Sligo
Proper noun
Meaning
A county of Ireland
A town in County Sligo, Ireland.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgExamples
According to figures released this evening by the Department of Health, Roscommon’s is now the fourth-lowest figure in the country, after Leitrim (46), Carlow (69), and Sligo (70).
A plan to re-link Sligo and Derry through Donegal has been postponed until at least 2030.
In 1889, Gilbert purchased several acres of land along Sligo Creek from a physician in Boston named Dr. R.C. Flower, in order to build a sanitarium on the land. citation By this point, Takoma Park stretched convert.
Derry Cathedral (completed 1633), Sligo Cathedral (c. 1730), and Down Cathedral (1790-1818) are notable examples.
Leitrim is bordered by the counties of Donegal to the north, Fermanagh to the north-east, Cavan to the east, Longford to the south, Roscommon to the south-west and Sligo to the west.
In 1556 King's County and Queen's County were created and the Kingdom of Connacht was broken up into the counties of Galway, Mayo and Sligo, while Leitrim was separated from Roscommon in 1565.