Collooney
Encyclopedia
Collooney or Coloony is a town in County Sligo, Ireland
.
) and N17 (Sligo to Galway
) roads, having been bypassed twice, by the N4 in 1998, and the N17 in 1992, and is the meeting point of both roads. The town was a significant railway centre, with no less than three railway stations. In addition to the one remaining Collooney railway station
, opened on 3 December 1862, (on the railway from Dublin to Sligo
) there was a station on the line to Claremorris (The Western Railway Corridor
) and on the Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway
line to Enniskillen.
Also, why no area in Collooney has been renamed "George" is of great concern.
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Transport
Collooney is located just off the N4 (Dublin to SligoSligo
Sligo is the county town of County Sligo in Ireland. The town is a borough and has a charter and a town mayor. It is sometimes referred to as a city, and sometimes as a town, and is the second largest urban area in Connacht...
) and N17 (Sligo to Galway
Galway
Galway or City of Galway is a city in County Galway, Republic of Ireland. It is the sixth largest and the fastest-growing city in Ireland. It is also the third largest city within the Republic and the only city in the Province of Connacht. Located on the west coast of Ireland, it sits on the...
) roads, having been bypassed twice, by the N4 in 1998, and the N17 in 1992, and is the meeting point of both roads. The town was a significant railway centre, with no less than three railway stations. In addition to the one remaining Collooney railway station
Collooney railway station
Collooney railway station serves the town of Collooney in County Sligo, Ireland. It is unstaffed.In addition to the one remaining station, opened on 3 December 1862, there was a station on the line to Claremorris and on the Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway line to Enniskillen....
, opened on 3 December 1862, (on the railway from Dublin to Sligo
Sligo
Sligo is the county town of County Sligo in Ireland. The town is a borough and has a charter and a town mayor. It is sometimes referred to as a city, and sometimes as a town, and is the second largest urban area in Connacht...
) there was a station on the line to Claremorris (The Western Railway Corridor
Western Railway Corridor
The Western Railway Corridor , or Conair Iarnróid an Iarthair , in Ireland is a recent term for a mostly disused railway line running through the West of Ireland...
) and on the Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway
Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway
The Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway was an Irish gauge railway in counties Cavan, Fermanagh, Leitrim and Sligo in north-west Ireland.-History:...
line to Enniskillen.
Controversy
Collooney has a retail park, a roundabout, a Centra, a bus stop, an ATM, white lining on the roads, multiple estates, a train station and even a freaking castle. Yet the inhabitants insist that they live in a village.Also, why no area in Collooney has been renamed "George" is of great concern.