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Roscommon, Ireland

image located by Ivan Sache, 4 May 2008
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Description of the flag

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Description of the Flag

Roscommon County (58,700 inhabitants in 2006; 2,547 sq. km; seat, Roscommon) is located in Connacht, central Ireland. The name of the town and county means St. Coman's forest.

The colours of Roscommon County are blue and yellow. Roscommon County has a flag, vertically divided blue-yellow, with in the yellow stripe the arms of the county surmounted by its Irish name, Roscomáin. The flag is shown on a photograph taken during a Tucson-Roscommon Sister Cities event at the Dance Kelly Style website.

The arms of the county are described by Laurence Jones on the International Civic Heraldry website, as follows:

"The name of the county itself is first recalled by the green area in the upper part of the shield, representing the ROS of ROS COMAIN. On the green area is placed a cross, as a recollection in general of Saint Coman, and the Abbeys of Roscommon and in particular of the association of the cross of Cong with the County. The antique crown below recalls Rathcroghan, where, according to Mac Firbis, "most of the kings of the race of Hereman were buried". The ram's head represents the County's importance as a centre of sheep-rearing. To bring the story of Roscommon down to the present day, that fact that Dr. Douglas Hyde, first President of Ireland, was born in the County is recalled by the introduction of an oak-branch in memory of "An Craobhin Aoibhinn". The motto "Constans Hiberniae Cor" not only suggests the physical location of the County but also sums up happily the enduring character of themes represented in the design."
Ivan Sache, 4 May 2008