Our Family's Journey Through Time
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County Sligo (/'sla?go?/ SLY-goh, Irish: Contae Shligigh) is a county in Ireland. It is located in the Border Region and is part of the province of Connacht. Sligo is the administrative capital and largest town in the county. Sligo County Council is the local authority for the county. The population of the county was 65,535 at the 2016 census.[3] It is noted for Benbulben Mountain, one of Ireland's most distinctive natural landmarks.
History
Main article: History of Sligo
The county was officially formed in 1585 by Sir Henry Sidney, Lord Deputy of Ireland, but did not come into effect until the chaos of the Nine Years' War ended, in 1603. Its boundaries reflect the ? Conchobhair Sligigh confederation of Lower Connacht (Irish: ?ochtar Connacht) as it was at the time of the Elizabethan conquest.
This confederation consisted of the tuatha, or territories, of Cairbre Drumcliabh, T?r Fh?acrach M?aidhe, T?r Oll?ol, Lu?ghne, Corann and C?l ? bhFionn. Under the system of surrender and regrant each tuath was subsequently made into an English barony: Carbury, Tireragh, Tirerril, Leyny, Corran and Coolavin. The capital of the newly shired county was placed at Sligo.
A causewayed enclosure discovered in 2003 at Maugheraboy is one of the earliest indications of Neolithic farming activity on the C?il Irra Peninsula.[4] The nearby megalithic cemetery of Carrowmore forms part of a huge complex of Stone Age remains connecting Carrowkeel in south Sligo to the Ox Mountains, to the Cuil Irra Peninsula, where the passage tomb named after the legendary Queen Maeve, Miosg?n M?dhbh, dominates the western skyline from the crest of Knocknarea Mountain.
The Caves of Kesh, famous in Irish mythology, are in south County Sligo. A recent decoding[5] of the work of Marinus of Tyre and Ptolemy shows Sligo as the likely location of Nagnata, an important place of assembly in the Iron Age. Famous medieval manuscripts written in the area include the Book of Ballymote, written in the territory of Corran, the Great Book of Lecan, and the Yellow Book of Lecan, both written in Tir Fhiacrach. The patron of the Annals of the Four Masters was Fearghal ? Gadhra of Coolavin in south County Sligo.
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Last Name, Given Name(s)  |
Birth  |
Person ID | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Coulter, Charles | 1801 | County Sligo, Connacht Province, Ireland | I18750 |
| 2 | Coulter, Jane | 1799 | County Sligo, Connacht Province, Ireland | I16119 |
| 3 | McMullen, Ann | Abt 1836 | County Sligo, Connacht Province, Ireland | I1074 |
| 4 | McMunn, Catherine | 17 Aug 1822 | County Sligo, Connacht Province, Ireland | I32896 |
| 5 | McMunn, John | 1797 | County Sligo, Connacht Province, Ireland | I15260 |
| 6 | McMunn, John T. | 1803 | County Sligo, Connacht Province, Ireland | I16118 |
| 7 | McMunn, William HENRY | 1 Jan 1815 | County Sligo, Connacht Province, Ireland | I16120 |
| 8 | Mulvey, Robert | 1 May 1837 | County Sligo, Connacht Province, Ireland | I17973 |
| 9 | Scott, James | 19 May 1784 | County Sligo, Connacht Province, Ireland | I6940 |
| 10 | Scott, William | 1793 | County Sligo, Connacht Province, Ireland | I37919 |
| 11 | Smith, William | 1775 | County Sligo, Connacht Province, Ireland | I32726 |
| 12 | Walker, Ann | 1811 | County Sligo, Connacht Province, Ireland | I19364 |
| 13 | Waugh, Susan "Susannah" Ann | 1810 | County Sligo, Connacht Province, Ireland | I18087 |
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| Last Name, Given Name(s) |
Alt. Birth |
Person ID | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waugh, Susan "Susannah" Ann | 1808 | County Sligo, Connacht Province, Ireland | I18087 |
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