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The largest urban area in Connacht is [[Galway]], with a population of 79,934. Other large towns in Connacht are [[Sligo]] (19,199), [[Castlebar]] (12,068) and [[Ballina, County Mayo|Ballina]] (10,171).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cso.ie/px/pxeirestat/Statire/SelectVarVal/Define.asp?maintable=E2052&PLanguage=0|title=Population and Birthplace 2016 by Alphabetical List of Towns, CensusYear and Statistic|website=Central Statistics Office|access-date=2018-11-04|archive-date=24 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924154525/https://data.cso.ie/|url-status=live}}</ref>

 

== History ==

Much of our information on the history of Connaught comes from a variety of Annals and Genealogies written in the Province, particularly by the hereditary scribes of the O'Conors, O'Dowds and MacDermotts. This tradition of diligently writing up the major facts of a time is being revitalised after a gap of more than four centuries at Bru Moytura's ″Scriptorium″ in south Sligo, where year on year Connaught's place in Time is being added to in [https://www.brumoytura.org/ De Reir Book of Moytura]