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Features: Irish Counties & Surnames - County Sligo

Mullaghmore, County Sligo by Aonghus Flynn
Mullaghmore, County Sligo, © 2008, Aonghus Flynn
COUNTY SLIGO

Irish Name: Sligeach
Nickname: Yeats Country
Motto: Land of Heart's Desire
County Town: Sligo
Province: Connacht
Region: Border

Tartan: The County Sligo tartan is a traditional plaid pattern in blue and brown, with bright gold accents. It was designed by Polly Kitteridge for the house of Edgar in 1997. (Reproduction rights restricted to House of Edgar, Macnaughton Holdings Ltd.)

  • County Sligo Tartan

County Sligo Common Surnames

(Ireland Census):
Brennan, Connolly, Conway, Durkan, Feeney, Flynn, Gallagher, Gilmartin, Harte, Henry, Kelly, Kennedy, Leonard, McGowan, McLoughlin, O'Hara, Scanlon, Sheridan, Stenson, Walsh

(Irish Emigrants):
Armstrong, Casey, Clarke, Cunningham, Durkin, Gallagher, Gilmore, Higgins, Hunt, Lang, Meehan, Scanlon, Sweeney, Walsh

Next page: County Tipperary

References: The counties of Ireland and their nicknames, 2019, Aidan Lonergan, The Irish Post; Surname Connections to the Irish Counties, RootsWeb, 2007; Irish Surnames and Their Counties, A Letter From Ireland, 2016; Counties of Ireland, Wikipedia, The Scottish Register of Tartans.
Photo credits: (Header) County Sligo tartan pattern © 1997, House of Edgar, Perth Scotland; used with express permission from House of Edgar, Macnaughton Holdings Ltd.; (Featured) Mullaghmore, County Sligo, 2008, Aonghus Flynn, used under Creative Commons License CC BY-SA 2.0, (Related Resources) Island of Ireland location map, © 2010, NordNordWest, used under Creative Commons License CC BY-SA 3.0. Edited by Susan Wallace.
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Location map of County Sligo
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