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Rockwood Parade, Sligo, County Sligo

Sligo Sligo is the county town and the most populous urban area in County Sligo, and indeed the largest urban centre in the province of Connaught after Galway. Sligo is a major economic, educational, administrative and cultural centre of the northwest of the Republic, a major commercial port on the west coast of Ireland and the country's most northerly on the Atlantic Ocean. In recent years, Sligo and its surrounding suburbs have experienced significant economic and population growth. The town is also one of Ireland's most important tourist destinations, owing mainly to the renowned natural beauty of the surrounding countryside and its literary and cultural associations with W B Yeats and others. (Read more)