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'''ANTRIM''' | '''ANTRIM''' | ||
[[File: | [[File:antrimc.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
'''Arms''' :Or, a lion rampant gules holding in the dexter paw a cross crosslet fitchée azure; on a chief vert, between two towers a pale argent, theron a dexter hand appaumée also gules. <br> | '''Arms''' :Or, a lion rampant gules holding in the dexter paw a cross crosslet fitchée azure; on a chief vert, between two towers a pale argent, theron a dexter hand appaumée also gules. <br> | ||
'''Crest''' : On a wreath of the colours, A demi figure representing St. Patrick in a habit vert trimmed with gold, the nuimbus Or, holding in the dexter hand a slip of shamrock and supporting over the sinister shoulder a shepherd's croos proper.<br> | '''Crest''' : On a wreath of the colours, A demi figure representing St. Patrick in a habit vert trimmed with gold, the nuimbus Or, holding in the dexter hand a slip of shamrock and supporting over the sinister shoulder a shepherd's croos proper.<br> | ||
'''Supporters''' : On either side a wolf gules, that on the dexter holding in the mouth a slip of flax flowered, that on the sinister a wheat ear, both stalked and leaved proper<br> | '''Supporters''' : On either side a wolf gules, that on the dexter holding in the mouth a slip of flax flowered, that on the sinister a wheat ear, both stalked and leaved proper<br> | ||
'''Compartment''' : The whole on a compartment of basaltic rock proper, representing the Giant's Causeway.<br> | '''Compartment''' : The whole on a compartment of basaltic rock proper, representing the Giant's Causeway.<br> | ||
'''Motto''' : 'PER ANGUSTA AD AUGUSTA' | '''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': 'PER ANGUSTA AD AUGUSTA' | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were officially granted on March 28, 1952. | The arms were officially granted on March 28, 1952. | ||
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The motto is that of the Massereene family, PER ANGUSTA AD AUGUSTA: "Through hard times to prosperity." | The motto is that of the Massereene family, PER ANGUSTA AD AUGUSTA: "Through hard times to prosperity." | ||
'''[[Literature]]''': | |||
{{media}} Image and information provided by Laurence Jones. | |||
[[Category:British County Councils]] | [[Category:British County Councils]] | ||
[[Category:Northern Ireland]] | [[File:nireland.jpg|50 px|link=United Kingdom]][[Category:Northern Ireland]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1952]] | [[Category:Granted 1952]] | ||