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Sligo : The Yeats County [2] [3] Childhood and spiritual home of William Butler Yeats [2] Sligo : The Herring Pickers [2] [3] The fishing industry [2] Sligo : Land of Heart's Desire Tourist branding from Yeats's 1894 play The Land of Heart's Desire, set in the barony of Kilmacowen. [80] Sligo : The Zebras [3] From the county colours (black and ...
Sligo is the anglicisation of the Irish name Sligeach, meaning "abounding in shells" or "shelly place".It refers to the abundance of shellfish found in the river and its estuary, and from the extensive shell middens in the vicinity.
"Herring of Sligo and salmon of Bann, Has made in Bristol many a rich man". [4] At this time, Sligo was a prosperous trading port, exporting fish, wool, cow hide, and timber, while importing wine, salt and iron. Saffron was imported as well, for its use as a dye as well as indigo which is mentioned as a common colour for clothing in the Sligo area.
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Hiberno-English [a] or Irish English (IrE), [5] also formerly sometimes called Anglo-Irish, [6] is the set of dialects of English native to the island of Ireland. [7] In both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, English is the dominant first language in everyday use and, alongside the Irish language, one of two official languages (with Ulster Scots, in Northern Ireland, being yet ...