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SLIGO , a municipal See also:

BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)

borough, seaport and See also:

MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market See also:

TOWN

town, and the See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county town of county Sligo, See also:

Ireland. Pop. (1901) 10,870. It lies at the See also:

head of an See also:

ARM (a common Teutonic word; the Indo-European root is ar, to join or fit; cf. the Lat. armus, shoulder, and the plural word arma, weapons, Gr. apphs, joint, and the reduplicated apapilKSV, to join)

arm of Sligo See also:

BAY

Bay on the See also:

north-See also:

west See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast, on the See also:

RIVER

river Garvogue, 134-i M. N.W. from See also:

DUBLIN

Dublin by the Midland See also:

GREAT

Great Western railway. This See also:

COMPANY

company shares with the Great See also:

SOUTHERN

Southern and Western and the Sligo, See also:

LEITRIM

Leitrim, and See also:

NORTHERN

Northern Counties See also:

RAILWAYS

railways the See also:

LINE

line to Collooney Junction, 61 m. S., from which the former runs S. to See also:

LIMERICK

Limerick and the latter E. to See also:

Enniskillen. The situation of Sligo is beautiful; the bay is separated from the See also:

FINE

fine Lough Gill by less than 4 M. of a richly wooded valley, with flanking hills exceeding l000 ft. in See also:

ELEVATION

elevation. Sligo takes See also:

RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank with See also:

GALWAY

Galway and Limerick as one of the three See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal ports of the west coast of Ireland. See also:

REGULAR

Regular communication by steamer is maintained with See also:

Liverpool and See also:

GLASGOW

Glasgow, and a considerable export See also:

trade is carried on in See also:

GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain, See also:

FLOUR

flour, pork and See also:

CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle; while coals, See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron, See also:

TIMBER

timber and provisions are imported. There is a See also:

DEPTH

depth on the See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour See also:

bar of i6 ft. at See also:

low See also:

WATER

water, and there are commodious quays and basins. Harbour commissioners See also:

CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control the See also:

PORT

See also:

BREWING

Brewing, flour-milling and saw-milling are the The See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country neighbouring to Sligo presents fine coast scenery, west coast of Ireland, while inland it is See also:

WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild and mountainous. Three m. S.W. of the town, on Carrowmore, is a'remarkable collection of megalithic remains, including cromlechs, See also:

stone circles, and See also:

BURIAL

burial See also:

cairns, which has been taken to See also:

mark the site of the traditional See also:

BATTLE

battle of North Moytura. On Knocknarea (1078 ft.), See also:

south of Sligo, is a huge See also:

CAIRN (in Gaelic and Welsh, Carn)

cairn, which tradition sets down as the burial-See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of See also:

Queen Mab (Meave of See also:

Connaught). Five m. N. of Sligo is Drumcliffe, with its See also:

ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round See also:

TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower and See also:

CELTIC

Celtic See also:

CROSS

cross. Rosses, on Sligo Bay, is a favourite resort. Sligo is a centre for See also:

salmon and See also:

TROUT (Salmo trutta)

trout fishing.

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