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Sligo

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Sli·go  (slg)
A municipal borough of northern Ireland on Sligo Bay, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean. There are megalithic ruins nearby. Population: 17,900.
Sligo [ˈslaɪgəʊ]
n
1. (Placename) a county of NW Republic of Ireland, on the Atlantic: has a deeply indented low-lying coast; livestock and dairy farming. County town: Sligo. Pop.: 55 821 (1996). Area: 1795 sq. km (693 sq. miles)
2. (Placename) a port in NW Republic of Ireland, county town of Co. Sligo on Sligo Bay. Pop.: 17 300 (1991)


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For there was Katie Mahorner, his sweetheart, of County Sligo, lost since she started for America three months before with two hundred dollars, her own savings, and one hundred dollars from the sale of Tobin's inherited estate, a fine cottage and pig on the Bog Shannaugh.
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We crave your condescension To tell you what we know Of marching in the Mulligan Guards To Sligo Port below!
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