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Rathbraughan

Coordinates: 54°17′09″N 8°27′57″W / 54.28583°N 8.46583°W / 54.28583; -8.46583
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Rathbraughan
Rath Bracháin
Townland
Rathbraughan is located in Ireland
Rathbraughan
Rathbraughan
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 54°17′09″N 8°27′57″W / 54.28583°N 8.46583°W / 54.28583; -8.46583
CountryIreland
ProvinceConnacht
CountyCounty Sligo
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (IST)

Rathbraughan (Irish: Rath Bracháin)[1] is a townland in County Sligo, Ireland just north of Sligo Town.[2][3] It gives its name to Rathbraughan Line,[4] the main road through the area, and to Rathbraughan Park, a housing estate on the northern edge of Sligo Town[5][6] which was built in the 1980s.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ "Ráth Bracháin/Rathbraghan". Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  2. ^ "Man in his 20s dies in Co Sligo road crash". 22 April 2023. pp. RTÉ News. Retrieved 30 June 2025. The incident happened early this morning in Rathbraughan, near Sligo Town.
  3. ^ Moreau, Emer (22 April 2023). "Man (20s) dies in Sligo car crash". The Journal. Retrieved 30 June 2025. ...on a local road at Rathbraughan, on the outskirts of Sligo town.
  4. ^ "Army had to disarm bomb left at bridge". Sligo Weekender. 25 February 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2025 – via PressReader.
  5. ^ Guidera, Anita (28 May 2009). "Terrified neighbours were afraid to say anything". Irish Independent. Retrieved 30 June 2025. NUMBER 63 Rathbraughan Park, the house rented by Ronnie McManus and his daughters, is an end house on a tree-lined street on the northern outskirts of Sligo town, a stone's throw from the local Institute of Technology.
  6. ^ "A horrible crime that shocked Sligo". The Sligo Champion. 11 June 2013 – via Irish Independent. The inquest found she was unlawfully killed at 63 Rathbraughan Park, Sligo,...

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