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{{Short description|County in Ireland}}
{{Use Hiberno-English|date=May 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name                   = County Sligo
|native_name            = {{lang|ga|Contae Shligigh}}
|settlement_type        = [[Counties of Ireland|County]]
|native_name_lang       = ga
|image_shield           = Sligo COA.png
|shield_size            = 100px
|image_flag             = 
|nickname               = [[W. B. Yeats|Yeats]] Country
|motto                  = ''[[The Land of Heart's Desire|Land of Heart's Desire]]''{{spaces|2}}
|anthem                 = "[[Isle of Innisfree]]" and <br /> "[[Down by the Salley Gardens]]"
|image_map              = Island of Ireland location map Sligo.svg
|area_footnotes         = <ref name=WDC>{{cite web | title = County Profiles – Sligo | url = https://westerndevelopment.ie/policy/our-region/sligo-county-analysis/ | publisher = Western Development Commission | access-date = 2 June 2021 | archive-date = 26 April 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210426171852/https://westerndevelopment.ie/policy/our-region/sligo-county-analysis/ | url-status = live }}</ref>
|area_total_km2         = 1838
|area_rank              = [[List of Irish counties by area|22nd]]
|seat_type              = [[County town]]
|seat                   = [[Sligo]]
|blank_name_sec1        = [[Vehicle registration plates of Ireland|Vehicle index<br />mark code]]
|blank_info_sec1        = SO
|population_total       = 70198
|population_density_km2 = auto
|population_rank        = [[List of Irish counties by population|27th]]
|population_as_of       = [[2022 census of Ireland|2022]]
|population_footnotes   = <ref name=cso2022>{{cite web | title = Census Mapping – Sligo County Council | url = https://visual.cso.ie/?body=entity/ima/cop/2022&boundary=C03789V04537&guid=2ae19629-1498-13a3-e055-000000000001 | work = [[2022 census of Ireland|Census 2022]] | publisher = [[Central Statistics Office (Ireland)|Central Statistics Office]] | access-date = 8 January 2024}}</ref>
|leader_title1          = [[Local government in the Republic of Ireland|Local authority]]  
|leader_name1           = [[Sligo County Council]]
|leader_title2          = [[Dáil constituency]]
|leader_name2           = [[Sligo–Leitrim (Dáil constituency)|Sligo–Leitrim]]
|leader_title3          = [[European Parliament constituencies in the Republic of Ireland|EP constituency]]
|leader_name3           = [[Midlands–North-West (European Parliament constituency)|Midlands–North-West]]
|subdivision_type       = [[Sovereign state|Country]]
|subdivision_name       = [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
|subdivision_type1      = [[Provinces of Ireland|Province]]
|subdivision_name1      = [[Connacht]]
|subdivision_type2      = [[NUTS statistical regions of Ireland|Region]]
|subdivision_name2      = [[Northern and Western Region|Northern and Western]]
|website                = {{official website}}
|timezone               = [[Western European Time|WET]]
|utc_offset             = ±0
|timezone_DST           = [[Irish Standard Time|IST]]
|utc_offset_DST         = +1
| established_title     = Established
| established_date      = 1585<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.connollycove.com/mesmerising-beauty-of-county-sligo/|title=Mesmerising Beauty of County Sligo|last=ConnollyCove|date=13 December 2018|access-date=20 June 2019|archive-date=20 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190620163812/https://www.connollycove.com/mesmerising-beauty-of-county-sligo/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| area_code_type        = [[Telephone numbers in the Republic of Ireland|Telephone area codes]]
| area_code             = 071 <small>(primarily)</small>
| postal_code_type      = [[Eircode]] routing keys
| postal_code           = F56, F91 <small>(primarily)</small>
| elevation_max_m       = 647
| elevation_max_point   = [[Truskmore]]
| module                = {{infobox mapframe|zoom=7}}
| iso_code              = IE-SO
}}
'''County Sligo''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|l|aɪ|ɡ|oʊ}}, {{langx|ga|Contae Shligigh}}) is a [[Counties of Ireland|county]] in [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. It is in the [[Northern and Western Region]] and is part of the [[Provinces of Ireland|province]] of [[Connacht]]. [[Sligo]] is the administrative capital and largest town in the county. [[Sligo County Council]] is the [[Local government in the Republic of Ireland|local authority]] for the county. The population of the county was 70,198 at the [[2022 census of Ireland|2022 census]].<ref name=cso2022/> It is noted for [[Benbulben]] Mountain, one of Ireland's most distinctive natural landmarks.

==History==
{{Main article|History of Sligo}}
The county was officially formed in 1585 by [[Sir Henry Sidney]], [[Lord Deputy of Ireland]], but did not come into effect until the chaos of the [[Nine Years' War (Ireland)|Nine Years' War]] ended, in 1603. Its boundaries reflect the [[Ó Conchobhair Sligigh]] [[confederation]] of Lower Connacht ({{langx|ga|Íochtar Connacht}}) as it was at the time of the Elizabethan conquest.

This confederation consisted of the [[tuath]]a, or territories, of [[Cairbre Drom Cliabh|Cairbre Drumcliabh]], [[Tír Fhíacrach Múaidhe]], [[Tir Ollíol|Tír Ollíol]], Luíghne, [[Corann]] and Cúl ó bhFionn. Under the system of [[surrender and regrant]] each tuath was subsequently made into an English barony: [[Barony of Carbury (County Sligo)|Carbury]], [[Tireragh]], [[Tirerril]], [[Leyny]], [[Corran (barony)|Corran]] and [[Coolavin]]. The capital of the newly shired county was placed at [[Sligo]].

A causewayed enclosure discovered in 2003 at Maugheraboy is one of the earliest indications of [[Neolithic]] farming activity on the [[Coolera Peninsula|Cúil Irra Peninsula]].<ref>Danaher, E. (2007) Monumental beginnings: The archaeology of the N4 Sligo Inner Relief Road. NRA Scheme Monograph 1. Dublin: The National Roads Authority</ref> The nearby megalithic cemetery of [[Carrowmore]] forms part of a huge complex of [[Stone Age]] remains connecting [[Carrowkeel Megalithic Cemetery|Carrowkeel]] in south Sligo to the [[Ox Mountains]], to the Cuil Irra Peninsula, where the passage tomb named after the legendary [[Medb|Queen Maeve]], [[Miosgán Médhbh]], dominates the western skyline from the crest of [[Knocknarea|Knocknarea Mountain]].

The [[Caves of Kesh]], famous in Irish [[mythology]], are in south County Sligo. A recent decoding<ref>{{cite web|url=http://irishgeography.ie/index.php/irishgeography/login?source=%2Findex.php%2Firishgeography%2Farticle%2Fview%2F109%2F101&loginMessage=reader.subscriptionRequiredLoginText|title=Login|website=irishgeography.ie|access-date=20 June 2019|archive-date=23 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223225626/http://irishgeography.ie/index.php/irishgeography/login?source=%2Findex.php%2Firishgeography%2Farticle%2Fview%2F109%2F101&loginMessage=reader.subscriptionRequiredLoginText|url-status=live}}</ref> of the work of [[Marinus of Tyre]] and [[Ptolemy]] shows Sligo as the likely location of [[Nagnata]], an important place of assembly in the Iron Age. Famous medieval manuscripts written in the area include the ''[[Book of Ballymote]]'', written in the territory of Corran, the ''[[Great Book of Lecan]]'', and the ''[[Yellow Book of Lecan]]'', both written in Tir Fhiacrach. The patron of the ''[[Annals of the Four Masters]]'' was [[Fearghal Ó Gadhra]] of [[Coolavin]] in south County Sligo.

==Local government and politics==
{{Main|Sligo County Council}}
[[Sligo County Council]] is the local authority for the county. At the [[2019 Sligo County Council election]], it was divided into three [[local electoral area]]s (LEAs): [[Ballymote]]–[[Tobercurry]] (7 seats), [[Sligo]]–[[Strandhill]] (6 seats), and Sligo–[[Drumcliff]] (5 seats).<ref>{{cite Irish legislation|year=2018|type=si|number=632|name=County of Sligo Local Electoral Areas and Municipal Districts Order 2018|date=19 December 2018|access-date=31 October 2022|archive-date=2 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202212421/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2018/si/632/made/en/print}}</ref> Each of these form a municipal district, with the containing Sligo–Strandhill known as the borough district of Sligo.<ref>{{cite Irish legislation|year=2014|number=1|section=19|name=[[Local Government Reform Act 2014]]|stitle=municipal districts|date=27 January 2014|access-date=5 September 2020|archive-date=15 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215171029/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2014/act/1/section/19/enacted/en/html}}</ref>

===Former districts===
Under the [[Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898]], County Sligo was divided into the [[rural district (Ireland)|rural districts]] of Boyle No. 2, Dromore West, Sligo, and Tobercurry, and the urban district of [[Sligo]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Clancy |first=John Joseph|author-link=J. J. Clancy (North Dublin MP)|title=A handbook of local government in Ireland: containing an explanatory introduction to the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898: together with the text of the act, the orders in Council, and the rules made thereunder relating to county council, rural district council, and guardian's elections: with an index|url=https://archive.org/details/handbookoflocalg00clan/page/426/mode/2up |page=426 |year=1899|publisher=Sealy, Bryers and Walker|location=Dublin }}</ref> Unlike most urban districts, Sligo had retained its borough corporation. The rural districts were abolished in 1925.<ref>{{cite Irish legislation|year=1925|parl=ifs|number=5|name=[[Local Government Act 1925]]|date=26 March 1925|section=3|stitle=Abolition of rural district councils|access-date=22 December 2021}}</ref> Sligo Borough Corporation became a borough council in 2002,<ref>{{Cite Irish legislation|year=2001|number=37|name=[[Local Government Act 2001]]|schedno=6|stitle=Local Government Areas (Towns)|date=21 July 2001|access-date=3 August 2022}}</ref> before being abolished in 2014 in common with all borough and town councils in Ireland.<ref>{{cite Irish legislation|name=[[Local Government Reform Act 2014]]|year=2014|section=24|stitle=Dissolution of town councils and transfer date|number=1|date=27 January 2014|access-date=21 May 2022}}</ref>

===National politics===
County Sligo is part of the [[Dáil constituency]] of [[Sligo–Leitrim (Dáil constituency)|Sligo–Leitrim]] (4 [[Teachta Dála|TD]]s).<ref name="ea-2017">{{cite Irish legislation|year=2017|number=39|schedule=y|name=[[Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017]]|date=23 December 2017|access-date=24 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718205639/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2017/act/39/schedule/enacted/en/html|archive-date=18 July 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> At the 2020 election, [[Martin Kenny]] ([[Sinn Féin]]), [[Frank Feighan]] ([[Fine Gael]]), [[Marc MacSharry]] ([[Fianna Fáil]]) and [[Marian Harkin]] ([[Independent politician (Ireland)|Ind]]) were elected.

===Coat of arms===
This coat of arms was adopted by [[Sligo County Council]] 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 [[Sligo GAA]] colours of black and white.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.resources.teachnet.ie/vmcmahon/history/crests.htm|title=History Around You|website=resources.teachnet.ie|access-date=28 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729043105/http://www.resources.teachnet.ie/vmcmahon/history/crests.htm|archive-date=29 July 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Culture==
[[File:Mullaghmore, Co Sligo.jpg|thumb|The Sligo coastline at [[Mullaghmore Peninsula|Mullaghmore]], with [[Classiebawn Castle]] in the distance]]
[[File:Beezie's Island.jpg|thumb|Beezie's Island on [[Lough Gill]]]]

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 [[Samuel Ferguson|Sir Samuel Ferguson]]. The poet and [[List of Nobel laureates|Nobel laureate]] [[W. B. Yeats]] (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, "[[Under Ben Bulben]]", in [[Drumcliff]]. W. B. Yeats's brother [[Jack Butler Yeats|Jack]], a painter, also was inspired by the Sligo landscape.

===Music===
County Sligo has a long history of [[Irish traditional music|traditional music]]. The south of the county is particularly noted with such musical luminaries as [[James Morrison (fiddler)|James Morrison]], [[Michael Coleman (Irish musician)|Michael Coleman]], [[Paddy Killoran]], [[Fred Finn (musician)|Fred Finn]], [[Peter Horan]], Joe O'Dowd, Jim Donoghue, Martin Wynne, [[Oisín Mac Diarmada]] (of [[Téada]]), tin-whistle player [[Carmel Gunning]] and the band [[Dervish (band)|Dervish]]. The county has many traditional music festivals and one of the most well-known is the [[Queen Maeve International Summer School]], a traditional Irish Music summer school of music and dance which is held annually in August in [[Sligo|Sligo Town]]. On the more contemporary music scene there are [[Westlife]], [[Tabby Callaghan]] and [[The Conway Sisters]] who are from Sligo. [[Strandhill]], about 9&nbsp;km west of Sligo, hosts the Strandhill Guitar Festival<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sligoarts.ie/FestivalsandEvents/Name,13321,en.html|title=Sligo Arts|website=sligoarts.ie/FestivalsandEvents/Name,13321,en.html/ Sligo Arts|access-date=6 October 2017|archive-date=6 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006161826/http://www.sligoarts.ie/FestivalsandEvents/Name,13321,en.html|url-status=live}}</ref> each year, featuring a wide variety of guitar music and musicians.

===Sport===
The county is home to [[League of Ireland Premier Division]] club [[Sligo Rovers F.C.|Sligo Rovers]], who have played home matches at [[The Showgrounds, Sligo Town|The Showgrounds]] 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. [[Brother Walfrid]], the founder of [[Celtic Football Club]], was born in [[Ballymote]], in the south of the county.

The county is represented in [[Gaelic Games]] by [[Sligo GAA]]. Their colours are black and white. Sligo has won the Connacht Championship 3 times.

==Geography and subdivisions==
[[File:Rathcormacksligo.JPG|thumb|Sligo countryside and [[Ben Bulben]] seen in the background]]
Sligo is the 22nd largest of Ireland's 32 counties in area and the 27th largest in terms of population.<ref>{{cite book| first=Eoghan| last=Corry| title=The GAA Book of Lists| publisher=Hodder Headline Ireland| year=2005 | pages=186–191| isbn=0-340-89695-7}}</ref> It is the fourth largest of Connacht's 5 counties in size and third largest in terms of population. The County borders [[County Mayo]] to the west, [[County Roscommon]] to the south and south-east and [[County Leitrim]] to the northeast.

===Largest towns in County Sligo (2022 Census)===
[[File:Strandhill3.jpg|thumb|Beach near [[Strandhill]]]]

#[[Sligo]], 20,608
#[[Tubbercurry]], 2,307
#[[Strandhill]], 1,982
#[[Collooney]], 1,797
#[[Ballysadare]], 1,747
#[[Ballymote]], 1,711
#[[Enniscrone]], 1,291
#[[Bellaghy, County Sligo|Bellaghy]]*, 1,172 <small>(includes Charlestown, County Mayo)</small>
#[[Coolaney]], 1,155
#[[Rosses Point]], 883

===Towns and villages===
{{Div col|colwidth=22em}}
*[[Achonry]]
*[[Aclare]]
*[[Ballaghnatrillick]]
*[[Ballinafad]]
*[[Ballygawley, County Sligo|Ballygawley]]
*[[Ballintogher]]
*[[Ballymote]]
*[[Ballynacarrow]]
*[[Ballysadare]]
*[[Bellaghy, County Sligo|Bellaghy]]
*[[Beltra]]
*[[Bunninadden]]
*[[Carney, County Sligo|Carney]]
*[[Castlebaldwin]]
*[[Cliffony]]
*[[Cloonacool]]
*[[Collooney]]
*[[Coolaney]]
*[[Dromore West]]
*[[Drumcliff]]
*[[Easky]]
*[[Enniscrone]]
*[[Geevagh]]
*[[Grange, County Sligo|Grange]]
*[[Gorteen]]
*[[Kilglass]]
*[[Monasteraden]]
*[[Mullaghmore, County Sligo|Mullaghmore]]
*[[Riverstown]]
*[[Rosses Point]]
*[[Skreen]]
*[[Strandhill]]
*[[Toorlestraun]]
*[[Tubbercurry]]
{{div col end}}

== Places of interest ==
{{See also|List of National Monuments in County Sligo}}
{{Div col|colwidth=30em}}
*[[Benbulbin]]
*[[Carrowkeel Megalithic Cemetery]]
*[[Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery]]
*[[Caves of Kesh]]
*[[Coolera Peninsula]]
*[[Curlew Mountains]]
*[[Dartry Mountains]]
*[[Easkey Bog]]
*[[Glencar Lough]]
*[[Knocknarea]]
*[[Lough Arrow]]
*[[Lough Gill]]
*[[Maugherow Peninsula]]
*[[Mullaghmore Peninsula]]
*[[Ox Mountains]]
*[[Rosses Point Peninsula]]
*[[Sligo Abbey]]
*[[Sruth in Aghaidh an Aird]]
{{Div col end}}

==Notable people==
{{Category see also|People from County Sligo}}
* ''[[Generalfeldmarschall#Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary|Feldmarschall]]'' [[Francis Taaffe, 3rd Earl of Carlingford|The 3rd Earl of Carlingford]] (1639-1704) - senior military commander for the [[Habsburg monarchy]] in the [[Holy Roman Empire]]. Lord Carlingford was born in [[Ballymote]], and he later served as the [[chief minister]] of the [[Duchy of Lorraine]].
* [[Michael Coleman (Irish musician)|Michael Coleman]] (1891–1945) – traditional musician
* [[Owen Connellan]] (1797–1871) – Irish Scholar, translated the ''[[Annals of the Four Masters]]'' in 1846
* [[Michael Corcoran]] (1827–1863) – [[Union Army]] general in the [[American Civil War]]
* [[Adrienne Cullen]] (1960–2018) – journalist, editor and healthcare campaigner
* [[Kian Egan]] (born 1980) – member of the pop band [[Westlife]]
* [[Mark Feehily]] (born 1980) – member of Westlife
* [[Shane Filan]] (born 1979) – member of Westlife
* [[Tommy Fleming (musician)|Tommy Fleming]] (born 1971) – singer
* [[Scott Fredericks]] (1943–2017) – actor<ref name="fredericks">{{cite news |title=He danced to his own tune |url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/sligochampion/news/he-danced-to-his-own-tune-36314538.html |access-date=14 December 2022 |work=[[The Sligo Champion]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171126143136/https://www.independent.ie/regionals/sligochampion/news/he-danced-to-his-own-tune-36314538.html |archive-date=26 November 2017 |language=en |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Marian Harkin]] (born 1953) – [[Teachta Dála]] (TD) for the [[Sligo–Leitrim (Dáil constituency)|Sligo–Leitrim]] constituency; previously a [[Member of the European Parliament]] (MEP) from 2004 to 2019
* [[Neil Jordan]] (born 1950) – film director, screenwriter, novelist and short-story writer
* [[Constance Markievicz]] (1868–1927) – revolutionary Irish nationalist, the first woman elected to the British Parliament
* [[Pauline McLynn]] (born 1962) – actress; [[Mrs Doyle]] in the sitcom ''[[Father Ted]]''
* [[Ray McSharry]] (born 1938) – [[Fianna Fáil]] [[Teachta Dála]] (TD) for the [[Sligo–Leitrim (Dáil constituency)|Sligo–Leitrim]] constituency from 1969 to 1988; [[Tánaiste]]. He also served as [[Member of the European Parliament]] (MEP) for the [[Connacht–Ulster (European Parliament constituency)|Connacht–Ulster]] constituency
* [[Martin Moffat]] (1882–1946) – soldier, recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]]
* [[Lola Montez]] (1821–1861) – dancer, actress
* [[James Morrison (fiddler)|James Morrison]] (1893–1947) – traditional musician
* [[Christopher O'Donnell (athlete)|Christopher O'Donnell]] (born 1998) – Olympic track and field athlete
* [[Nace O'Dowd]] (1931–1987) – [[Gaelic football]] captain for the [[Sligo county football team|Sligo county team]]
* [[Mary O'Hara]] (born 1935) – singer
* [[Ambrosio O'Higgins, 1st Marquis of Osorno]] (1720–1801) – Spanish colonial administrator
* [[Martin Savage (Irish republican)|Martin Savage]] (1897–1917) – Irish Republican
* [[Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet|Sir George Stokes]] (1819–1903) – mathematician, physicist
* [[Brother Walfrid]] (1840–1915) – founder of [[Celtic FC]]
* [[Jack Butler Yeats]] (1871–1957) – artist
* [[W. B. Yeats]] (1865–1939) – poet

==Railways==
The [[Dublin–Sligo railway line]] is operated by [[Iarnród Éireann]] in Ireland. It starts in [[Dublin Connolly railway station|Dublin Connolly station]], terminating at [[Sligo Mac Diarmada Station|Sligo Mac Diarmada railway station]] in [[Sligo]]. In the county there are stations at [[Ballymote railway station|Ballymote]] and [[Collooney railway station|Collooney]].

==See also==
{{Historical populations
|state=collapsed
|1600|1095
|1610|3945
|1653|4001
|1659|6877
|1821|146229
|1831|171765
|1841|180886
|1851|128515
|1861|124845
|1871|115493
|1881|111578
|1891|98013
|1901|84083
|1911|79045
|1926|71388
|1936|67447
|1946|62375
|1951|60513
|1956|56850
|1961|53561
|1966|51263
|1971|50275
|1979|54610
|1981|55474
|1986|56046
|1991|54756
|1996|55821
|2002|58200
|2006|60894
|2011|65393
|2016|65535
|2022|70198
|footnote=<ref name=cso2022/><ref name=cso2016>{{cite web | url = http://census.cso.ie/sapmap2016/Results.aspx?Geog_Type=CTY31&Geog_Code=2AE19629149813A3E055000000000001 | title = Census 2016 Sapmap Area: County Sligo | publisher = [[Central Statistics Office (Ireland)]] | access-date = 11 April 2018 | archive-date = 11 April 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180411174404/http://census.cso.ie/sapmap2016/Results.aspx?Geog_Type=CTY31&Geog_Code=2AE19629149813A3E055000000000001 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>For 1653 and 1659 figures from Civil Survey Census of those years, Paper of Mr Hardinge to Royal Irish Academy 14 March 1865.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cso.ie/census|title=Server Error 404 – CSO – Central Statistics Office|website=cso.ie|access-date=9 July 2009|archive-date=9 March 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050309005718/http://www.cso.ie/census/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.histpop.org  |title=Histpop – The Online Historical Population Reports Website |date= |website=www.histpop.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507023856/http://www.histpop.org/ |archive-date=7 May 2016}}</ref><ref>[http://www.nisranew.nisra.gov.uk/census NISRA – Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (c) 2013] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217095720/http://www.nisranew.nisra.gov.uk/census |date=17 February 2012 }}. Nisranew.nisra.gov.uk (27 September 2010). Retrieved on 23 July 2013.</ref><ref>{{cite book
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*[[High Sheriff of Sligo]]
*[[List of monastic houses in Ireland#County Sligo|List of abbeys and priories in the Republic of Ireland (County Sligo)]]
*[[List of people from Sligo]]
*[[Sligo GAA]]
*[[Sligo Rovers F.C.]]
*[[Sligo]] (Town)
*[[Wild Atlantic Way]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons}}
{{Wikivoyage}}
*[http://franklludwig.com/photographs.html Collection of Sligo Landscape Photographs]
*[http://www.sligococo.ie/ Sligo County Council]
*[http://www.sligoborough.ie/ Sligo Borough Council]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051214144845/http://www.shamrockcottages.co.uk/maps/sligo.jpg Map of Sligo]
*[http://www.sligoheritage.com Sligoheritage.com]
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=sagNAAAAIAAJ&dq=town+of+sligo&pg=RA1-PA60 History of Sligo, County and Town By William Gregory Wood-Martin]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMlpAWg7h3U  Song, "Beautiful Sligo" sung by Michael McGloin,YouTube Video, with images.]
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{{Geographic location
|Centre    = County Sligo
|North     = [[Atlantic Ocean]]
|East      = [[County Leitrim]] [[File:County Leitrim arms.svg|30px]] 
|South     = [[County Roscommon]] [[File:Logo-contea-Roscommon.png|30px]]
|West      = [[County Mayo]] [[File:County_Mayo_coat_of_arms.png|30px]]
}}

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{{Authority control}}
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[[Category:Connacht|Sligo]]
[[Category:Counties of the Republic of Ireland|Sligo]]
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