Collooney

Also known as Cúil Mhuine

Collooney or Coloony () is a town in County Sligo, Ireland.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Collooney
Settlement.native_name_lang: ga
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.image_skyline: Collooney - Looking up main street.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Main Street
Settlement.pushpin_map: Ireland
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Ireland
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Ireland
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Connacht
Settlement.subdivision_type3: County
Settlement.subdivision_name3: County Sligo
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.population_as_of: 2022
Settlement.population_total: 1797
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto

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Wikidata facts

Elevation: 62
Official website: collooneytown.com
Image: Collooney - Looking up main street.jpg

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Irish Grid Reference: G674261
Commons category: Collooney
native label: Cúil Mhuine

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Collooney or Coloony () is a town in County Sligo, Ireland.

==Toponymy== Collooney is thought to derive from . Reverend Terrence O'Rorke has previously also suggested Culmaine, as Collooney is designated this way in such works as the Annals of the Four Masters, ''Dudley M'Firlis'', and O'Flaherty's "Chorographical description of West Connaught"; he further suggests "Angle of the Whirlpool" from the confluence of the Uncion and Owenmore as the most likely origin of the name. The settlement was also at times previously termed Cashel, Killinbridge or even Cowlowney.