Sletty, Sleaty, or Slatey (''Sléibhte'', 'mountains', in Irish), is a

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in County Laois,

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. It is situated some 2 km north-north-west of the town of

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. It was once the see of a

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, founded by

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in the fifth century, but this was later transferred to Leighlin. It was at Sletty, according to

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in his novel '' Ulysses'', that Cormac mac Airt 'suffocated by imperfect deglutition of aliment', i.e. that he choked on a fishbone.

References

Bibliography

* Lewis, S. (1837)
Topographical Dictionary of Ireland
' Geography of County Laois {{Laois-geo-stub