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DCU Coat of Arms

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  • #2
    Nanaki
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 418 ✭✭Nanaki


    I remember reading somewhere that DCU's logo is designed to look to/represent the future, in place of a coat of arms (which associated with history and the past).

    Did I imagine this, or has somebody else read it too?


  • #3
    Tree
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 4,754 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tree


    Pretty sure they're a bit too modern to have a coat of arms.


  • #4
    Evangelion
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 183 ✭✭Evangelion


    I remeber the old Coat of Arms, it mentions it on the site you linked. Its similar to the Dublin one with the 3 castles. I can't remeber if it was ever DCU's or NIHED's. I could find it either way....But I did discover that DCU stands for Desert Combat Uniform....who knew


  • #5
    H2G2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 622 ✭✭✭H2G2


    DCU dos not have a coat of arms. We have a corporate logo... those silly yellow lines around the letters DCU.
    We did have an old crest which was the 3 castles, but Ferdi did away with that 10 years ago.


  • #6
    DCU lad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39 ✭DCU lad


    http://www.nli.ie/en/heraldry-catalogues-and-databases.aspx
    im sure you could find out from the national library, dont think there is tho


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  • #7
    Art_Wolf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,071 ✭✭✭Art_Wolf


    Tree wrote: »
    Pretty sure they're a bit too modern to have a coat of arms.

    I thought it was possible though UL has one and they were established only 3 years prior to DCU.


  • #8
    niamhzie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 106 ✭✭niamhzie


    mail the good president Brian, he seems sound enough; find out once and for all, i'm curious now too :v


  • #9
    Art_Wolf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,071 ✭✭✭Art_Wolf


    Brian MacCraith wrote:
    Dear John,
    Thanks for your message. DCU was established by Act of Government in 1989, after a rigorous international review to evaluate our case to merit university status. Prior to that we were NIHE (National Institute for Higher Education) -- we admitted our first students to NIHE in 1980. So the crest you have from Wikipedia (also available from Google Images) is the correct one -- the original DCU Logo!
    I hope this helps.
    Best wishes
    Brian

    Well Prof. MacCraith replied right away - guess the Wikipedia entry is the crest, damn impressed considering the date it was created.


  • #10
    niamhzie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 106 ✭✭niamhzie


    nice one! he didn't wait too long to reply, did he? :)
    bit of a shame we never had a proper crest, would make our degree certs look pretty impressive abroad :pac: , but i am fond enough of the current logo, looks better on the hoodies and stuff... can see why they got rid of the previous one, i don't think it suited DCU; too stuffy and formal for such a new uni without old traditions and history. wonder what possessed UL to create one?


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