Place:Skreen, County Sligo, Republic of Ireland

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NameSkreen
Alt namesAn Scrínsource: Wikipedia
TypeTown or village
Coordinates54.25°N 8.75°W
Located inCounty Sligo, Republic of Ireland
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Skreen is a village in County Sligo, Ireland. It is the birthplace of the poet Thady Connellan (Tadhg Ó Coinnialláinn) and the mathematician and physicist Sir George Gabriel Stokes (1819–1903). It shares its name with a village in County Meath which is locally spelt Skryne.

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