Skreen

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Skreen An Scrín
Location
Coordinates: 54°14′36″N 8°43′52″W / 54.2433°N 8.7311°W / 54.2433; -8.7311Coordinates: 54°14′36″N 8°43′52″W / 54.2433°N 8.7311°W / 54.2433; -8.7311
Irish grid reference G523329
Statistics
Province:	Connacht
County:	County Sligo
Elevation:	76 m (249 ft)
Population (2002)	159

Skreen (Irish: An Scrín) is a village in County Sligo, Ireland. It is the birthplace of the mathematician and physicist Sir George Gabriel Stokes (1819–1903). It shares its name with a village in County Meath which is locally spelt Skryne.

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• List of towns and villages in Ireland

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