Sligo (Ireland)

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Information for Authority record
Name (Hebrew)
סליגו (אירלנד)
Name (Latin)
Sligo (Ireland)
Other forms of name
nnaa Sligo, Ire
Coordinates
-8.4833 -8.4833 54.2667 54.2667 (gooearth )
W0082810 W0082810 N0541611 N0541611 (geonames )
Associated country
Ireland
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 134989180
Wikidata: Q190002
Library of congress: n 89120931
Sources of Information
  • Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Plan of Sligo Town 1910, c1989.
  • LC database, 7-7-90(hdg.: Sligo, Ire.)
  • Ord. Survey rd. atlas Ire., 1985(Sligo, in Co. Sligo)
Wikipedia description:

Sligo ( SLY-goh; Irish: Sligeach [ˈʃl̠ʲɪɟəx], meaning 'abounding in shells') is a coastal seaport and the county town of County Sligo, Ireland, within the western province of Connacht. 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. Sligo is a commercial and cultural centre situated on the west coast of Ireland. Its surrounding coast and countryside, as well as its connections to the poet W. B. Yeats, have made it a tourist destination.

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