Sligo Ireland

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Posted on April 17th, 2008 under Accommodation. Tags: Ballymote Castle, Collooney, County Sligo, Ireland, Markree Castle. Comments: None

Land Area: 1,836 km

County Town: Sligo

Code: SO

Population: 58,200 (2002)

Province: Connacht

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Posted on April 17th, 2008 under County Facts. Tags: Connacht, Land Area, Population, Sligo. Comments: 1

Sligo has a great concentration of megalithic monuments, marvellous turn-of-the-century towns and great bays dominating the coastline. The beautiful Ben Bulben Mountain is visible for miles. Another great touring area for driving or cycling, the area around Sligo has its share of marvellous landscape and ancient ruins, but was also the home of the Yeats family, of whom W.B. Yeats the writer and Jack B. Yeats the painter are the most renowned. This is a wonderful county for touring with many medieval and early Christian churches and Castles. Horse riders, walkers, divers and pub enthusiasts will enjoy this county.

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Posted on April 17th, 2008 under Entertainment. Tags: Belfry, Ben Bulben Mountain, Blue Lagoon, Chicken Kiev, Christian churches, food, Garavogue River, Hargadons, Ireland, John Doddy's Pub, pubs, Sligo, Yeats family. Comments: None

Sligo, a county of Ireland, province of Connaught, bounded E by Leitrim, S by Roscommon, SW and W by Mayo, and N by the bay of Donega. The soil is in general fertile, but rather boggy towards the coast, and in many parts mountainous. Its chief rivers are Bonnet, Owenmore, Unshion, Cooloney, Esky, and Moy. Lead, iron, silver, and copper ores have been discovered, and some of the mountains exhibit strong indications of coal. Originally the territory was under the control of the MacDermots, whose power was usurped by the Norman de Burgos from the twelfth to the fourteenth centuries. It was then claimed by a branch of the O’Connors, who ruled under the patronage of the northern O’Donnells, and became known as the O’Connor Sligo. The graves of Queen Maeve and WB Yeats’ are located at Drumcliffe Sligo (Hotels, Sligo, Ireland). Rosses Point - an excellent golf course, is a major attraction in County Sligo

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Posted on April 17th, 2008 under Genealogy. Tags: Atlantic, Ballymote, bay of Donega, Bonnet, Census, Connaught, Cooloney, County Sligo, County Sligo Heritage and Genealogy Centre, Drumcliffe Sligo, Esky, Glasgow, Ireland, Leitrim, Liverpool, MacDermots,