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{{uk}}'''CRAIGAVON'''


'''CRAIGAVON'''
Additions: 1973 [[Lurgan]] Borough, [[Portadown]] Borough and parts of Moira and Lurgan Rural Districts<br>
 
Incorporated into: 2015 [[Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon]]
Additions : 1973 [[Lurgan]] Borough, [[Portadown]] Borough and parts of Moira and Lurgan Rural Districts<br>
Incorporated into : 2015 [[Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon]]


[[File:craigavo.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]
[[File:craigavo.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]


===Official blazon===
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|'''English'''
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'''Arms''' : Per pale dancetty Gules and Or in dexter chief and sinister base a dexter Hand within four Batons masclewise the ends overlapping each other and in sinister chief and dexter base a Roundel charged with an Annulet the outer edge embattled all counterchanged.<br>
'''Arms''' : Per pale dancetty Gules and Or in dexter chief and sinister base a dexter Hand within four Batons masclewise the ends overlapping each other and in sinister chief and dexter base a Roundel charged with an Annulet the outer edge embattled all counterchanged.<br>
'''Crest''' : On a Wreath Or and Gules a Mural Crown Or statant thereon a Greyhound Sable with a white flash on its chest supporting over the dexter shoulder with the dexter foreleg a Railway Wheel Tapper Argent.<br>
'''Crest''' : On a Wreath Or and Gules a Mural Crown Or statant thereon a Greyhound Sable with a white flash on its chest supporting over the dexter shoulder with the dexter foreleg a Railway Wheel Tapper Argent.<br>
'''Supporters''' : On the dexter side a Unicorn Argent armed unguled maned crined tufted and gorged with a Chain Or pendent therefrom a Stalk of the Flax flowered and leaved proper and on the sinister side an Heraldic Antelope Gules armed unguled tufted and gorged with a Chain Or pendent therefrom a representation of the Clogh Bann or 'Bell of the Parish of Seagoe' proper; the whole upon a Compartment composed of a Grassy Mound proper semy of Apples stalked and leaved and trefoils Or and charged with a Pale barry wavy Argent and Azure.<br>
'''Supporters''' : On the dexter side a Unicorn Argent armed unguled maned crined tufted and gorged with a Chain Or pendent therefrom a Stalk of the Flax flowered and leaved proper and on the sinister side an Heraldic Antelope Gules armed unguled tufted and gorged with a Chain Or pendent therefrom a representation of the Clogh Bann or 'Bell of the Parish of Seagoe' proper; the whole upon a Compartment composed of a Grassy Mound proper semy of Apples stalked and leaved and trefoils Or and charged with a Pale barry wavy Argent and Azure.<br>
'''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''':  Together we progress
'''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''':  Together we progress
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===Origin/meaning===
===Origin/meaning===
The arms were officially granted in 1973 (?)
The arms were officially granted op April 30, 1979.


The shield is divided per pale indented to show the union of two boroughs.
The shield is divided per pale indented to show the union of two boroughs.
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The motto is TOGETHER WE PROGRESS.  
The motto is TOGETHER WE PROGRESS.  


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{{media}}'''[[Literature]]''': Image and information provided by Laurence Jones (laurencejones@eircom.net)
 
[[Literature]] : Image and information provided by Laurence Jones (laurencejones@eircom.net)


[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities C]]
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities C]]
[[Category:Northern Ireland]]
[[Category:Northern Ireland]]
[[Category:Granted 1979]]
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