Sligo (/ˈslaɪɡoʊ/ SLY-goh; Irish: Sligeach [ˈʃl̠ʲɪɟəx], meaning 'abounding in shells') is a coastal seaport and the county town of County Sligo, Ireland...
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County Sligo (/ˈslaɪɡoʊ/ SLY-goh, Irish: Contae Shligigh) is a county in Ireland. It is in the Northern and Western Region and is part of the province...
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Sligo is a town in Ireland. Sligo may also refer to: County Sligo, a county of Ireland County Sligo (Parliament of Ireland constituency), before 1801...
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Sligo Rovers Football Club (Irish: Cumann Peile Ruagairí Shligigh) is an Irish professional football club playing in the Premier Division of the League...
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Sligo Abbey (Irish: Mainistir Shligigh) was a Dominican convent in Sligo, Ireland, founded in 1253. It was built in the Romanesque style with some later...
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The town of Sligo was founded in 1243 AD by the Norman knight Maurice Fitzgerald and Fedlim O'Conchobar the Rí Coiced (Provincial King) of Connacht. Norman...
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Marquess of Sligo is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1800 for John Browne, 3rd Earl of Altamont. The Marquess holds the subsidiary...
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Sligo Airport (Irish: Aerfort Shligigh) is located in Strandhill, County Sligo, 5 NM (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) west of Sligo, at the end of the R277 road, in Ireland...
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The Showgrounds is a stadium in Sligo, Ireland, which has been home of Sligo Rovers since the club was formed in 1928. The Showgrounds was leased until...
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Sligo Creek is a free-flowing tributary of the Northwest Branch of the Anacostia River in Maryland. (The Anacostia, in turn, feeds into the Potomac River...
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Sligo (/ˈslaɪɡoʊ/ SLY-goh) is a borough in Clarion County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 686 at the 2020 census. It was named after...
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Peter Bergmann case (section Arrival in Sligo)
unidentified man in Sligo, County Sligo, Ireland, on or around 16 June 2009. The man, using the alias "Peter Bergmann", had checked into the Sligo City Hotel on...
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Sligo Bay (Irish: Cuan Shligigh) is a natural ocean bay in County Sligo, Republic of Ireland. Sligo Bay is opened between Aughris Head (South side) and...
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Sligo Borough may refer to: Sligo a town in Ireland and until 2001 a borough Sligo Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Sligo Borough (UK Parliament...
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Sligo Courthouse is a judicial facility on Teeling Street in Sligo, County Sligo, Ireland. The courthouse, which was designed by James Rawson Carroll in...
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Sligo Castle (Irish: Caisleán Sligigh) was a Norman era castle built in 1245 in Sligo Town in Connacht in the west of Ireland. The castle is no longer...
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'the great summit') is a village on the Mullaghmore Peninsula in County Sligo, Ireland. It is a holiday destination with a skyline dominated by Benbulben...
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Sligo is a ghost town in Weld County, in the U.S. state of Colorado. Sligo was likely named after the city of Sligo in Ireland. The Chicago, Burlington...
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Ó Conchobhair Sligigh (anglicised as O'Conor Sligo) is a Gaelic-Irish family and Chief of the Name. The Ó Conchobhair Sligigh were a junior branch of...
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The Sligo County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) (Irish: Cumann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Chontae Shligigh) or Sligo GAA is one of the 32 county...
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Sligo Gaol or Sligo Prison, (Irish: Príosún Shligigh) is a former prison located in Sligo, County Sligo, Ireland, which was open from 1823 to 1959. The...
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Sligo Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based in Strandhill, County Sligo, Ireland, playing in Division 2B of the All-Ireland League. Connacht...
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and Niland Gallery, is a contemporary arts centre and gallery space in Sligo, Ireland. The gallery houses several exhibition spaces focusing on contemporary...
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Sligo Town Hall (Irish: Halla Baile Shligigh) is a municipal building in Quay Street, Sligo, County Sligo, Ireland. The building accommodated the offices...
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The Sligo Champion is a weekly regional newspaper published every Tuesday in Sligo, Ireland. It was purchased by Independent News & Media (INM) in 2008...
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Sligo is an unincorporated community in Adams Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States. A post office called Sligo was established in 1844, and remained...
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Institute of Technology, Sligo (ITS; Irish: Institiúid Teicneolaíochta, Sligeach) was an institute of technology, located in Sligo, Ireland. In April 2022...
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Sligo Cathedral may refer to: Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Sligo, one of the Roman Catholic cathedrals in Ireland. St John the Baptist Cathedral...
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John Sligo of Carmyle FRSE (1794–1858) was a 19th-century Scottish merchant and amateur geologist. He was born in 1794 in Leith the son of John Sligo of...
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Sligo, a town in the north-west of Ireland and county town of County Sligo, has produced noted artists, authors, entertainers, politicians and business-people...
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