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[[File:Merionethshire Brit Isles Sect 6.svg|right|thumb|220px|Merioneth]] | [[File:Merionethshire Brit Isles Sect 6.svg|right|thumb|220px|Merioneth]] | ||
[[File:The county flag of Meirionydd in the hands of the Mayor of the county town, Dolgellau, Delwyn Evans, left and Councillor Ray Stubbs..jpg|thumb|left|300px|The flag of the county of Merioneth in the hands of the Mayor of the county town, [[Dolgellau]], Delwyn Evans, left and Councillor Ray Stubbs.]] | [[File:The county flag of Meirionydd in the hands of the Mayor of the county town, Dolgellau, Delwyn Evans, left and Councillor Ray Stubbs..jpg|thumb|left|300px|The flag of the county of Merioneth in the hands of the Mayor of the county town, [[Dolgellau]], Delwyn Evans, left and Councillor Ray Stubbs.]] | ||
The '''Flag of Merioneth''' is the [[county flag]] of [[Merionethshire]], adapted from the seal used by the former council. This in turn derived from the description of a banner borne by the men of Merioneth at the Battle of Agincourt, in the 17th-century poem of the same name by Michael Drayton. Here he wrote of “three goats dancing 'gainst a rising sun"; the shield was blue, the sun golden and the goats white. Speculation regarding this unusual arrangement suggests a connection with [[Cader Idris]], where goats browsed and behind which the sun rose. The flag therefore both maintains a theme associated with Merioneth for six centuries and is also a highly distinctive design – no other flag features a sun in this position and the arrangement is uniquely Merioneth. It was registered by the [[Flag Institute]] in January 2015. | |||
The '''Flag of Merioneth''' is adapted from the seal used by the former | |||
==Outside links== | ==Outside links== | ||
*[http://www.flaginstitute.org/wp/flags/merioneth/ Flag Institute registration particulars] | *[http://www.flaginstitute.org/wp/flags/merioneth/ Flag Institute registration particulars] | ||
*[http://flags.abcounties.com/2014/01/27/merioneth-meirionnydd] | *[http://flags.abcounties.com/2014/01/27/merioneth-meirionnydd County Flags Blog - Merioneth] | ||
{{County flags of the United Kingdom|Merioneth}} | {{County flags of the United Kingdom|Merioneth}} | ||
Latest revision as of 20:21, 4 February 2019
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| Proportion | 3:5 |
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| Adopted | 2 January 2015 |
| Design | Blue, with three white goats rampant, a quarter sun with rays in the bottom hoist. |
| Designed by | Historic |
The Flag of Merioneth is the county flag of Merionethshire, adapted from the seal used by the former council. This in turn derived from the description of a banner borne by the men of Merioneth at the Battle of Agincourt, in the 17th-century poem of the same name by Michael Drayton. Here he wrote of “three goats dancing 'gainst a rising sun"; the shield was blue, the sun golden and the goats white. Speculation regarding this unusual arrangement suggests a connection with Cader Idris, where goats browsed and behind which the sun rose. The flag therefore both maintains a theme associated with Merioneth for six centuries and is also a highly distinctive design – no other flag features a sun in this position and the arrangement is uniquely Merioneth. It was registered by the Flag Institute in January 2015.
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