approved, Bureaucrats, Interface administrators, Members who can see the literature depository, Administrators, uploader
3,707,953
edits
Ballinasloe: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
m
Text replacement - "↵↵'''" to "'''"
Knorrepoes (talk | contribs) m (Text replacement - "====Origin/meaning==== The" to "===Origin/meaning=== The") |
Knorrepoes (talk | contribs) m (Text replacement - "↵↵'''" to "'''") Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit |
||
| (10 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{ | {{ie}}'''BALLINASLOE''' | ||
'''BALLINASLOE''' | |||
County : [[Galway (county)|Galway]] | County : [[Galway (county)|Galway]] | ||
| Line 7: | Line 5: | ||
[[File:ballinas.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:ballinas.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
= | {| class="wikitable" | ||
|+Official blazon | |||
|- | |||
|'''English''' | |||
| blazon wanted | |||
|} | |||
Per fess wavy azure and argent, a fess wavy counter-changed, in chief between two swords erect proper, pommels and hilts or, a tower triple-towered of the second, descending from the battlements as many chains of the fourth, and in base a horse forcene sable. | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms show a tower triple towered with golden chains descending from the battlements derived from the O'Kelly arms. The two swords represent St. Michael, the patron saint of the town. The wavy bar symbolises the local river, and the horse in the lower part represents the great fairs in Ballinasloe. | The arms show a tower triple towered with golden chains descending from the battlements derived from the O'Kelly arms. The two swords represent St. Michael, the patron saint of the town. The wavy bar symbolises the local river, and the horse in the lower part represents the great fairs in Ballinasloe. '''[[Literature]]''': | ||
{{media}} Image and information provided by Laurence Jones (laurencejones@eircom.net) and Stan Zamyatin Moore. | |||
{{ie}} | |||
{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:Irish municipalities]] | [[Category:Irish municipalities]] | ||
[[Category:Galway]] | [[Category:Galway]] | ||