Editing County Sligo (section)

===Coat of arms===
This coat of arms was adopted by [[Sligo County Council]] in 1980. The design on the black shield, which shows an open book on which there is a Celtic Cross and a red rose, represents collectively the literary and cultural history of Sligo. These refer to such early works as the Books of Ballymote and Lecan, while the rose was a significant theme in the poetry of W. B. Yeats. The escallop shells sprinkled on the shield refer to the origin of the word Sligeach – "a place abounding in shells". The boar's head refers to the "wild boar of Benbulben" in the Diarmuid and Gráinne myth. The colour scheme of the crest incorporates the [[Sligo GAA]] colours of black and white.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.resources.teachnet.ie/vmcmahon/history/crests.htm|title=History Around You|website=resources.teachnet.ie|access-date=28 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729043105/http://www.resources.teachnet.ie/vmcmahon/history/crests.htm|archive-date=29 July 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>