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Features: Irish Counties & Surnames - County Antrim

Glenariff, County Antrim by Peter Dean
Glenariff, County Antrim, © 2006, Peter Dean
COUNTY ANTRIM

Irish Name: Aontroim
Nickname: The Glens County
Motto: Per angusta ad augusta (Through Trial to Triumphs)
County Town: Ballymena (formerly Carrickfergus 1850-1970)
Province: Ulster
Region: Northern Ireland

Tartan: The County Antrim tartan is a traditional plaid pattern in turquoise green, navy blue, and coral red with bright gold accents. It was designed by Polly Kitteridge for the House of Edgar in 1997. (Reproduction rights restricted to House of Edgar, Macnaughton Holdings Ltd.)

  • County Antrim Tartan

County Antrim Common Surnames

(Ireland Census):
Bell, Brown, Campbell, Graham, Hamilton, Johnston, Kerr, Martin, Miller, Moore, O'Neill, Reid, Robinson, Scott, Smith, Stewart, Thompson, Wilson

(Irish Emigrants):
Black, Boyd, Brown, Kelly, McCormick, McCurdy, McDowell, McGee, McKeown, Montgomery, Moore, O'Neill, Stewart

Next page: County Armagh

References: The counties of Ireland and their nicknames, 2019, Aidan Lonergan, The Irish Post; Surname Connections to the Irish Counties, RootsWeb, 2007; Irish Surnames and Their Counties, A Letter From Ireland, 2016; Counties of Ireland, Wikipedia, The Scottish Register of Tartans.
Photo credits: (Header) County Antrim tartan pattern © 1997, House of Edgar, Perth Scotland; used with express permission from House of Edgar, Macnaughton Holdings Ltd.; (Featured) Glenariff, County Antrim, 2006, Peter Dean, used under Creative Commons License CC BY-SA 2.5, (Related Resources) Island of Ireland location map, © 2010, NordNordWest, used under Creative Commons License CC BY-SA 3.0. Edited by Susan Wallace.
Related Resources

Location map of County Antrim
Location of County Antrim.
Read about County Antrim at Wikipedia.

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