What is Sligo?
[[File:Sligo-04-Garavogue River-Glasshouse-2017-gje.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|]] '''Sligo''' is a [[town]] in [[County Sligo]], [[Republic of Ireland]]. It is not the largest town in the [[country]] but is the second largest [[Urban area|urban]] area in [[Connacht]] after [[Galway]] city. It is home to [[Sligo Rovers F.C.]] who play in the [[League of Ireland Premier Division]] and won the League in 2012. It is also home to the Sligo G.A.A team. Sligo Rugby Club is in Strandhill. Sligo has a [[population]] of around 20,000 and has many [[tourism|tourist attractions]]. Sligo is at the end of the railway line from [[Dublin]]. ==Notable people== * [[Neil Jordan]], Irish film director * Kian Egan, member of the [[Boy band]], [[Westlife]] * Mark Feehily, member of Westlife * Shane Filan, member of Westlife * [[William Butler Yeats]], poet * [[Constance Markievicz]], first woman [[elected]] as a [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom and Canada)|Member of Parliament]] in the [[United Kingdom]] {{multistub|geo|europe}} [[Category:County towns in Ireland]] [[Category:County Sligo]]