Cliffoney
Sign in to saveCliffoney, officially Cliffony (), is a village in the north of County Sligo in the west of Ireland. It lies on the N15 national route at its junction with the R279. It is approximately three kilometres from Mullaghmore.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Cliffoney is referenced by 76 other articles, and connects out to barony, World War I and Catholic Church.
It is catalogued under topics including Towns and villages in County Sligo and Use Hiberno-English from August 2019.
Its subject is documented across 11 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Cliffoney
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- ga
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- Village
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- Cliffoney along the N15 road (south side)
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- Ireland
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- left
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- Location in Ireland
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- Ireland
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- Province
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- Connacht
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- County
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- County Sligo
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- Barony
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- Carbury
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- Catholic diocese
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- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- County Sligo
- Population
- 425
- Elevation
- 30
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Cliffonysligo.JPG
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- Commons category
- Cliffoney
- historic county
- County Sligo
- native label
- Cliafuine
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- History
- Saint Bridget's Well and Cross
- Lord Palmerston
- Fr. Michael O'Flanagan
- Cliffoney Volunteers
- Moneygold Ambush 1920
- Moneygold reprisals
- Amenities
- Local business
- Cliffoney National School
- Church of St. Molaise
- Cliffoney Hall
- Garda station
- References
Cliffoney, officially Cliffony (), is a village in the north of County Sligo in the west of Ireland. It lies on the N15 national route at its junction with the R279. It is approximately three kilometres from Mullaghmore.
Cliffoney has historical connections to the 3rd Viscount Palmerston, who served as the prime minister of the United Kingdom in the mid-nineteenth century, and Father Michael O'Flanagan, vice-president and later president of Sinn Féin, who was known as 'the Republican Priest'. Brigid MacGonigal, mother of Harry Clarke, was a native of Cliffoney.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cliffoney” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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