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  1. Province of the Republic of Ireland,
  2. comprising the counties of Galway, Leitrim,
  3. Mayo, Roscommon, and Sligo; area 17,130 sq
  4. km/6,612 sq mi; population (1986) 431,000.
  5. The chief towns are Galway, Roscommon,
  6. Castlebar, Sligo, and Carrick-on-Shannon.
  7. Mainly lowland, it is agricultural and
  8. stock-raising country, with poor land in the
  9. W. The chief rivers are the Shannon, Moy, and
  10. Suck, and there are a number of lakes. The
  11. Connacht dialect is the national standard.
  12.