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A distinctive feature of Irish heraldry is acceptance of the idea of clan arms, which belong to descendants, not necessarily of a determinate individual, but of an Irish clan or sept, the chieftain of which, under Irish law, was not necessarily a son of the previous chieftain but could be any member of the clan whose grandfather had held the position of chieftain (). [1]
Irish women by occupation (37 C) A. Irish activists (45 C, 48 P) Irish people in arts occupations (20 C) B. ... Irish officers of arms (10 P) Ombudsmen in Ireland (2 ...
Lists of people from Northern Ireland by occupation (1 C, 5 P) A. Lists of ambassadors of Ireland (9 P) C. ... List of Irish artists; List of Irish women artists; B.
19th-century Irish women by occupation (11 C) A. 19th-century Irish abbots (2 P) 19th-century Irish actors (2 C) 19th-century Irish artists (7 C, 14 P) B.
Pages in category "Irish officers of arms" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Athlone ...
Apart from a few "honourable" professions connected with the governing elite (the clergy of the established church, the officer corps of the British Armed Forces, the diplomatic and civil services, the bar or the judiciary), such occupation was considered demeaning by the upper classes, particularly by the 19th century, when the earlier ...
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.
The depiction of the harp has changed over time. When the arms were restored as the arms of the independent Irish state in 1922, a late-medieval Gaelic harp (a cláirseach), the Trinity College Harp, was used as a model. Several variants of the arms of Ireland exist, including a heraldic badge and an infrequently used crest and torse.