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Sligo

Sligo

County Sligo is in northwestern Ireland. It’s known for the legacy of local poet W.B. Yeats, whose grave is in a cemetery in Drumcliff, near flat-topped Benbulbin Mountain. In Lough Gill, tiny Innisfree Island inspired one of his poems. The county...
Population: 65,535 (2016)
Province: Connacht
Area: 709 mi²
Telephone area codes: 071 (primarily)
County town: Sligo
Eircode routing keys: F56, F91 (primarily)
Highest elevation (Truskmore): 647 m (2,123 ft)