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Irish heraldry is the forms of heraldry, such as coats of arms, in Ireland. Since 1 April 1943 it is regulated in the Republic of Ireland by the Office of the Chief Herald of Ireland and in Northern Ireland by Norroy and Ulster King of Arms .
Two sturdy arms, brandishing such a weapon, form the usual crest of the family, with the above motto, Periissem ni per-iissem —'I had died, unless I had gone through with it ' ". [13] Arbuthnott [4] Crest: A peacock's head couped at the neck Proper. [14] Motto: Laus Deo [14] [Latin, 'Praise God'] [14] Chief: Keith Arbuthnott 17th Viscount of ...
The coat of arms of Ulster King of Arms, who preceded the Chief Herald of Ireland. Taken from Lant's Roll. The Genealogical Office is an office of the Government of Ireland containing genealogical records. It includes the Office of the Chief Herald of Ireland (Irish: Príomh Aralt na hÉireann), [1] the authority in Ireland for heraldry.
This is an incomplete index of the current and historical principal family seats of clans, peers and landed gentry families in Ireland. Most of the houses belonged to the Old English and Anglo-Irish aristocracy, and many of those located in the present Republic of Ireland were abandoned, sold or destroyed following the Irish War of Independence and Irish Civil War of the early 1920s.
2: The Ó Hanlon crest "A lizard displayed vert" is the crest described in Burke's General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. This crest appears on the Hanlon tomb of 1708 in Letterkenny, County Donegal. A hand grasping a dagger appears on the Ó Hanlon tomb of 1759 in Newtown Cemetery, Lordship, County Louth.
Notwithstanding several and varied origin traditions, the MacTavishes may have come from Ireland to Scotland during the years of the Scoto-Irish settlement era. Very old Irish forms (O.F. Gaeilge) of MacTavish are given by Father Patrick Woulfe in his widely accepted work on Irish Surnames. Wolfe gives several old forms (O.F.) of the name ...
The surname Logan is likely derived from the Gaelic word lagan or laggan meaning low-lying land, a glen, dell, or hollow. The clan had lands in Galloway and Dumfriesshire at an early period and also in Ulster, Ireland, since the Clans often crossed over. They soon spread over Scotland to Ayrshire, Lanarkshire, Dumfriesshire, Dubarton, and ...
The arms historically formed part of a full achievement used by the monarchs of Scotland. The exact form of this varied, but in its fullest version it typically included a helm, mantling, crest, two mottoes, supporters, a compartment, and the collar of the Order of the Thistle. The helm faced forwards and had a barred visor.