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Irish Clan Symbols

  • 14-06-2011 4:20pm
    #1
    Tuck
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭


    Hello all, where can I go to find information on Irish Clan Symbols, like those used to display on flags and banners in the days before the English Coat of Arms? Thank you!


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  • #2
    pinkypinky
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,672 Mod ✭✭✭✭pinkypinky


    Hi Tuck,

    Can you give us more information please?

    Ireland doesn't really have a clan structure like Scotland. Families did use coats of arms but they were granted to a specific family, rather than anyone with that surname. The office of the Chief Herald in the National Library has more info:

    http://www.nli.ie/en/heraldry-introduction.aspx

    PP

    Genealogy Forum Mod



  • #3
    Tuck
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭Tuck


    Hi, thank you. I was referring to what this article says: http://www.heraldry.ws/info/article03.html

    According to this article the Irish clans/families didn't really have a coat of arms until the English started that in Ireland. Before that each clan had a symbol that was displayed on flags and banners, for example in battle. The symbol belonged to the family/clan since it represented that family/clan.


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