Kilmactigue is a townland and parish in County Sligo, Ireland

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The parish covers the villages of Aclare

Aclare

Aclare is a village in County Sligo, Ireland, and the main village in the parish of Kilmactigue. Formerly, the village of Aclare was not part of the same-named townland, but straddled the border of the adjacent townlands of Lislea and Carns, though later the borders of the townland were extended...

, Banada and Tourlestrane, as well as their surrounding townlands. The parish church is situated in Tourlestrane, and there are smaller churches in Kilmactigue and Lough Talt

Lough Talt

Lough Talt is situated in south Sligo between the villages of Tubbercurry, Aclare and Bunnyconnellan.The lake is a noted site of picture perfect sunsets on calm evenings, as the sun sinks over "The Gap". The Lake is a good source of trout averaging 250g...

. There was also a small church in Banada at the abbey, but it closed when the Banada Abbey secondary school

Secondary school

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 was merged with the Marist

Society of Mary (Marists)

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 Convent secondary school in Tubbercurry

Tubbercurry

Tubbercurry or Tobercurry is a town in County Sligo, Ireland. It lies at the foot of the Ox Mountains, on the N17 national primary road.Tubbercurry has a very active Tidy Towns Project which is setting out to transform the town's visual appearance...

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The parish patron saint is Saint Attracta

Attracta

Saint Athracht , in Latin sources Attracta, is the patron saint of the parish of Locha Techet and Tourlestrane, Co. Sligo, Ireland. Her legend states that she fled from home and took her vows as a nun under Saint Patrick at Coolavin...

, who is said to have defeated a dragon that was killing farmers' livestock. A local well is named after her, as is the new secondary school in Tubbercurry.