Toorlestraun or Tourlestrane (Irish: Tuar Loistreáin, meaning 'green field of the scorching')[1] is a village in County Sligo, Ireland.
It is a market centre for local dairy farmers, and the location of the main parish church.
The townland of Clooncagh (Cluain Chatha meaning "meadow of the battle") is located near the village and known for a 15th-century battle between two warring clans.
[citation needed] Bus Éireann Fridays-only route 479 links the village with Sligo via Coolaney and Collooney[2] Toorlestraun is home to one of County Sligo's most successful Gaelic Athletic Association clubs,[3] excelling in the gaelic football scene over the last century and also in hurling in the county during the 1970s and 1980s [citation needed] Since then they have excelled even more.
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