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As well as the coat of arms, which shows the harp on an Azure (blue) field, Ireland has long been associated with a flag also bearing the harp. This flag is identical to the coat of arms but with a green field, rather than blue, and is blazoned Vert, a Harp Or, stringed Argent (a gold harp with silver strings on a green field).
The Irish province of Munster has been heraldically symbolised by three golden antique crowns on a deep blue shield since at least the 17th century. [5] [7] Prior to the mid-1600s, the arms of Munster were reputedly represented as Gules a cubit arm fessways holding a sword erect all proper, [8] possibly deriving from the first arms of the O'Brien dynasty.
A post-1801 Green Ensign from the Royal Museums Greenwich [1] Green Ensign circa 1701 On a 1783 flag chart. The Green Ensign (Irish: An Meirge Uaine) is a historical flag flown by some Irish merchant vessels from the 17th century to the early 20th century. [1]
Sovereign’s Flag for Canada; The Sovereign’s personal Canadian flag: Use: Other : Adopted: 6 May 2023; 19 months ago (): Design: A quartered field, with three golden lions top left, a red lion rampant surrounded by a double border with fleurs-de-lis top right, a golden harp bottom left, and three gold fleurs-de-lis bottom right.
The Irish brewer Guinness has used a right-facing harp (in contrast to the Irish State emblem's left-facing version) as its emblem since 1759, the Harp Lager brand has done so since 1960. The Irish Independent newspaper has used a harp in its masthead since 1961. The Irish airline Ryanair, founded in 1985, also features a stylised harp in its logo.
The Saab auto company features a profiled griffin head in its logo. Saab Aerospace built a fighter jet, the JAS 39 Gripen, meaning "griffin" in Swedish. Scania, a Swedish truck and bus manufacturer, uses the griffin as its trademark. Sprecher Brewery features a heraldic black griffin in its logo. A cartoon griffin named Rooty appears on bottles ...
The McDonald's logo has evolved in a major way over the years, and we've managed to track down just about every one they've ever had. Check out the slideshow above, and take a journey through the ...
Richard Pockrich, Poekrich (c.1696/7 – 1759), [1] or Puckeridge, [2] was an Irish musician, and was the inventor of the glass harp (also known as the "Angelic organ