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** Northern Ireland<br><br> | |||
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* 2015 [[Antrim and Newtownabbey]] | |||
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* Borough | |||
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'''Arms''': Vert, on a base barry wavy of four argent and azure, in front of a round tower, a port between two towers, the gateway sealed argent and in chief on each side two shuttles fessewise in pale or surmounted by a garb proper.<br> | |||
'''Crest''': On a wreath of the colours, within a circlet of alder leaves vert a demi-eagle issuant wings elevated gules beaked and charged on the breast with a cross moline Or.<br> | |||
'''Supporters''': On either side a stag sable armed and unguled or, gorged with a collar argent, pendent therefrom a chaplet of four roses or, and each holding in the mouth a sword, that on the dexter in bend and that on the sinister in bend sinister, both proper, pomel and hilt or.<br> | |||
'''Motto''': Per Angusta ad Augusta | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms were officially granted | The arms were officially granted in 1979. | ||
The division of the shield into green and alternate waves of white and blue, symbolises the rural areas and Lough Neagh and Six-Mile-Water. On the base stands a castle gateway like that leading to the Castle at Antrim, and behind it rises the Round Tower. Two gold sheaves of barley, each behind a gold shuttle, flank each side of the castle referencing the ancient linen-making and more modern textile industries. | The division of the shield into green and alternate waves of white and blue, symbolises the rural areas and Lough Neagh and Six-Mile-Water. On the base stands a castle gateway like that leading to the Castle at Antrim, and behind it rises the Round Tower. Two gold sheaves of barley, each behind a gold shuttle, flank each side of the castle referencing the ancient linen-making and more modern textile industries. | ||
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The supporters represent the two great families of the area, the Massereenes and the O'Neills. The black stags, with gold hooves and antlers, have a ribbon of nylon about their necks alluding to the local importance of British Enkalon and from each hangs a chaplet of gold roses. The stags are a variation of the supporters of the Viscounts Massereene and Ferrard, and are derived from the crest of their ancestors and Clotworthys, so important in the early days of Antrim. Each stag holds in the mouth the sword from the O'Neills of Shane's Castle's crest. | The supporters represent the two great families of the area, the Massereenes and the O'Neills. The black stags, with gold hooves and antlers, have a ribbon of nylon about their necks alluding to the local importance of British Enkalon and from each hangs a chaplet of gold roses. The stags are a variation of the supporters of the Viscounts Massereene and Ferrard, and are derived from the crest of their ancestors and Clotworthys, so important in the early days of Antrim. Each stag holds in the mouth the sword from the O'Neills of Shane's Castle's crest. | ||
The motto is that of the Massereene family and was also used by the Antrim County Council.'''[ | The motto is that of the Massereene family and was also used by the Antrim County Council.'''[https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/bibliography/ Heraldic Bibliography]''': | ||
{{media}} Info from the borough 2000 | {{media}} Info from the borough 2000 | ||
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[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities A]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities A]] | ||
[[Category:Northern Ireland]] | [[Category:Northern Ireland]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1979]] | |||
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Arms: Vert, on a base barry wavy of four argent and azure, in front of a round tower, a port between two towers, the gateway sealed argent and in chief on each side two shuttles fessewise in pale or surmounted by a garb proper. |
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted in 1979.
The division of the shield into green and alternate waves of white and blue, symbolises the rural areas and Lough Neagh and Six-Mile-Water. On the base stands a castle gateway like that leading to the Castle at Antrim, and behind it rises the Round Tower. Two gold sheaves of barley, each behind a gold shuttle, flank each side of the castle referencing the ancient linen-making and more modern textile industries.
The red eagle with gold beak is from the arms of the Pakenham family, the Norman family of de Courcy and is connected with the priory at Muckamore's history. The gold cross moline is that of the Viscount Templetown of Templepatrick.
The supporters represent the two great families of the area, the Massereenes and the O'Neills. The black stags, with gold hooves and antlers, have a ribbon of nylon about their necks alluding to the local importance of British Enkalon and from each hangs a chaplet of gold roses. The stags are a variation of the supporters of the Viscounts Massereene and Ferrard, and are derived from the crest of their ancestors and Clotworthys, so important in the early days of Antrim. Each stag holds in the mouth the sword from the O'Neills of Shane's Castle's crest.
The motto is that of the Massereene family and was also used by the Antrim County Council.Heraldic Bibliography:
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