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|year_adopted = 1945 (registered: Arms of Ireland)<ref name="go111gf20"> | |year_adopted = 1945 (registered: Arms of Ireland)<ref name="go111gf20"> | ||
{{cite web |url=http://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/garmsBackReg198 |title=Grant of Arms (Registration): Arms of Ireland |author=Genealogical Office |publisher=National Library of Ireland |work=Catalogue |date=9 November 1945 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518035146/http://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/garmsBackReg198 |archive-date=18 May 2013 |no-pp=y |page=G.O. MS 111G; folio 20 }}</ref> |
{{cite web |url=http://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/garmsBackReg198 |title=Grant of Arms (Registration): Arms of Ireland |author=Genealogical Office |publisher=National Library of Ireland |work=Catalogue |date=9 November 1945 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518035146/http://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/garmsBackReg198 |archive-date=18 May 2013 |no-pp=y |page=G.O. MS 111G; folio 20 }}</ref> {{circa|1541}} (recorded: Kingdom of Ireland), {{circa|1280}} (recorded: King of Ireland) | ||
|image2 = Flag of the President of Ireland.svg | |image2 = Flag of the President of Ireland.svg | ||
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|torse = | |torse = | ||
|shield = ] a harp Or, stringed ]<br>({{ |
|shield = ] a harp Or, stringed ]<br>({{langx|ga|Cláirseach órga le sreanga airgid ar ghorm}}) | ||
|supporters = | |supporters = | ||
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|earlier_versions = ] ] ] | |earlier_versions = ] ] ] | ||
|use = The harp is used on all ]; the ]; the cover of ]s; various government departments; the obverse of ]. It is also used in the United Kingdom, where it appears in the lower-left quadrant of the ] and is incorporated as a badge into devices used by official bodies in ]. | |use = The harp is used on all ]; the ]; the cover of ]s; various government departments; the obverse of ]. It is also used in the United Kingdom, where it appears in the lower-left quadrant of the ] and is incorporated as a badge into devices used by official bodies in ]. | ||
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The '''coat of arms of Ireland''' is ]ed as ''] a harp ], stringed ]'' (a gold ] with silver strings on a blue background).<ref>{{cite web|title=Heraldry in Ireland, 1943-2018|publisher=The National Library of Ireland|url=https://www.nli.ie/en/heraldry-in-ireland-1943-2018.aspx}}</ref> These ] have long been ]'s heraldic emblem. References to them as being the arms of the ] can be found as early as the 13th century. These arms were adopted by ] when he ended the period of ] and ] again in 1541. When the crowns of ], ] and Ireland were ], they were integrated into the ] of kingdoms of ], ] and ]. The harp was adopted as the ] of the ] when it ] from the ] in 1922. They were registered as the arms of Ireland with the ] on 9 November 1945.<ref name="go111gf20"/> | The '''coat of arms of Ireland''' is ]ed as ''] a ] ], stringed ]'' (a gold ] with silver strings on a blue background).<ref>{{cite web|title=Heraldry in Ireland, 1943-2018|publisher=The National Library of Ireland|url=https://www.nli.ie/en/heraldry-in-ireland-1943-2018.aspx|access-date=4 March 2020|archive-date=15 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200715175745/https://www.nli.ie/en/heraldry-in-ireland-1943-2018.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> These ] have long been ]'s heraldic emblem. References to them as being the arms of the ] can be found as early as the 13th century. These arms were adopted by ] when he ended the period of ] and ] again in 1541. When the crowns of ], ] and Ireland were ], they were integrated into the ] of kingdoms of ], ] and ]. The harp was adopted as the ] of the ] when it ] from the ] in 1922. They were registered as the arms of Ireland with the ] on 9 November 1945.<ref name="go111gf20"/> | ||
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 ] harp (a '']''), the ], was used as a model. | 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 ] harp (a '']''), the ], was used as a model. | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
] and ] with the arms of Ireland, England, Scotland and ]. The harp has a woman's |
] and ] with the arms of Ireland, England, Scotland and ]. The harp has a woman's head and breasts.]] | ||
As ] is essentially a ] art, it was not until the ] in 1169 that Irish ] came into being, several decades after the art began to take seed in England and ]. The earliest reference to a ] for Ireland was in 1392 on the creation of the first ]. The Ireland King of Arms, which was under the English ], was succeeded by an independent ], and an ], in 1552, which despite its name had jurisdiction for arms over all of Ireland. In 1943, the Ulster King of Arms was merged with the Norroy King of Arms in England to form the ]. The office of the ] was created as successor to the Ulster King of Arms and the arms of Ireland were registered by the Chief Herald of Ireland on 9 November 1945. | As ] is essentially a ] art, it was not until the ] in 1169 that Irish ] came into being, several decades after the art began to take seed in England and ]. The earliest reference to a ] for Ireland was in 1392 on the creation of the first ]. The Ireland King of Arms, which was under the English ], was succeeded by an independent ], and an ], in 1552, which despite its name had jurisdiction for arms over all of Ireland. In 1943, the Ulster King of Arms was merged with the Norroy King of Arms in England to form the ]. The office of the ] was created as successor to the Ulster King of Arms and the arms of Ireland were registered by the Chief Herald of Ireland on 9 November 1945.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}} | ||
However, reference to the harp as the arms of the king of Ireland can be found in one of the oldest medieval ]. The Wijnbergen Roll, a French roll of arms dating from |
However, reference to the harp as the arms of the king of Ireland can be found in one of the oldest medieval ]. The Wijnbergen Roll, a French roll of arms dating from {{circa|1280}} and preserved in ], ], attributed "D'] a la harpe d']" ({{langx|en|Blue with a harp of gold}}) to the King of Ireland ("le Roi d'Irlande").<ref name="Michael C. O'Laughlin 2001, p 15">Michael C. O'Laughlin, 2001, ''The Irish Book of Arms'', Irish Genealogical Association, p 15</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ngw.nl/int/ier/irenat.htm|title=Civic Heraldry of Ireland, National arms of Ireland|first=Ralf|last=Hartemink|year=1996|work=Heraldry of the World|publisher=ngw.nl|access-date=13 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609103123/http://www.ngw.nl/int/ier/irenat.htm|archive-date=9 June 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> The harp, traditionally associated with the ] ], was a rare ] on medieval rolls and only two arms with a harp are listed in a collection of 19 early rolls.<ref name="heraldica">{{cite web|first=François|last=Velde|title=Heraldry in Ireland|work=Heraldica|url=http://www.heraldica.org/topics/national/ireland.htm}}</ref> Triangular devices appeared on medieval Irish coinage by kings ] and ] in the 12th and 13th centuries. These devices may have been crude harps or it may be that the harp developed from the use of triangles to distinguish Irish coins.<ref><!-- better refs should follow -->William Henry Grattan Flood, 1905, ''The Story of the Harp''; James Simon, 1810, ''Simon's Essay on Irish coins, and of the currency of foreign monies in Ireland''</ref> The idea of a harp being the arms of Ireland may have originated as a reference to a fictional character, ''le roi d'irelande'', in the courtly legend cycle of ]. Alternatively, it may have derived from a celebrated 13th century bardic poem, ''Tabhroidh Chugam Cruit mo Riogh'', dedicated to Donnchadh Cairbreach O'Briain (d. 1242), a Gaelic ].<ref name="kennedy">{{citation|title=The Arms of Ireland: Medieval and Modern|first=John|last=Kennedy|journal=Coat of Arms|issue=155|date=Autumn 1991|url=http://www.theheraldrysociety.com/articles/ireland/arms_of_Ireland_by_kennedy.htm}}</ref> | ||
Whatever its origins, the harp was adopted as the symbol of the new ], established by ], in 1541. A document in the Office of the ], from either the late reign of Henry VIII or the early reign his son of ], states that they were the arms of the kingdom of Ireland.<ref name="kennedy"/> The arms were incorporated into the unified ] of England, Ireland and Scotland upon the ] of the three kingdoms in 1603. Upon the secession of the ] from the ] in 1922, the harp was taken as the emblem of the independent Irish state. | Whatever its origins, the harp was adopted as the symbol of the new ], established by ], in 1541. A document in the Office of the ], from either the late reign of Henry VIII or the early reign his son of ], states that they were the arms of the kingdom of Ireland.<ref name="kennedy"/> The arms were incorporated into the unified ] of England, Ireland and Scotland upon the ] of the three kingdoms in 1603. Upon the secession of the ] from the ] in 1922, the harp was taken as the emblem of the independent Irish state. | ||
Today, the image of the harp is used on the ], ] and ] of ] and is incorporated into the emblems of many bodies in ], such as the ]. The harp is frequently incorporated into the emblems of Irish companies, such as ] and ]. It appears on the arms of countries with historical links to Ireland or the United Kingdom, such as ] and ]. In 1984, exemplars of the modern design, approved by the Chief Herald, were registered by the ] with the ] under Article 6ter of the ], which relates to state emblems.<ref name="nli"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.patentsoffice.ie/en/glossary.aspx |title=Glossary|publisher=Irish Patents Office|pages=Article 6ter|access-date=31 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |journal=WIPO Circular |number=4304 |date=15 February 1985 |url=http://www.wipo.int/ipdl/IPDL-IMAGES/SIXTERXML-IMAGES/pdf/en/e4304.pdf |access-date=31 May 2013 |title=C.4304-551 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030305/http://www.wipo.int/ipdl/IPDL-IMAGES/SIXTERXML-IMAGES/pdf/en/e4304.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}<br>Images: | Today, the image of the harp is used on the ], ] and ] of ] and is incorporated into the emblems of many bodies in ], such as the ]. The harp is frequently incorporated into the emblems of Irish companies, such as ] and ]. It appears on the arms of countries with historical links to Ireland or the United Kingdom, such as ] and ]. In 1984, exemplars of the modern design, approved by the Chief Herald, were registered by the ] with the ] under ] of the ], which relates to state emblems.<ref name="nli"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.patentsoffice.ie/en/glossary.aspx |title=Glossary|publisher=Irish Patents Office|pages=Article 6ter|access-date=31 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |journal=WIPO Circular |number=4304 |date=15 February 1985 |url=http://www.wipo.int/ipdl/IPDL-IMAGES/SIXTERXML-IMAGES/pdf/en/e4304.pdf |access-date=31 May 2013 |title=C.4304-551 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030305/http://www.wipo.int/ipdl/IPDL-IMAGES/SIXTERXML-IMAGES/pdf/en/e4304.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}<br>Images: | ||
{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130219052953/http://www.wipo.int/ipdl/IPDL-IMAGES/SIXTERXML-IMAGES/images/ie1.jpg |date=19 February 2013 }} | {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130219052953/http://www.wipo.int/ipdl/IPDL-IMAGES/SIXTERXML-IMAGES/images/ie1.jpg |date=19 February 2013 }} | ||
{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304025054/http://www.wipo.int/ipdl/IPDL-IMAGES/SIXTERXML-IMAGES/images/ie2.jpg |date=4 March 2016 }} | {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304025054/http://www.wipo.int/ipdl/IPDL-IMAGES/SIXTERXML-IMAGES/images/ie2.jpg |date=4 March 2016 }} | ||
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{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043741/http://www.wipo.int/ipdl/IPDL-IMAGES/SIXTERXML-IMAGES/images/ie10.jpg |date=4 March 2016 }}</ref> The government only registered "left-facing" images, with the harp's ] on the right. While the ]'s office felt that right-facing images should also be registered, patent agents advised this might be interfere with ] Brewery's use of such harps in its logo since the 1870s.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/state-feared-guinness-objections-over-plan-to-make-harp-logo-a-trademark-1.1637930|title=State feared Guinness objections over plan to make harp logo a trademark|last=Humphreys|first=Joe|date=28 December 2013|newspaper=]|page=1|access-date=29 December 2013}}</ref> | {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043741/http://www.wipo.int/ipdl/IPDL-IMAGES/SIXTERXML-IMAGES/images/ie10.jpg |date=4 March 2016 }}</ref> The government only registered "left-facing" images, with the harp's ] on the right. While the ]'s office felt that right-facing images should also be registered, patent agents advised this might be interfere with ] Brewery's use of such harps in its logo since the 1870s.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/state-feared-guinness-objections-over-plan-to-make-harp-logo-a-trademark-1.1637930|title=State feared Guinness objections over plan to make harp logo a trademark|last=Humphreys|first=Joe|date=28 December 2013|newspaper=]|page=1|access-date=29 December 2013}}</ref> | ||
===Presidential |
===Presidential standard=== | ||
As well as being the arms of Ireland, since 1945 the harp is the arms of each ] whilst in office. Typically the arms are borne as a ] in the form of ]. The standard is flown over ], the |
As well as being the arms of Ireland, since 1945 the harp is the arms of each ] whilst in office. Typically, the arms are borne as a ] in the form of ]. The standard is flown over ], the president's residence in ], at ], when the president is in residence and on ]. Like other presidential and ]s, it is never flown at ]. However, the Presidential Standard never takes precedence over the ], whereas, for example, the ] takes precedence over the ]. | ||
===Previous arms=== | ===Previous arms=== | ||
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] for a ]. Escutcheons beside ] show the harp (left) and three crowns (right), successive arms of Ireland.<ref name="bmi_hilliard">{{cite web|url=https://www.bmimages.com/preview.asp?image=00032080001 |title=Nicholas Hilliard, Queen Elizabeth I: Design for the Obverse of the Great Seal of Ireland, AD 1584 or earlier |work=Images |publisher=British Museum |access-date=8 December 2024}}</ref>]] | |||
The ], the ] ] of Ireland that existed between 1171 and 1541 under the ], had separate arms. A commission of ] in |
The ], the ] ] of Ireland that existed between 1171 and 1541 under the ], had separate arms. A commission of ] in {{circa|1467}}–8 into the arms of Ireland found them to be ]ed ''Azure, three crowns in pale Or, bordure Argent'' (three golden crowns ordered vertically on a blue background with a white border).<ref name="kennedy"/><ref>W. G. Perrin and Herbert S. Vaughan, 1922, "British Flags. Their Early History and their Development at Sea; with an Account of the Origin of the Flag as a National Device", Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, pp. 51–52</ref><ref name="Chambers's Encyclopædia 1868, p. 627">Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, 1868, p. 627</ref> The association of these arms with Ireland is likely to have originated with Irish magnates (both ] and ]) who fought in ]'s Scottish wars at the turn of the 14th century. These were the arms of ], which the Irish lords adopted as their banner in the same way as English lords identified with ]. <!-- Typically bordered arms represent the younger branch of a family or maternal descent. The Lordship of Ireland was originally granted to ], the younger son of ], who unexpected ascended to the throne of England. These arms had been granted as an augmentation to the arms of ] in 1386, when he was made Duke of Ireland.<ref>Fox-Davies, Complete Guide to Heraldry, p. 596; Oxford Guide to Heraldry, p. 69.</ref> --> However, these arms were also well known in other medieval contexts and are often attributed to ].<ref name="kennedy"/> | ||
It is believed that the three crowns were abandoned as the arms of Ireland after Henry VIII's split with ]. Strictly speaking, following the Norman invasion of the 12th century, Ireland was a feudal possession of ] under the overlordship of the English monarch. The decision to change the three crowns arms may have sprung "from an idea that they might denote the feudal sovereignty of the pope" — whose ] has three crowns — "whose vassal the king of England was, as lord of Ireland."<ref name="Michael C. O'Laughlin 2001, p 15"/><ref name="Chambers's Encyclopædia 1868, p. 627"/> | It is believed that the three crowns were abandoned as the arms of Ireland after Henry VIII's split with ]. Strictly speaking, following the Norman invasion of the 12th century, Ireland was a feudal possession of ] under the overlordship of the English monarch. The decision to change the three crowns arms may have sprung "from an idea that they might denote the feudal sovereignty of the pope" — whose ] has three crowns — "whose vassal the king of England was, as lord of Ireland."<ref name="Michael C. O'Laughlin 2001, p 15"/><ref name="Chambers's Encyclopædia 1868, p. 627"/> | ||
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Despite this, the memory of the three crowns arms may have remained for a time with one ] variant of the harp, sometimes found on coins, maps and seals as early as 1562, using of the three harps, one replacing each of the three crowns of the lordship's arms. This appears to have been a creation of the newly established Ulster King of Arms and never captured the popular imagination sufficiently to replace the single Harp arms that was in use from the reign of Henry VIII. Thus, at the funeral cortège of Elizabeth I in 1603 depicted in a manuscript at the ], the ] is shown carrying the ] of Ireland just as in the Wijnbergen Roll.<ref name="kennedy"/> | Despite this, the memory of the three crowns arms may have remained for a time with one ] variant of the harp, sometimes found on coins, maps and seals as early as 1562, using of the three harps, one replacing each of the three crowns of the lordship's arms. This appears to have been a creation of the newly established Ulster King of Arms and never captured the popular imagination sufficiently to replace the single Harp arms that was in use from the reign of Henry VIII. Thus, at the funeral cortège of Elizabeth I in 1603 depicted in a manuscript at the ], the ] is shown carrying the ] of Ireland just as in the Wijnbergen Roll.<ref name="kennedy"/> | ||
A variant of arms of the ] were also apparently used at one time as the arms of Ireland. Meath, now a part of the ] was once the province of the ]. Its arms are of a king sitting on a throne on a blue field. The variant apparently used as the arms of Ireland were of a ] on a ] (]) background instead of an azure (blue) field.<ref name="nli">{{cite web |url=http://www.nli.ie/GetAttachment.aspx?id=72fd744a-aced-43b4-a63b-b64be7b272ec |publisher=] |date=18 April 2007 |access-date=17 March 2008 |title=Heraldry in Ireland |page=3 |format=PDF |first=Eoin |last=Carragin }}</ref> | A variant of arms of the ] were also apparently used at one time as the arms of Ireland. Meath, now a part of the ] was once the province of the ]. Its arms are of a king sitting on a throne on a blue field. The variant apparently used as the arms of Ireland were of a ] on a ] (]) background instead of an azure (blue) field.<ref name="nli">{{cite web |url=http://www.nli.ie/GetAttachment.aspx?id=72fd744a-aced-43b4-a63b-b64be7b272ec |publisher=] |date=18 April 2007 |access-date=17 March 2008 |title=Heraldry in Ireland |page=3 |format=PDF |first=Eoin |last=Carragin |archive-date=27 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927181805/http://www.nli.ie/GetAttachment.aspx?id=72fd744a-aced-43b4-a63b-b64be7b272ec |url-status=dead }}</ref> | ||
==Achievement== | ==Achievement== | ||
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It is not necessary to show a full complement of thirty strings, provided that the numbers do not fall below nine (notwithstanding the illustration to the left).<ref name="nli"/> The strings are always silver and the harp is always gold. | It is not necessary to show a full complement of thirty strings, provided that the numbers do not fall below nine (notwithstanding the illustration to the left).<ref name="nli"/> The strings are always silver and the harp is always gold. | ||
The harp is shown on a blue background. The colour of the field is sometimes called ], a name applied to shades of blue associated with Ireland. In current designs, used by the UK and Irish states, the field is invariably a deep blue. The use of blue in the arms has been associated with {{lang|ga|]}}, a ] ] of Ireland. The word ''{{lang|ga|Gormfhlaith}}'' is a compound of the ] words ''{{lang|ga|gorm}}'' ("blue") and ''{{lang|ga|flaith}}'' ("sovereign"); it is noted in early Irish texts as the name of several queens closely connected with dynastic politics in the 10th and 11th century Ireland. The ], in describing the blue background of the arms, notes that in early Irish mythology the sovereignty of Ireland ({{ |
The harp is shown on a blue background. The colour of the field is sometimes called ], a name applied to shades of blue associated with Ireland. In current designs, used by the UK and Irish states, the field is invariably a deep blue. The use of blue in the arms has been associated with {{lang|ga|]}}, a ] ] of Ireland. The word ''{{lang|ga|Gormfhlaith}}'' is a compound of the ] words ''{{lang|ga|gorm}}'' ("blue") and ''{{lang|ga|flaith}}'' ("sovereign"); it is noted in early Irish texts as the name of several queens closely connected with dynastic politics in the 10th and 11th century Ireland. The ], in describing the blue background of the arms, notes that in early Irish mythology the sovereignty of Ireland ({{langx|ga|Flaitheas ]}}) was represented by a woman often dressed in a blue robe.<ref name="nli"/> | ||
A crest, which was little used, is thought to have been created for the ascension of ].<ref>Questions and Answers, Notes and Queries, 1855, p. 350</ref> This ] was blazoned: ''A tower triple towered or, from the portal a hart springing argent, attired and unguled also or''.<ref name="crest">Fox-Davies, A.C., 1915, The Book of Public Arms, London</ref> The ] was Or and azure.<ref name="crest" /> The torse and crest were apparently little used even during the period of the Kingdom of Ireland. Unlike Scotland, Ireland did not reserve the right to bear a distinct coat of arms within the ]. The crest and torse are not employed by the Irish state today. | A crest, which was little used, is thought to have been created for the ascension of ].<ref>Questions and Answers, Notes and Queries, 1855, p. 350</ref> This ] was blazoned: ''A tower triple towered or, from the portal a hart springing argent, attired and unguled also or''.<ref name="crest">Fox-Davies, A.C., 1915, The Book of Public Arms, London</ref> The ] was Or and azure.<ref name="crest" /> The torse and crest were apparently little used even during the period of the Kingdom of Ireland. Unlike Scotland, Ireland did not reserve the right to bear a distinct coat of arms within the ]. The crest and torse are not employed by the Irish state today. | ||
Historically, the harp was frequently seen surmounted by a crown. In this case, the depiction is as ], a ] used to indicate allegiance to or the property of someone or something. ] used the badge as her second ] of 1586. This motif had earlier featured of the coins of the Lordship of Ireland during the ] and continued to be used on the coins of the Kingdom of Ireland. Following the creation of the United Kingdom, the device was used on the cap badges of the ] and later the ]. The badge can be seen today on the cap badge of the ] of the ]. The harp, unsurmounted by a crown, is used as a badge in |
Historically, the harp was frequently seen surmounted by a crown. In this case, the depiction is as ], a ] used to indicate allegiance to or the property of someone or something. ] used the badge as her second ] of 1586. This motif had earlier featured of the coins of the Lordship of Ireland during the ] and continued to be used on the coins of the Kingdom of Ireland. Following the creation of the United Kingdom, the device was used on the cap badges of the ] and later the ]. The badge can be seen today on the cap badge of the ] of the ]. The harp, unsurmounted by a crown, is used as a badge in Ireland today, but the harp surmounted by a crown is also found (e.g. in 'colours' ties of Trinity College sports teams).{{citation needed|date=March 2023}} | ||
===Supporters and motto=== | ===Supporters and motto=== | ||
] of Ireland, created during the Tudor era, is distinguished from the arms of Ireland by being ensigned with a royal crown.]] | ] of Ireland, created during the Tudor era, is distinguished from the arms of Ireland by being ensigned with a royal crown.]] | ||
The arms of Ireland are without ]. However, historically, some depictions of the arms have been accompanied by various supporters. For example, during the late ] period, depictions of the arms appeared accompanied by a ] and a lion, representing ] and ]. The Tudors were monarchs of England but of Welsh descent. In later centuries, following the ] of ] and ], depictions appeared accompanied by a lion and a ], representing England and ]. Other depictions included two stags, representing Ireland, or a stag and a lion. However, none of these were ever a part of the blazon and should be interpreted in terms of ]. | The arms of Ireland are without ]. However, historically, some depictions of the arms have been accompanied by various supporters. For example, during the late ] period, depictions of the arms appeared accompanied by a ] and a lion, representing ] and ]. The Tudors were monarchs of England but of Welsh descent. In later centuries, following the ] of ] and ], depictions appeared accompanied by a lion and a ], representing England and ]. Other depictions included two stags, representing Ireland, or a stag and a lion. However, none of these were ever a part of the blazon and should be interpreted in terms of ].{{citation needed|date=March 2023}} | ||
Several mottos associated with Ireland and have also been used alongside representations of the harp, including the patriotic slogan, ''{{lang|ga|]}}'' ({{ |
Several mottos associated with Ireland and have also been used alongside representations of the harp, including the patriotic slogan, ''{{lang|ga|]}}'' ({{langx|en|Ireland Forever}}), ''{{lang|la|]}}'' ({{langx|en|Who will separate ?}}), the motto of ], and ''It is new strung and shall be heard'', the motto of the ]. However, no heraldic motto has ever been granted to Ireland and none ever accompanies the coat of arms.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}} | ||
==Green flag== | ==Green flag== | ||
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] quartered to form the popular arms of Ireland]] | ] quartered to form the popular arms of Ireland]] | ||
], quartered to form a popular flag of all of Ireland]] | ], quartered to form a popular flag of all of Ireland]] | ||
].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archives.library.nuigalway.ie/citymap/|title=17th Century Pictorial Map of Galway City|access-date=13 November 2018|archive-date=1 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181101140435/http://archives.library.nuigalway.ie/citymap/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the centre is the arms of ], while the third quarter features the arms of ] (] from 1205 – 1243) to represent Ulster.]] | ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archives.library.nuigalway.ie/citymap/|title=17th Century Pictorial Map of Galway City|access-date=13 November 2018|archive-date=1 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181101140435/http://archives.library.nuigalway.ie/citymap/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the centre is the arms of ], while the third quarter features the arms of ] (] from 1205 – 1243) to represent Ulster.]] | ||
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The arms of the four traditional ] are popularly displayed ] as arms of Ireland. The quartering is usually in the order ] first, ] second, ] third and ] fourth. The resulting arms are frequently displayed in the form of a ]. They also appear as charges in other arms and emblems. For example, the arms of the ], which is headed by the Chief Herald of Ireland, are the four provinces shown quartered beneath ''] Gules, charged with a ] ] Or between two Scrolls Argent'' (a red band with a gold Tudor portcullis between two silver scrolls).<ref name="kennedy"/> | The arms of the four traditional ] are popularly displayed ] as arms of Ireland. The quartering is usually in the order ] first, ] second, ] third and ] fourth. The resulting arms are frequently displayed in the form of a ]. They also appear as charges in other arms and emblems. For example, the arms of the ], which is headed by the Chief Herald of Ireland, are the four provinces shown quartered beneath ''] Gules, charged with a ] ] Or between two Scrolls Argent'' (a red band with a gold Tudor portcullis between two silver scrolls).<ref name="kennedy"/> | ||
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The ] are the arms of the ], ], combined with the ] seal of ]s. These two dynasties and symbols are inseparably linked to Ulster. The combination of them is blazoned ''Or, on a Cross Gules, an inescutcheon Argent, charged with a dexter hand erect aupaumee and couped at the wrist Gules''.<ref name="kennedy"/> | The ] are the arms of the ], ], combined with the ] seal of ]s. These two dynasties and symbols are inseparably linked to Ulster. The combination of them is blazoned ''Or, on a Cross Gules, an inescutcheon Argent, charged with a dexter hand erect aupaumee and couped at the wrist Gules''.<ref name="kennedy"/> | ||
Finally, ] are blazoned ''Party Per Pale Argent and Azure, in the first an eagle dimidiated and displayed Sable in the second issuant from the partition an arm embowed and vested, the hand holding a sword erect, all Argent''. These are believed to have been adopted from the arms of the medieval ] (Gaelic monastery) in ], ]. The arms of the Regensburg Schottenklöster, which date from at least the 14th century, combined ] the ] (from whom the abbey received protection) ] with a symbol that may be linked with the crest of the ] arms (an 11th-century O'Brien is listed as the "fundator" of the abbey). The arms may have been granted to ], ] and the last ] before the Norman invasion, by the abbey as a gift to return his patronage. The arms were given as the "old tyme arms" of Ireland by the Athlone ], Edward Fletcher, |
Finally, ] are blazoned ''Party Per Pale Argent and Azure, in the first an eagle dimidiated and displayed Sable in the second issuant from the partition an arm embowed and vested, the hand holding a sword erect, all Argent''. These are believed to have been adopted from the arms of the medieval ] (Gaelic monastery) in ], ]. The arms of the Regensburg Schottenklöster, which date from at least the 14th century, combined ] the ] (from whom the abbey received protection) ] with a symbol that may be linked with the crest of the ] arms (an 11th-century O'Brien is listed as the "fundator" of the abbey). The arms may have been granted to ], ] and the last ] before the Norman invasion, by the abbey as a gift to return his patronage. The arms were given as the "old tyme arms" of Ireland by the Athlone ], Edward Fletcher, {{circa|1575}} and, with slight change of tinctures, became the arms of Connacht in the seventeenth century.<ref name="kennedy"/> | ||
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Coat of arms of Ireland | |
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The banner of arms, which serves as presidential standard | |
Armiger | Republic of Ireland |
Adopted | 1945 (registered: Arms of Ireland) c. 1541 (recorded: Kingdom of Ireland), c. 1280 (recorded: King of Ireland) |
Shield | Azure a harp Or, stringed argent (Irish: Cláirseach órga le sreanga airgid ar ghorm) |
Earlier version(s) | |
Use | The harp is used on all Acts of Oireachtas; the seal of the President; the cover of Irish passports; various government departments; the obverse of Irish euro coins. It is also used in the United Kingdom, where it appears in the lower-left quadrant of the royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom and is incorporated as a badge into devices used by official bodies in Northern Ireland. |
The coat of arms of Ireland is blazoned as Azure a harp Or, stringed Argent (a gold harp with silver strings on a blue background). These arms have long been Ireland's heraldic emblem. References to them as being the arms of the king of Ireland can be found as early as the 13th century. These arms were adopted by Henry VIII of England when he ended the period of Lordship of Ireland and declared Ireland to be a kingdom again in 1541. When the crowns of England, Scotland and Ireland were united in 1603, they were integrated into the unified royal coat of arms of kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland. The harp was adopted as the emblem of the Irish Free State when it separated from the United Kingdom in 1922. They were registered as the arms of Ireland with the Chief Herald of Ireland on 9 November 1945.
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. The Lordship of Ireland, the medieval realm of Ireland that existed between 1171 and 1541 under the English crown, had a separate arms, which are blazoned Azure, three crowns in pale Or, bordure Argent (three golden crowns ordered vertically on a blue background with a white border). A variant of the arms of the ancient royal province of Meath were also apparently used at one time as the arms of Ireland.
History
As heraldry is essentially a feudal art, it was not until the Norman invasion of Ireland in 1169 that Irish coats of arms came into being, several decades after the art began to take seed in England and continental Europe. The earliest reference to a herald of arms for Ireland was in 1392 on the creation of the first Ireland King of Arms. The Ireland King of Arms, which was under the English College of Arms, was succeeded by an independent Ulster King of Arms, and an Athlone Pursuivant, in 1552, which despite its name had jurisdiction for arms over all of Ireland. In 1943, the Ulster King of Arms was merged with the Norroy King of Arms in England to form the Norroy and Ulster King of Arms. The office of the Chief Herald of Ireland was created as successor to the Ulster King of Arms and the arms of Ireland were registered by the Chief Herald of Ireland on 9 November 1945.
However, reference to the harp as the arms of the king of Ireland can be found in one of the oldest medieval rolls of arms. The Wijnbergen Roll, a French roll of arms dating from c. 1280 and preserved in The Hague, Netherlands, attributed "D'azure a la harpe d'or" (English: Blue with a harp of gold) to the King of Ireland ("le Roi d'Irlande"). The harp, traditionally associated with the biblical King David, was a rare charge on medieval rolls and only two arms with a harp are listed in a collection of 19 early rolls. Triangular devices appeared on medieval Irish coinage by kings John and Edward I in the 12th and 13th centuries. These devices may have been crude harps or it may be that the harp developed from the use of triangles to distinguish Irish coins. The idea of a harp being the arms of Ireland may have originated as a reference to a fictional character, le roi d'irelande, in the courtly legend cycle of Tristan. Alternatively, it may have derived from a celebrated 13th century bardic poem, Tabhroidh Chugam Cruit mo Riogh, dedicated to Donnchadh Cairbreach O'Briain (d. 1242), a Gaelic King of Thomond.
Whatever its origins, the harp was adopted as the symbol of the new Kingdom of Ireland, established by Henry VIII, in 1541. A document in the Office of the Ulster King of Arms, from either the late reign of Henry VIII or the early reign his son of Edward VI, states that they were the arms of the kingdom of Ireland. The arms were incorporated into the unified Royal Coats of Arms of England, Ireland and Scotland upon the Union of the Crowns of the three kingdoms in 1603. Upon the secession of the Irish Free State from the United Kingdom in 1922, the harp was taken as the emblem of the independent Irish state.
Today, the image of the harp is used on the coins, passports and official seals of Ireland and is incorporated into the emblems of many bodies in Northern Ireland, such as the Police Service of Northern Ireland. The harp is frequently incorporated into the emblems of Irish companies, such as Guinness and Ryanair. It appears on the arms of countries with historical links to Ireland or the United Kingdom, such as Montserrat and Canada. In 1984, exemplars of the modern design, approved by the Chief Herald, were registered by the Government of Ireland with the World Intellectual Property Organization under Article 6ter of the Paris Convention, which relates to state emblems. The government only registered "left-facing" images, with the harp's sound board on the right. While the Attorney General's office felt that right-facing images should also be registered, patent agents advised this might be interfere with Guinness Brewery's use of such harps in its logo since the 1870s.
Presidential standard
As well as being the arms of Ireland, since 1945 the harp is the arms of each president of Ireland whilst in office. Typically, the arms are borne as a banner in the form of a presidential standard. The standard is flown over Áras an Uachtaráin, the president's residence in Dublin, at Dublin Castle, when the president is in residence and on vehicles used by the president. Like other presidential and royal standards, it is never flown at half mast. However, the Presidential Standard never takes precedence over the flag of Ireland, whereas, for example, the Royal Standard of the United Kingdom takes precedence over the flag of the United Kingdom.
Previous arms
The Lordship of Ireland, the medieval realm of Ireland that existed between 1171 and 1541 under the English crown, had separate arms. A commission of Edward IV in c. 1467–8 into the arms of Ireland found them to be blazoned Azure, three crowns in pale Or, bordure Argent (three golden crowns ordered vertically on a blue background with a white border). The association of these arms with Ireland is likely to have originated with Irish magnates (both Norman and Gaelic) who fought in Edward I's Scottish wars at the turn of the 14th century. These were the arms of Edmund the Martyr, which the Irish lords adopted as their banner in the same way as English lords identified with the banner of St. George. However, these arms were also well known in other medieval contexts and are often attributed to King Arthur.
It is believed that the three crowns were abandoned as the arms of Ireland after Henry VIII's split with the Papacy. Strictly speaking, following the Norman invasion of the 12th century, Ireland was a feudal possession of the Pope under the overlordship of the English monarch. The decision to change the three crowns arms may have sprung "from an idea that they might denote the feudal sovereignty of the pope" — whose tiara has three crowns — "whose vassal the king of England was, as lord of Ireland."
Despite this, the memory of the three crowns arms may have remained for a time with one Elizabethan variant of the harp, sometimes found on coins, maps and seals as early as 1562, using of the three harps, one replacing each of the three crowns of the lordship's arms. This appears to have been a creation of the newly established Ulster King of Arms and never captured the popular imagination sufficiently to replace the single Harp arms that was in use from the reign of Henry VIII. Thus, at the funeral cortège of Elizabeth I in 1603 depicted in a manuscript at the British Library, the Earl of Clanrickarde is shown carrying the banner of Ireland just as in the Wijnbergen Roll.
A variant of arms of the royal province of Meath were also apparently used at one time as the arms of Ireland. Meath, now a part of the province of Leinster was once the province of the High Kings of Ireland. Its arms are of a king sitting on a throne on a blue field. The variant apparently used as the arms of Ireland were of a majesty on a sable (black) background instead of an azure (blue) field.
Achievement
The design of the harp used by the modern Irish state is based on the Brian Boru harp, a late-medieval Gaelic harp now in Trinity College Dublin. The design is by an English sculptor, Percy Metcalfe. Metcalfe's design was in response to a competition held by the state to design Irish coinage, which was to start circulation in December 1928. Metcalfe's design became the model for future official interpretations of the harp as an emblem of the state.
The modern design is markedly different from earlier depictions. During the 17th century, it became common to depict the harp with a woman's head and breasts, like a ship's figurehead, as the pillar.
It is not necessary to show a full complement of thirty strings, provided that the numbers do not fall below nine (notwithstanding the illustration to the left). The strings are always silver and the harp is always gold.
The harp is shown on a blue background. The colour of the field is sometimes called St. Patrick's blue, a name applied to shades of blue associated with Ireland. In current designs, used by the UK and Irish states, the field is invariably a deep blue. The use of blue in the arms has been associated with Gormfhlaith, a Gaelic mythological personification of Ireland. The word Gormfhlaith is a compound of the Irish words gorm ("blue") and flaith ("sovereign"); it is noted in early Irish texts as the name of several queens closely connected with dynastic politics in the 10th and 11th century Ireland. The National Library of Ireland, in describing the blue background of the arms, notes that in early Irish mythology the sovereignty of Ireland (Irish: Flaitheas Éireann) was represented by a woman often dressed in a blue robe.
A crest, which was little used, is thought to have been created for the ascension of James I. This crest was blazoned: A tower triple towered or, from the portal a hart springing argent, attired and unguled also or. The torse was Or and azure. The torse and crest were apparently little used even during the period of the Kingdom of Ireland. Unlike Scotland, Ireland did not reserve the right to bear a distinct coat of arms within the United Kingdom. The crest and torse are not employed by the Irish state today.
Historically, the harp was frequently seen surmounted by a crown. In this case, the depiction is as heraldic badge, a device used to indicate allegiance to or the property of someone or something. Elizabeth I used the badge as her second Great Seal of 1586. This motif had earlier featured of the coins of the Lordship of Ireland during the Tudor period and continued to be used on the coins of the Kingdom of Ireland. Following the creation of the United Kingdom, the device was used on the cap badges of the Royal Irish Constabulary and later the Royal Ulster Constabulary. The badge can be seen today on the cap badge of the Royal Irish Regiment of the British Army. The harp, unsurmounted by a crown, is used as a badge in Ireland today, but the harp surmounted by a crown is also found (e.g. in 'colours' ties of Trinity College sports teams).
Supporters and motto
The arms of Ireland are without supporters. However, historically, some depictions of the arms have been accompanied by various supporters. For example, during the late Tudor period, depictions of the arms appeared accompanied by a dragon and a lion, representing Wales and England. The Tudors were monarchs of England but of Welsh descent. In later centuries, following the union of the crowns of England and Scotland, depictions appeared accompanied by a lion and a unicorn, representing England and Scotland. Other depictions included two stags, representing Ireland, or a stag and a lion. However, none of these were ever a part of the blazon and should be interpreted in terms of artistic licence.
Several mottos associated with Ireland and have also been used alongside representations of the harp, including the patriotic slogan, Erin Go Bragh (English: Ireland Forever), Quis separabit? (English: Who will separate ?), the motto of the Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick, and It is new strung and shall be heard, the motto of the Society of United Irishmen. However, no heraldic motto has ever been granted to Ireland and none ever accompanies the coat of arms.
Green flag
As well as the coat of arms, which shows the harp on an Azure (blue) field, Ireland has long been associated with a flag also bearing the harp. This flag is identical to the coat of arms but with a green field, rather than blue, and is blazoned Vert, a Harp Or, stringed Argent (a gold harp with silver strings on a green field).
The earliest-known record of the green flag is attributed to Eoghan Ruadh Ó Néill, a 17th-century exile and soldier in the Irish brigade of the Spanish army. His ship, the St. Francis, is recorded as flying from her mast top "the Irish harp in a green field, in a flag" as she lay at anchor at Dunkirk en route to Ireland. Ó Néill was returning to Ireland in order to participate in the Irish Confederate Wars (1641–1653), during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms (a series of civil wars engulfing England, Ireland and Scotland), where he would contribute as a leading general. Variants of the green flag were flown by United Irishmen during the 1798 Rebellion and by the Irish émigré in foreign armys, such as the Irish Brigade of the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861–1865) and Saint Patrick's Battalion in the Mexican Army during the Mexican–American War (1846–1848).
Although the Kingdom of Ireland never had an official flag, this flag is recorded as the flag of Ireland by 18th- and 19th-century sources. It was used as a naval jack and as the basis for the unofficial green ensign of Ireland, particularly during the 18th and 19th centuries. The flag is identical to the arms of the province of Leinster. It is believed that the Leinster arms are derived from it, rather than the other way around.
Arms and Flag of the Four Provinces
Main article: Four Provinces Flag of IrelandThe arms of the four traditional provinces of Ireland are popularly displayed quartered as arms of Ireland. The quartering is usually in the order Leinster first, Connacht second, Ulster third and Munster fourth. The resulting arms are frequently displayed in the form of a banner. They also appear as charges in other arms and emblems. For example, the arms of the Genealogical Office, which is headed by the Chief Herald of Ireland, are the four provinces shown quartered beneath a chief Gules, charged with a Tudor Portcullis Or between two Scrolls Argent (a red band with a gold Tudor portcullis between two silver scrolls).
The arms of Leinster (Vert, a Harp Or, stringed Argent) are believed to have likely evolved from the arms of Ireland itself with a change of tincture. Similarly, Munster's arms (Azure, three antique crowns Or) are thought to have been derived from those of the former Lordship of Ireland, or from the short-lived dukedom of Ireland created for Robert de Vere in 1386. The crowns now usually depicted as "antique" or "eastern": a gold rim with eight sharp, triangular rays, of which five are seen.
The arms of Ulster are the arms of the de Burgh, Earls of Ulster, combined with the red hand seal of the O'Neills. These two dynasties and symbols are inseparably linked to Ulster. The combination of them is blazoned Or, on a Cross Gules, an inescutcheon Argent, charged with a dexter hand erect aupaumee and couped at the wrist Gules.
Finally, Connacht's arms are blazoned Party Per Pale Argent and Azure, in the first an eagle dimidiated and displayed Sable in the second issuant from the partition an arm embowed and vested, the hand holding a sword erect, all Argent. These are believed to have been adopted from the arms of the medieval Schottenklöster (Gaelic monastery) in Regensburg, Germany. The arms of the Regensburg Schottenklöster, which date from at least the 14th century, combined the arms of the Holy Roman Emperor (from whom the abbey received protection) dimidiated with a symbol that may be linked with the crest of the O'Brien dynasty arms (an 11th-century O'Brien is listed as the "fundator" of the abbey). The arms may have been granted to Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair, King of Connacht and the last High King of Ireland before the Norman invasion, by the abbey as a gift to return his patronage. The arms were given as the "old tyme arms" of Ireland by the Athlone Pursuivant, Edward Fletcher, c. 1575 and, with slight change of tinctures, became the arms of Connacht in the seventeenth century.
See also
- Armorial of Ireland
- Coat of arms of Northern Ireland
- Flag of Ireland
- Great Seal of the Irish Free State
- Irish heraldry
- List of flags of Ireland
- Seal of the president of Ireland
- Shamrock
Notes
- The Trinity College Harp was once thought to have belonged to Brian Boru, the 11th century High King of Ireland. However, the harp has since been dated to the 14th or 15th century and so cannot have actually belonged to him. It is on permanent display in the Long Room of the library of Trinity College Dublin
References
- ^ Genealogical Office (9 November 1945). "Grant of Arms (Registration): Arms of Ireland". Catalogue. National Library of Ireland. G.O. MS 111G; folio 20. Archived from the original on 18 May 2013.
- "Heraldry in Ireland, 1943-2018". The National Library of Ireland. Archived from the original on 15 July 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ Michael C. O'Laughlin, 2001, The Irish Book of Arms, Irish Genealogical Association, p 15
- Hartemink, Ralf (1996). "Civic Heraldry of Ireland, National arms of Ireland". Heraldry of the World. ngw.nl. Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
- Velde, François. "Heraldry in Ireland". Heraldica.
- William Henry Grattan Flood, 1905, The Story of the Harp; James Simon, 1810, Simon's Essay on Irish coins, and of the currency of foreign monies in Ireland
- ^ Kennedy, John (Autumn 1991), "The Arms of Ireland: Medieval and Modern", Coat of Arms (155)
- ^ Carragin, Eoin (18 April 2007). "Heraldry in Ireland". National Library of Ireland. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2008.
- "Glossary". Irish Patents Office. pp. Article 6ter. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
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- "Nicholas Hilliard, Queen Elizabeth I: Design for the Obverse of the Great Seal of Ireland, AD 1584 or earlier". Images. British Museum. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- W. G. Perrin and Herbert S. Vaughan, 1922, "British Flags. Their Early History and their Development at Sea; with an Account of the Origin of the Flag as a National Device", Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, pp. 51–52
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- ^ Fox-Davies, A.C., 1915, The Book of Public Arms, London
- "17th Century Pictorial Map of Galway City". Archived from the original on 1 November 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
- Boutell, Charles; Fox-Davies, A. C. (1914), The Handbook to English Heraldry (Illustrated 11th ed.), Teddington, United Kingdom: The Echo Library, p. 160, ISBN 978-1-4068-2770-5
External links
- Office of the Chief Herald of Ireland. Archived 24 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine.
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