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| COMMUNITY PROFILE |
| Ireland > Sligo |
Sligo is the county town of County Sligo. The community is on Sligo Bay.
The community developed with its port. As early as the 15th century, Sligo was trading agricultural products with the continent. Over the next 200 years, exports had expanded to include beef, pork, hides, tallow, salmon and wool.The linen industry prospered in the late 18th century.
In the 17th century, there were a large number of English and Scottish settlers living in Sligo. In 1642, the British were put in jail, then were attacked by local men. After this massacre, most British residents left the town. In the early 1800s, Sligo became one of the country's major emigration ports. An estimated 60,000 people, most of them headed for North American, sailed from here between 1830 and 1850.
Coney Island in Sligo Bay can be reached across the sand when the tide is out. This was the namesake of the amusement park in New York.
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"We have never seen such a spirit of emigration as is now being exhibited in this place." -- Sligo Journal, April 22, 1842 Sections below provide additional information and links about Sligo travel and tourism, government and history. For information about Northern Ireland communities, see ePodunk UK. | Sligo Web sites | Sligo Borough Council | Sligo County Council Sligo Chamber of Commerce County Sligo tourism Cemeteries | Ireland cemeteries - message board | Communities | Communities near Sligo | Fairs, festivals & other events | Sligo festival web sites: Sligo Live Family history & family records | Birth, marriage and death records - nationwide | Genuki page for County Sligo GenWeb page for County Sligo Immigration records Military records Parish & probate record search Government | Sligo Borough Council | County Sligo government History | National Archives of Ireland | National Library Maps Sligo locator map. Use the navigation tools in the upper left to move the map center or to zoom in or out. You can also click and drag the map to move in any direction. Ordnance Survey Ireland | Newspapers | Search historic newspapers | Parishes | Parishes in County Sligo | Photos | National Photographic Archive - National Library of Ireland | Travel & tourism | County Sligo tourism | Ireland tourism Map your route Weather | Forecasts for today and tomorrow - Irish National Meteorological Service
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