Connacht ( alternately according to the
Oxford English Dictionary; , ), is the western
province of
Ireland, comprising Counties
Galway,
Leitrim,
Mayo,
Roscommon,
Sligo.In Irish the province is usually Cúige Chonnacht i.e. the province (literally, fifth) of Connacht. Its main urban centres are
Galway in the south, and
Sligo in the north. It has a population of 503,083, the smallest of the four Irish provinces.An alternative anglicised spelling which was used more before Irish indepedence by British authorities is Connaught
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