Sligo Facts

Province: Connacht

Car Registration: SO

County Town: Sligo

Other Towns: Tubbercurry, Ballymote

Population: 60, 683

Population of Town Only: about 18,000

Tourist Attractions: Strandhill, Rosses Point, Sligo Abbey, Yeats' Grave in Drumcliffe, Lissadell, Benbulben, Knocknarea

River: Garavogue

Newspaper: Sligo Champion, Sligo Weekender, Sligo Post

Radio: Ocean FM

Airport: Sligo Airport in Strandhill

Main Street: O'Connell Street

Dialling code: (071)

Twinned with:

1. Crozon, Brittany, France


2. Kempten, Germany


3. Tallahassee, Florida, USA

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