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County Sligo
Province: Connacht
Location: maritime county on the north-west coast of Ireland
County Size: 21st in Ireland
Land Area: 709 sq. miles
Highest Point: Truskmore (647 m)
Main Rivers: Moy; Owengrarve
Main Lakes: Easky L; Templehouse Lake; L Gill; L Arrow; L Skean; Colgagh L; L Gara.
Main Bays: Sligo; Drumcliff; Ballysadare
Main Islands: Inishmurray; Coney; Ardboline
Areas of Geographical Interest: the Glen; Gleniff Horseshoe, Rosses Point, Benbulben and the Ox Mountains.
Areas of Historical Interest: Misgan Maeve (Stone Age Cairn); Sligo's Neolithic monuments; Inishmurray Island; Sligo Abbey; Tobermalt.
Sligo
County Sligo's beautiful scenery inspired many of the great writings of W.B. Yeats. Its fine variety of mountains, lakes and beaches give the isitor endless journeys of pleasure and excitement. Sligo town, the busy thriving capital of the North West has a special atmosphere, rich in culture and history with a heritage going back 6,000 years. The Ox Mountains to the west, form a background to the coastal plain, while north of Sligo town, the landscape is dominated by steep sided and flat topped limestone hills.
The County
Total Population: 55,821 (1996)
Growth rate: 1.3 % increase since 1991
County Capital and Largest Town: Sligo
Main Towns: Ballymote, Grange, Tubbercurry
Main Business Contact: Sligo County Enterprise Board: Sligo Development Centre, Cleveragh Road, Sligo. Tel 071-46792
No of Schools: National 75; Secondary 16
No of Golf Clubs: 5
Blue Flag Beaches: 3
Other Tourist Attractions: The Caves of Keshcorran, the Lake Isle of Innisfree on Lough Gill, Yeat's grave at Drumcliffe, seaside resorts (Enniscrone, Rosses Point Strandhill)
Transport
Main Routes: is served by major routes N17-N4 (to Dublin); N15-N16-A4-M1-A3-M1 (to Belfast); N17-N4-N61-N6-N62-N8-N25 (to Cork); N17 (to Galway)
Miles from: Dublin (135); Belfast (130); Cork (205); Galway (86)
Main Nearest Travel Centre (Bus): Bus Eireann, McDiarmada Station, Sligo.
Tel 07-6066
Nearest Rail Station: Sligo. Tel 071-69888
Nearest Airport: Sligo Airport, Strandhill, Co Sligo. Tel 071-68280.
Knock International Airport. Tel 094-67222
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