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Encyclopedia Britannica



SLIGO

This article appears in Volume V25, Page 242 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: SIV-SOU
SLIGO , a municipal borough, seaport and market town, and the county town of county Sligo, Ireland. Pop. (1901) 10,870. It lies at the head of an arm of Sligo Bay on the north-west
coast
 , on the river Garvogue, 134-i M. N.W. from Dublin by the Midland
Great
  Western railway. This company shares with the
Great
  Southern and Western and the Sligo,
Leitrim
 , and Northern Counties railways the line to Collooney Junction, 61 m. S., from which the former runs S. to Limerick and the latter E. to Enniskillen. The situation of Sligo is beautiful; the bay is separated from the fine Lough Gill by less than 4 M. of a richly wooded valley, with flanking hills exceeding l000 ft. in
elevation
 . Sligo takes rank with
Galway
  and Limerick as one of the three principal ports of the west
coast
  of Ireland. Regular communication by steamer is maintained with Liverpool and Glasgow, and a considerable export trade is carried on in grain, flour, pork and cattle; while coals, iron, timber and provisions are imported. There is a depth on the harbour bar of i6 ft. at low water, and there are commodious quays and basins. Harbour commissioners
control
  the port. Brewing, flour-milling and saw-milling are the
The country neighbouring to Sligo presents fine coast scenery, west coast of Ireland, while inland it is wild and mountainous. Three m. S.W. of the town, on Carrowmore, is a'remarkable collection of megalithic remains, including cromlechs, stone circles, and burial
cairns
 , which has been taken to mark the site of the traditional battle of North Moytura. On Knocknarea (1078 ft.),
south
  of Sligo, is a huge
cairn
 , which tradition sets down as the burial-place of Queen Mab (Meave of Connaught). Five m. N. of Sligo is Drumcliffe, with its round tower and Celtic
cross
 . Rosses, on Sligo Bay, is a favourite resort. Sligo is a centre for salmon and trout fishing.


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