Connacht is the western province of Ireland,
comprising the counties of Galway (Co. na Gaillimhe),
Leitrim (Liatroim), Mayo (Co. Mhaigh Eo), Roscommon
(Co. Ros Comáin), Sligo (Sligeach). Its main
urban centres are Galway in the south, and Sligo in
the north. It has a population of 464,000, the smallest
of the four Irish provinces.
The Irish language is spoken in the Gaeltacht
areas of west Mayo and west Galway, the largest being
Connemara.
