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Sligo, Ireland

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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Seaport in County Sligo on the Garvogue River, containing the ruins of a Dominican abbey, the cathedral for the diocese of Elphin, and the College of the Immaculate Conception. In early times it was a walled town with a castle for protection (1242). In 1641 it was taken by the Parliamentary forces, and afterwards occupied by the Royalists.

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Entry for 'Sligo, Ireland'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​s/sligo-ireland.html. 1910.
 
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