Editing Castlebar (section)

==Coat of arms==
The name of the town comes from the castle built in about 1235 (see above).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mayo-ireland.ie/en/towns-villages/castlebar/castlebar.html|title=Castlebar, Co. Mayo West of Ireland &#124; mayo-ireland.ie|website=www.mayo-ireland.ie|access-date=10 November 2019|archive-date=10 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110133645/https://www.mayo-ireland.ie/en/towns-villages/castlebar/castlebar.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.castlebar.ie/Nostalgia_and_History/The-Castlebar-Coat-of-Arms.shtml|title=The Castlebar Coat of Arms|website=www.castlebar.ie}}</ref> This castle is depicted as part of the town's coat of arms, with two yew trees on either side because Castlebar is the county town of Mayo ({{Irish place name|Maigh Eo|plain of the yew trees}}). The crosses represent the parish of Aglish (the official name of the parish of Castlebar). The 1798 'Races of Castlebar' is commemorated by pikes. Underneath are the words 'Ar Aghaidh', meaning 'forward'.