Exploring Sligo - Sligo university Hospital & ATU -Atlantic Technological University Ireland

Sligo is located on low gravel hills on the banks of the Garavogue River between Lough Gill and the estuary of the Garavogue river leading to Sligo Bay. The town is surrounded on three sides by an arc of mountains, with the Ox Mountain ridges of Slieve Daeane and Killery Mountain to the southeast bordering Lough Gill. Sligo is an important bridging point on the main north–south route between Ulster and Connacht. It is the county town of County Sligo and is in the Barony of Carbury . Sligo is the diocesan seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Elphin. It is in the Church of Ireland Diocese of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh. Sligo University Hospital is an acute general hospital in Sligo, Ireland. It is managed by Saolta University Health Care Group ATU The Sligo campus of the university is located in Ash Lane, Sligo town