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'''COUNTY SLIGO''' | '''COUNTY SLIGO''' | ||
[[File:sligo2.county. | [[File:sligo2.county.jpg|400 px|center|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
====Official blazon==== | ====Official blazon==== | ||
Sable, semée of escallops argent an open book proper thereon in the dexter a celtic cross and in the sinister a rose gules, on a point in base of the second, a boar's head erased of the first armed of the fourth, with the Motto: Land of Hearts Desire. | |||
====Origin/meaning==== | ====Origin/meaning==== | ||
The arms were officially | The arms were officially granted on September 8, 1982. | ||
The tinctures sable and agent are predominant and representation of the name of the County - Sligeach - (an escallop shell) is effected by sprinkling the field of the shield with escallops. | The tinctures sable and agent are predominant and representation of the name of the County - Sligeach - (an escallop shell) is effected by sprinkling the field of the shield with escallops. | ||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] : | [[Literature]] : Backgroundtaken from http://homepage.tinet.ie/~afinan/facts/index.html (with permission) | ||
[[Category:Irish counties]] | [[Category:Irish counties]] | ||
[[Category:Sligo]] | [[Category:Sligo]] | ||
[[Category:Granted | [[Category:Granted 1982]] | ||