Meirionnydd gets a new flag

February 7, 2015 by Kyle No Comment

On the 2nd of January 2015, a new flag was registered at the Flag Institute for the historic county of Meirionnydd.

The design is adapted from the seal used by the former county council, which in turn derived from the description of a banner borne by the men of Meirionnydd at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. In his 17th century poem of the same name, Michael Drayton wrote of “three goats dancing against a rising sun”; the shield was blue, the sun golden and the goats white.

Speculation regarding this unusual arrangement suggests a connection with Cadair Idris, where goats browsed and behind which the sun rose. The flag therefore both maintains a theme associated with Meirionnydd for six centuries and is also a highly distinctive design.

Get one of these beautiful flags for free

Thanks to our friends at The Association of British Counties, Visit Dolgellau have a limited number of these flags to give away. If you want one, all you have to do is get in touch (via our contact page, Facebook, Twitter or Google+ pages) and promise to send us photos of the flag proudly on display!

Numbers are limited so the flags will be provided on a first come, first served basis to applicants based in the county.

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