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<center>''' {{uc:Abtrim}} '''</center><br> | |||
'''Country''' : | |||
* United Kingdom [[File:unitedkingdom-flag.gif|60 px|right]] | |||
** Northern Ireland<br><br> | |||
'''Status''':<br> | |||
* County council | |||
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'''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' | ||
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The arms were officially granted on March 28, 1952. | The arms were officially granted on March 28, 1952. | ||
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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, 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]]''': Image and information provided by Laurence Jones. | ||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:British County Councils]] | [[Category:British County Councils]] | ||
[[Category:Northern Ireland]] | [[Category:Northern Ireland]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1952]] | [[Category:Granted 1952]] | ||