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Thu 11 Nov 2002Church land sold for #1 is resold for € 300,000A site sold by the Diocese of Elphin to Sligo County Council for a nominal fee to house Traveller families in 1973 has been purchased by a Traveller, and subsequently sold by him to a property development company for €300,000.The council sold 0.1740 hectares of the land at Caltragh close to Sligo town to Mr Paddy Sweeney, for €1 last June and the entire site incorporating a further 0.1578 hectares has recently been sold on by him to Kevinsfort Limited which has planning permission for 42 houses at a site nearby.