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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|The county flag of Meirionydd in the hands of the Mayor of the county town, Dolgellau, Delwyn Evans, left and Councillor Ray Stubbs.]] | |||
The '''Flag of Merioneth''' is adapted from the seal used by the former county 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 county 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. | ||
Revision as of 15:28, 18 March 2015
| Flag of Merioneth | |
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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 adapted from the seal used by the former county 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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