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Additions : Ballycastle UDC, Ballycastle RDC, Ballymoney RDC (partly)<br> | Additions: Ballycastle UDC, Ballycastle RDC, Ballymoney RDC (partly)<br> | ||
Incorporated into : 2015 [[Causeway Coast and Glens]] | Incorporated into : 2015 [[Causeway Coast and Glens]] | ||
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'''Arms''' : Vert, on a Pale wavy Argent a like Pale Or fimbriated Azure in the fess point between on either side a Still Gold, and in chief and in base a Lymphad Sable, a Lozenge Vert thereon a tower gold.<br> | '''Arms''': Vert, on a Pale wavy Argent a like Pale Or fimbriated Azure in the fess point between on either side a Still Gold, and in chief and in base a Lymphad Sable, a Lozenge Vert thereon a tower gold.<br> | ||
'''Crest''' : Upon a Helm with a Wreath Vert and Or, out of a circlet composed of Lozenges Sable and Garbs Or alternating a dexter Hand raised in Benediction and holding two lightning flashes saltirewise Argent.<br> | '''Crest''': Upon a Helm with a Wreath Vert and Or, out of a circlet composed of Lozenges Sable and Garbs Or alternating a dexter Hand raised in Benediction and holding two lightning flashes saltirewise Argent.<br> | ||
'''Supporters''' : On the dexter side a Wolf supporting a Glass Blower’s Pipe attached in abase to a glass Bottle and on the sinister side an Irish Wolfhound resting the outer foreleg on an Anchor all proper, the Compartment comprising a representation of the Giant’s Causeway proper and Water barry wavy Argent and Azure. | '''Supporters''': On the dexter side a Wolf supporting a Glass Blower’s Pipe attached in abase to a glass Bottle and on the sinister side an Irish Wolfhound resting the outer foreleg on an Anchor all proper, the Compartment comprising a representation of the Giant’s Causeway proper and Water barry wavy Argent and Azure. | ||
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[[Literature]] : Information taken from the [http://www.moyle.gov.uk Moyle website] | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | ||
Information taken from the [http://www.moyle.gov.uk Moyle website] | |||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities M]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities M]] | ||
[[Category:Northern Ireland]] | [[Category:Northern Ireland]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1980]] | [[Category:Granted 1980]] | ||
Latest revision as of 09:12, 16 June 2024
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MOYLE
Additions: Ballycastle UDC, Ballycastle RDC, Ballymoney RDC (partly)
Incorporated into : 2015 Causeway Coast and Glens
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Arms: Vert, on a Pale wavy Argent a like Pale Or fimbriated Azure in the fess point between on either side a Still Gold, and in chief and in base a Lymphad Sable, a Lozenge Vert thereon a tower gold. |
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on December 22, 1980.
The main tinctures of the shield are green and gold. The green illustrates the fertile farmlands of the area, as well as being a colour usually associated with Ireland. The gold represents both the colour of Irish Whiskey and the sandy beaches of this coastal region, The white and blue wavy edges to the central pale show that water is an important feature of the area. The central device of a Tower on a lozenge refers to Ballycastle, the centre of the area, the main square of which is known as the 'Diamond'. Above and below this are black lymphads or galleys which feature in the arms of the MacDonnells, the chief clan in the Glens of Antrim since the fourteenth century. On either side of the central Pale are stylised stills representing Bushmills distillery, the world's oldest licensed whiskey distillery.
The hand in the crest with the fingers turned down is a tribute to Colonel Boyd who developed the town of Ballycastle in the eighteenth century; the lightning flashes are a reference to Marconi who sent the first wireless messages across water from Ballycastle to Rathlin Island; the alternate black diamonds (coal) and sheaves of corn refer to coal mining and the Lammas Fair (a harvest festival) respectively. The wolf supporter on the dexter is a reference to County Antrim and the wolfhound on the sinister refers to Ireland generally. The glass-blowing pipe and bottle refer to the former glass industry at Ballycastle, while the anchor indicates that the town is a harbour.
The arms are placed on a representation of the Giant's Causeway, a World Heritage site, shown rising out of stylised water.
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