BALLYMENA (Co. Antrim).

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BALLYMENA (Co. Antrim). Has no armorial bearings. Those in use are, azure, a representation of the Castle of Ballymenagh within an orle of six towers all proper. Motto — " Post praelia praemia " (spelled so upon the town seal). The foregoing arms are taken from a sculptured stone over the gateway of Lord Waveney's Castle, Ballymena, and are there shown upon an escutcheon within the legend " Ballymenagh of the Seven Towers."

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