The town of Sligo was founded in 1243 AD by the Norman knight Maurice Fitzgerald and Fedlim O'Conchobar the Rí Coiced (Provincial King) of Connacht. Norman...
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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...
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Sligo (/ˈslaɪɡoʊ/ SLY-goh; Irish: Sligeach [ˈʃl̠ʲɪɟəx], meaning 'abounding in shells') is a coastal seaport and the county town of County Sligo, Ireland...
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Sligo Abbey (Irish: Mainistir Shligigh) was a Dominican convent in Sligo, Ireland, founded in 1253. It was built in the Romanesque style with some later...
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Marquess of Sligo is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1800 for John Browne, 3rd Earl of Altamont. The Marquess holds the subsidiary...
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Sligo Rovers Football Club (Irish: Cumann Peile Ruagairí Shligigh) is an Irish professional football club playing in the Premier Division of the League...
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Sligo Gaol or Sligo Prison, (Irish: Príosún Shligigh) is a former prison located in Sligo, County Sligo, Ireland, which was open from 1823 to 1959. The...
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The 1832 Sligo cholera outbreak was a severe outbreak of cholera in the port town of Sligo in northwestern Ireland. The outbreak resulted in an official...
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Sligo Airport (IATA: SXL, ICAO: EISG) is located in Strandhill, County Sligo, 5 NM (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) west of Sligo, at the end of the R277 road, in Ireland...
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Sligo Castle (Irish: Caisleán Sligigh) was a Norman era castle built in 1245 in Sligo Town in Connacht in the west of Ireland. The castle is no longer...
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