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<center>''' {{uc:Antrim}} '''</center><br> | |||
'''Country''' : | |||
* United Kingdom [[File:unitedkingdom-flag.gif|60 px|right]] | |||
** Northern Ireland<br><br> | |||
'''Incorporated into''':<br> | |||
* 2015 [[Antrim and Newtownabbey]] | |||
'''Status''':<br> | |||
* 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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[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities A]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities A]] | ||
[[Category:Northern Ireland]] | [[Category:Northern Ireland]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1979]] | |||