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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 See also:town, and the See also:county town of county Sligo, See also:Ireland. Pop. (1901) 10,870. It lies at the See also:head of an See also:arm of Sligo See also:Bay on the See also:north-See also:west See also:coast, on the See also:river Garvogue, 134-i M. N.W. from See also:Dublin by the Midland See also:Great Western railway. This See also:company shares with the Great See also:Southern and Western and the Sligo, See also:Leitrim, and See also:Northern Counties See also:railways the See also:line to Collooney Junction, 61 m. S., from which the former runs S. to See also:Limerick and the latter E. to See also:Enniskillen. The situation of Sligo is beautiful; the bay is separated from the See also:fine Lough Gill by less than 4 M. of a richly wooded valley, with flanking hills exceeding l000 ft. in See also:elevation. Sligo takes See also:rank with See also:Galway and Limerick as one of the three See also:principal ports of the west coast of Ireland. See also:Regular communication by steamer is maintained with See also:Liverpool and See also:Glasgow, and a considerable export See also:trade is carried on in See also:grain, See also:flour, pork and See also:cattle; while coals, See also:iron, See also:timber and provisions are imported. There is a See also:depth on the See also:harbour See also:bar of i6 ft. at See also:low See also:water, and there are commodious quays and basins. Harbour commissioners See also:control the See also:port. See also: Brewing, flour-milling and saw-milling are the
The See also:country neighbouring to Sligo presents fine coast scenery, west coast of Ireland, while inland it is See also:wild and mountainous. Three m. S.W. of the town, on Carrowmore, is a'remarkable collection of megalithic remains, including cromlechs, See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone circles, and See also:burial See also:cairns, which has been taken to See also:mark the site of the traditional See also:battle of North Moytura. On Knocknarea (1078 ft.), See also:south of Sligo, is a huge See also:cairn, which tradition sets down as the burial-See also:place of See also:Queen Mab (Meave of See also:Connaught). Five m. N. of Sligo is Drumcliffe, with its See also:round See also:tower and See also:Celtic See also:cross. Rosses, on Sligo Bay, is a favourite resort. Sligo is a centre for See also:salmon and See also:trout fishing.
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