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The earliest Irish county arms date from the late 17th century, when those of counties Carlow, Kilkenny and "Typerary" were recorded by Richard Carney, Ulster King of Arms. [1] In each case the arms consist of an ermine shield bearing a fesse or central horizontal band on which heraldic devices of local families are displayed.
A crest, which was little used, is thought to have been created for the ascension of James I. [15] This crest was blazoned: A tower triple towered or, from the portal a hart springing argent, attired and unguled also or. [16] The torse was Or and azure. [16] The torse and crest were apparently little used even during the period of the Kingdom ...
Baird & Warner was named the number one top workplace in the Chicago area in 2017, [18] 2015, and 2014, earning its sixth consecutive Chicago Tribune Top Workplace Award. [19] The brokerage was named the second best large company to work for in the Chicago area in 2016 [ 20 ] and 2013 [ 21 ] and the third best workplace in 2012.
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 .
Escutcheon: Gyronny of eight Or and sable, an open book proper, bound gules, edged and clasped gold; on a chief also gules a lion passant guardant of the first supporting with the dexter forepaw an ancient Irish bell argent. Crest: On a wreath argent and sable, In front of an Irish bell tower Or, a boar passant sable, armed and langued gold ...
The castle was built in the Beverly neighborhood of Chicago from 1886 to 1887 under the direction of Robert C. Givins. He was a successful real estate developer. [1] [2] It is a three-story structure with three crenelated towers. [3] Givins lived in the castle from 1887 to 1894. From 1895 to 1897, the castle housed the Chicago Female College.
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.
The dispersion of artefacts, through the sale of Irish country house contents, happened often with the destruction of Irish country houses (1919–1923).. Later, post war sales and fires resulted in the destruction of further contents while large auction sales from the 1950s through to the mid 1990s resulted in the loss of further contents.