Editing County Sligo (section)

===Music===
County Sligo has a long history of [[Irish traditional music|traditional music]]. The south of the county is particularly noted with such musical luminaries as [[James Morrison (fiddler)|James Morrison]], [[Michael Coleman (Irish musician)|Michael Coleman]], [[Paddy Killoran]], [[Fred Finn (musician)|Fred Finn]], [[Peter Horan]], Joe O'Dowd, Jim Donoghue, Martin Wynne, [[Oisín Mac Diarmada]] (of [[Téada]]), tin-whistle player [[Carmel Gunning]] and the band [[Dervish (band)|Dervish]]. The county has many traditional music festivals and one of the most well-known is the [[Queen Maeve International Summer School]], a traditional Irish Music summer school of music and dance which is held annually in August in [[Sligo|Sligo Town]]. On the more contemporary music scene there are [[Westlife]], [[Tabby Callaghan]] and [[The Conway Sisters]] who are from Sligo. [[Strandhill]], about 9&nbsp;km west of Sligo, hosts the Strandhill Guitar Festival<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sligoarts.ie/FestivalsandEvents/Name,13321,en.html|title=Sligo Arts|website=sligoarts.ie/FestivalsandEvents/Name,13321,en.html/ Sligo Arts|access-date=6 October 2017|archive-date=6 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006161826/http://www.sligoarts.ie/FestivalsandEvents/Name,13321,en.html|url-status=live}}</ref> each year, featuring a wide variety of guitar music and musicians.