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  2. County Sligo - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Sligo - Wikipedia

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    It is the county town of County Sligo and is in the Barony of Carbury (formerly the Gaelic túath of Cairbre Drom Cliabh). Sligo is the diocesan seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Elphin. It is in the Church of Ireland Diocese of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh. County Sligo is one of the counties that make up the province of Connacht.

  4. Connacht - Wikipedia

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    Connacht is represented by Connacht Rugby in the United Rugby Championship and the Rugby Champions Cup. Connacht home games are played in the Galway Sportsgrounds in Galway. During the 2015/2016 Season of the Pro12, Connacht, for the first time, reached the play off stages of the competition and won the final in Edinburgh against rivals Leinster.

  5. Counties of Ireland - Wikipedia

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    The counties of Ireland (Irish: Contaetha na hÉireann) are historic administrative divisions of the island.They began as Norman structures, and as the powers exercised by the Cambro-Norman barons and the Old English nobility waned over time, new offices of political control came to be established at a county level.

  6. Leyny - Wikipedia

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    Leyny (Irish: Luíne), [1] also Leyney, is a barony in County Sligo, Ireland. [2] It corresponds to the ancient túath of Luíghne. [3] [4] Leyny consists of these civil parishes: Achonry, Ballysadare, Kilvarnet, Killoran and Kilmacteige. [5]

  7. Provinces of Ireland - Wikipedia

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    He incorrectly places County Clare in Connacht; it had actually been returned to Munster in the immediate years after 1660. During the reign of Mary I (1553–1558), the Lord Deputy of Ireland, Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex, sought to divide Ireland into six parts—Connacht, Leinster, Meath, Nether Munster, Ulster, and Upper Munster. [16]

  8. Bellaghy, County Sligo - Wikipedia

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    Connacht: County: County Sligo: Elevation. ... Bellaghy (Irish: Béal Lathaí), [2] in County Sligo in Ireland, is a border-town adjoined to Charlestown, County Mayo.

  9. Drumcliff - Wikipedia

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    Drumcliff [1] or Drumcliffe (Irish: Droim Chliabh, meaning 'ridge of the baskets') is a village in County Sligo, Ireland.It is 8 km (5 mi) north of Sligo town on the N15 road on a low gravel ridge between the mountain of Ben Bulben and Drumcliff Bay.