class="mw-redirect" title="The Showgrounds, Sligo Town">The Showgrounds</a> 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. <a href="/wiki/Brother_Walfrid" title="Brother Walfrid">Brother Walfrid</a>, the founder of <a href="/wiki/Celtic_Football_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="Celtic Football Club">Celtic Football Club</a>, was born in <a href="/wiki/Ballymote" title="Ballymote">Ballymote</a>, in the south of the county. </p><p>The county is represented in <a href="/wiki/Gaelic_Games" class="mw-redirect" title="Gaelic Games">Gaelic Games</a> by <a href="/wiki/Sligo_GAA" title="Sligo GAA">Sligo GAA</a>. Their colours are black and white. Sligo has won the Connacht Championship 3 times. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography_and_subdivisions">Geography and subdivisions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Sligo&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Geography and subdivisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rathcormacksligo.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Rathcormacksligo.JPG/220px-Rathcormacksligo.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Rathcormacksligo.JPG/330px-Rathcormacksligo.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Rathcormacksligo.JPG/440px-Rathcormacksligo.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2048" /></a><figcaption>Sligo countryside and <a href="/wiki/Ben_Bulben" class="mw-redirect" title="Ben Bulben">Ben Bulben</a> seen in the background</figcaption></figure> <p>Sligo is the 22nd largest of Ireland's 32 counties in area and the 27th largest in terms of population.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is the fourth largest of Connacht's 5 counties in size and third largest in terms of population. The County borders <a href="/wiki/County_Mayo" title="County Mayo">County Mayo</a> to the west, <a href="/wiki/County_Roscommon" title="County Roscommon">County Roscommon</a> to the south and south-east and <a href="/wiki/County_Leitrim" title="County Leitrim">County Leitrim</a> to the northeast. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Largest_towns_in_County_Sligo_(2016_Census)"><span id="Largest_towns_in_County_Sligo_.282016_Census.29"></span>Largest towns in County Sligo (2016 Census)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Sligo&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Largest towns in County Sligo (2016 Census)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Strandhill3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Strandhill3.jpg/220px-Strandhill3.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Strandhill3.jpg/330px-Strandhill3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Strandhill3.jpg/440px-Strandhill3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1749" data-file-height="1176" /></a><figcaption>Beach near <a href="/wiki/Strandhill" title="Strandhill">Strandhill</a></figcaption></figure> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Sligo" title="Sligo">Sligo</a>, 19,452</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tubbercurry" title="Tubbercurry">Tubbercurry</a>, 1,986</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strandhill" title="Strandhill">Strandhill</a>, 1,753</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collooney" title="Collooney">Collooney</a>, 1,610</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballymote" title="Ballymote">Ballymote</a>, 1,549</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballisodare" class="mw-redirect" title="Ballisodare">Ballisodare</a>, 1,350</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enniscrone" title="Enniscrone">Enniscrone</a>, 1,223</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coolaney" title="Coolaney">Coolaney</a>, 990</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosses_Point" title="Rosses Point">Rosses Point</a>, 883</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grange,_County_Sligo" title="Grange, County Sligo">Grange</a>, 586</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Towns_and_villages">Towns and villages</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Sligo&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Towns and villages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 22em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Achonry" title="Achonry">Achonry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aclare" title="Aclare">Aclare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballaghnatrillick" title="Ballaghnatrillick">Ballaghnatrillick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballinafad" title="Ballinafad">Ballinafad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballygawley,_County_Sligo" title="Ballygawley, County Sligo">Ballygawley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballintogher" title="Ballintogher">Ballintogher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballymote" title="Ballymote">Ballymote</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballynacarrow" title="Ballynacarrow">Ballynacarrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballysadare" title="Ballysadare">Ballysadare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beltra" title="Beltra">Beltra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bunninadden" class="mw-redirect" title="Bunninadden">Bunninadden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carney,_County_Sligo" title="Carney, County Sligo">Carney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castlebaldwin" title="Castlebaldwin">Castlebaldwin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliffony" class="mw-redirect" title="Cliffony">Cliffony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cloonacool" title="Cloonacool">Cloonacool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collooney" title="Collooney">Collooney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coolaney" title="Coolaney">Coolaney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dromore_West" title="Dromore West">Dromore West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drumcliff" title="Drumcliff">Drumcliff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easky" title="Easky">Easky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enniscrone" title="Enniscrone">Enniscrone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geevagh" title="Geevagh">Geevagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grange,_County_Sligo" title="Grange, County Sligo">Grange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorteen" title="Gorteen">Gorteen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilglass" title="Kilglass">Kilglass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monasteraden" title="Monasteraden">Monasteraden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mullaghmore,_County_Sligo" title="Mullaghmore, County Sligo">Mullaghmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riverstown" title="Riverstown">Riverstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosses_Point" title="Rosses Point">Rosses Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skreen" title="Skreen">Skreen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strandhill" title="Strandhill">Strandhill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toorlestraun" title="Toorlestraun">Toorlestraun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tubbercurry" title="Tubbercurry">Tubbercurry</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Places_of_interest">Places of interest</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Sligo&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Places of interest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Monuments_in_County_Sligo" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Monuments in County Sligo">List of National Monuments in County Sligo</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Benbulbin" title="Benbulbin">Benbulbin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrowkeel_Megalithic_Cemetery" title="Carrowkeel Megalithic Cemetery">Carrowkeel Megalithic Cemetery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrowmore_Megalithic_Cemetery" class="mw-redirect" title="Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery">Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caves_of_Kesh" title="Caves of Kesh">Caves of Kesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coolera_Peninsula" title="Coolera Peninsula">Coolera Peninsula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curlew_Mountains" title="Curlew Mountains">Curlew Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dartry_Mountains" title="Dartry Mountains">Dartry Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easkey_Bog" title="Easkey Bog">Easkey Bog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glencar_Lough" title="Glencar Lough">Glencar Lough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knocknarea" title="Knocknarea">Knocknarea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lough_Arrow" title="Lough Arrow">Lough Arrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lough_Gill" title="Lough Gill">Lough Gill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maugherow_Peninsula" title="Maugherow Peninsula">Maugherow Peninsula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mullaghmore_Peninsula" title="Mullaghmore Peninsula">Mullaghmore Peninsula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ox_Mountains" title="Ox Mountains">Ox Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosses_Point_Peninsula" title="Rosses Point Peninsula">Rosses Point Peninsula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sligo_Abbey" title="Sligo Abbey">Sligo Abbey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sruth_in_Aghaidh_an_Aird" title="Sruth in Aghaidh an Aird">Sruth in Aghaidh an Aird</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Sligo&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable selfref">See also: <a href="/wiki/Category:People_from_County_Sligo" title="Category:People from County Sligo">Category:People from County Sligo</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Coleman_(Irish_musician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael Coleman (Irish musician)">Michael Coleman</a> (1891–1945) – traditional musician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owen_Connellan" title="Owen Connellan">Owen Connellan</a> (1797–1871) – Irish Scholar, translated the <i><a href="/wiki/Annals_of_the_Four_Masters" title="Annals of the Four Masters">Annals of the Four Masters</a></i> in 1846</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Corcoran" title="Michael Corcoran">Michael Corcoran</a> (1827–1863) – <a href="/wiki/Union_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Army">Union Army</a> general in the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adrienne_Cullen" title="Adrienne Cullen">Adrienne Cullen</a> (1960–2018) – journalist, editor and healthcare campaigner</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kian_Egan" title="Kian Egan">Kian Egan</a> (born 1980) – member of the pop band <a href="/wiki/Westlife" title="Westlife">Westlife</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Feehily" title="Mark Feehily">Mark Feehily</a> (born 1980) – member of Westlife</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shane_Filan" title="Shane Filan">Shane Filan</a> (born 1979) – member of Westlife</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Fleming_(musician)" title="Tommy Fleming (musician)">Tommy Fleming</a> (born 1971) – singer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Fredericks" title="Scott Fredericks">Scott Fredericks</a> (1943–2017) – actor<sup id="cite_ref-fredericks_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fredericks-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marian_Harkin" title="Marian Harkin">Marian Harkin</a> (born 1953) – <a href="/wiki/Teachta_D%C3%A1la" title="Teachta Dála">Teachta Dála</a> (TD) for the <a href="/wiki/Sligo%E2%80%93Leitrim_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Sligo–Leitrim (Dáil constituency)">Sligo–Leitrim</a> constituency; previously a <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_European_Parliament" title="Member of the European Parliament">Member of the European Parliament</a> (MEP) from 2004 to 2019</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_Jordan" title="Neil Jordan">Neil Jordan</a> (born 1950) – film director, screenwriter, novelist and short-story writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constance_Markievicz" title="Constance Markievicz">Constance Markievicz</a> (1868–1927) – revolutionary Irish nationalist, the first woman elected to the British Parliament</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pauline_McLynn" title="Pauline McLynn">Pauline McLynn</a> (born 1962) – actress; <a href="/wiki/Mrs_Doyle" class="mw-redirect" title="Mrs Doyle">Mrs Doyle</a> in the sitcom <i><a href="/wiki/Father_Ted" title="Father Ted">Father Ted</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_McSharry" class="mw-redirect" title="Ray McSharry">Ray McSharry</a> (born 1938) – <a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> <a href="/wiki/Teachta_D%C3%A1la" title="Teachta Dála">Teachta Dála</a> (TD) for the <a href="/wiki/Sligo%E2%80%93Leitrim_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Sligo–Leitrim (Dáil constituency)">Sligo–Leitrim</a> constituency from 1969 to 1988; <a href="/wiki/T%C3%A1naiste" title="Tánaiste">Tánaiste</a>. He also served as <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_European_Parliament" title="Member of the European Parliament">Member of the European Parliament</a> (MEP) for the <a href="/wiki/Connacht%E2%80%93Ulster_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="Connacht–Ulster (European Parliament constituency)">Connacht–Ulster</a> constituency</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Moffat" title="Martin Moffat">Martin Moffat</a> (1882–1946) – soldier, recipient of the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">Victoria Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lola_Montez" title="Lola Montez">Lola Montez</a> (1821–1861) – dancer, actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Morrison_(fiddler)" title="James Morrison (fiddler)">James Morrison</a> (1893–1947) – traditional musician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_O%27Donnell_(athlete)" title="Christopher O'Donnell (athlete)">Christopher O'Donnell</a> (born 1998) – Olympic track and field athlete</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nace_O%27Dowd" title="Nace O'Dowd">Nace O'Dowd</a> (1931–1987) – <a href="/wiki/Gaelic_football" title="Gaelic football">Gaelic football</a> captain for the <a href="/wiki/Sligo_county_football_team" title="Sligo county football team">Sligo county team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_O%27Hara" title="Mary O'Hara">Mary O'Hara</a> (born 1935) – singer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ambrosio_O%27Higgins,_1st_Marquis_of_Osorno" class="mw-redirect" title="Ambrosio O'Higgins, 1st Marquis of Osorno">Ambrosio O'Higgins, 1st Marquis of Osorno</a> (1720–1801) – Spanish colonial administrator</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Savage" title="Martin Savage">Martin Savage</a> (1897–1917) – Irish Republican</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_George_Stokes,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet">George Stokes</a> (1819–1903) – mathematician, physicist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Taaffe,_3rd_Earl_of_Carlingford" title="Francis Taaffe, 3rd Earl of Carlingford">Francis Taaffe, 3rd Earl of Carlingford</a> (1639–1704) – a <i><a href="/wiki/Generalfeldmarschall#Austrian_Empire_and_Austria-Hungary" title="Generalfeldmarschall">Feldmarschall</a></i> for the <a href="/wiki/Habsburg_monarchy" title="Habsburg monarchy">Habsburg monarchy</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Holy Roman Empire">Holy Roman Empire</a>. Lord Carlingford was born in <a href="/wiki/Ballymote" title="Ballymote">Ballymote</a> and served for many years as the <a href="/wiki/Chief_minister" title="Chief minister">chief minister</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Lorraine" title="Duchy of Lorraine">Duchy of Lorraine</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brother_Walfrid" title="Brother Walfrid">Brother Walfrid</a> (1840–1915) – founder of <a href="/wiki/Celtic_FC" class="mw-redirect" title="Celtic FC">Celtic FC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Butler_Yeats" class="mw-redirect" title="Jack Butler Yeats">Jack Butler Yeats</a> (1871–1957) – artist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/W._B._Yeats" title="W. B. Yeats">W. B. Yeats</a> (1865–1939) – poet</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Railways">Railways</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Sligo&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Railways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Dublin%E2%80%93Sligo_railway_line" title="Dublin–Sligo railway line">Dublin–Sligo railway line</a> is operated by <a href="/wiki/Iarnr%C3%B3d_%C3%89ireann" title="Iarnród Éireann">Iarnród Éireann</a> in Ireland. It starts in <a href="/wiki/Dublin_Connolly_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Dublin Connolly railway station">Dublin Connolly station</a>, terminating at <a href="/wiki/Sligo_Mac_Diarmada_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Sligo Mac Diarmada Station">Sligo Mac Diarmada railway station</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sligo" title="Sligo">Sligo</a>. In the county there are stations at <a href="/wiki/Ballymote_railway_station" title="Ballymote railway station">Ballymote</a> and <a href="/wiki/Collooney_railway_station" title="Collooney railway station">Collooney</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Sligo&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236656977">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale collapsible collapsed" style="width:15em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:right;clear:right;margin:0.5em 0 1em 0.5em;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical population</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Percent change" class="abbr-header">±%</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1600</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,095</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1610</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">3,945</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+260.3%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1653</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">4,001</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1659</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">6,877</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+71.9%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1821</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">146,229</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+2026.3%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1831</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">171,765</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+17.5%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1841</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">180,886</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+5.3%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1851</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">128,515</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−29.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1861</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">124,845</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−2.9%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1871</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">115,493</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">−7.5%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1881</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">111,578</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−3.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1891</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">98,013</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−12.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1901</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">84,083</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−14.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1911</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">79,045</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−6.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1926</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">71,388</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">−9.7%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1936</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">67,447</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−5.5%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1946</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">62,375</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−7.5%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1951</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">60,513</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−3.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1956</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">56,850</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−6.1%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1961</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">53,561</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">−5.8%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1966</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">51,263</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−4.3%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1971</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">50,275</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−1.9%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1979</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">54,610</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+8.6%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1981</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">55,474</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.6%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1986</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">56,046</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+1.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1991</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">54,756</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−2.3%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1996</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">55,821</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.9%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2002</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">58,200</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+4.3%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2006</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">60,894</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+4.6%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">2011</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">65,393</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+7.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2016</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">65,535</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2022</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">70,198</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+7.1%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left"><sup id="cite_ref-cso2022_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cso2022-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-cso2016_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cso2016-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup 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Atlantic Way">Wild Atlantic Way</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Sligo&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div><a href="/wiki/County_town" title="County town">County town</a>: <b><a href="/wiki/Sligo" title="Sligo">Sligo</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_towns_and_villages_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="List of towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland">Towns</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ballymote" title="Ballymote">Ballymote</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballysadare" title="Ballysadare">Ballysadare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collooney" title="Collooney">Collooney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enniscrone" title="Enniscrone">Enniscrone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sligo" title="Sligo">Sligo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strandhill" title="Strandhill">Strandhill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tubbercurry" title="Tubbercurry">Tubbercurry</a></li></ul> </div></td><td 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Sligo">Grange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilglass" title="Kilglass">Kilglass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Killeenduff" title="Killeenduff">Killeenduff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilmactigue" title="Kilmactigue">Kilmactigue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monasteraden" title="Monasteraden">Monasteraden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mullaghmore,_County_Sligo" title="Mullaghmore, County Sligo">Mullaghmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maugherow_Peninsula" title="Maugherow Peninsula">Raghly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rathcormack" title="Rathcormack">Rathcormack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riverstown" title="Riverstown">Riverstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosses_Point" title="Rosses Point">Rosses Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rathbraughan" title="Rathbraughan">Rathbraughan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skreen" title="Skreen">Skreen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sooey" title="Sooey">Sooey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toorlestraun" title="Toorlestraun">Toorlestraun</a></li> <li><a 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0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Church_Island_(Lough_Gill)" title="Church Island (Lough Gill)">Church Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coney_Island,_County_Sligo" title="Coney Island, County Sligo">Coney Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coolera_Peninsula" title="Coolera Peninsula">Coolera Peninsula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inishmurray" title="Inishmurray">Inishmurray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maugherow_Peninsula" title="Maugherow Peninsula">Maugherow Peninsula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mullaghmore_Peninsula" title="Mullaghmore Peninsula">Mullaghmore Peninsula</a></li> <li>Oyster Island</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosses_Point_Peninsula" title="Rosses Point Peninsula">Rosses Point Peninsula</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_townlands_of_County_Sligo" title="List of townlands of County Sligo">List of townlands in County Sligo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Mountains_and_hills_of_County_Sligo" 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