Sligo

Sligo is a coastal seaport and the county town of County Sligo, Ireland, in the western province of Connacht. With a populace of about 20,000 in 2016, it's far the second one biggest urban centre within the West of Ireland, with only Galway being larger. The Sligo Borough District constitutes 61% of the county's populace of 63,000. Sligo is a historical, cultural, business, business, retail and provider centre of regional significance in the West of Ireland, and is served by means of rail, port and avenue links.

Sligo is likewise a tourist vacation spot, being situated at the Wild Atlantic Way, with many literary and cultural institutions. Sligo is the anglicisation of the Irish call Sligeach, which means "abounding in shells" or "shelly area". It refers to the abundance of shellfish found in the river and its estuary, and from the massive shell middens within the location. The river now called the Garavogue meaning "little hard one" was initially known as the Sligeach.