Down (county)

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DOWN

Official blazon

Arms : Vert, on a fess Or fretty gules a fish naiant argent, in chief three garbs Or and in base on water harry wavy of four argent and azure a lymphad, sail furled, pennon and fiags flying, Or between two fiax flowers slipped and leaved proper.
Crest: On a wreath of the colours, Out of an ancient crown a dexter cubit arm, vested and cuffed argent, the hand proper grasping a Celtic crozier Or, looped about the shaft a snake, head downwards and to the sinister, vert.
Supporters: On either side an Irish elk guardant proper.
Motto: Absque labore nihil.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on December 15, 1967.

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