B31472-Ireland,-Kingdom-of

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Ireland, Kingdom of

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Az. a harp or, stringed ar. The ancient arms of the kingdom after the invasion of 1172 were, " Az. three crowns or." This was the coat of St. Edmund, and it is possible the Anglo-Norman invaders, who were arrayed under the banners of St. George and St. Edmund, introduced the bearings of the latter saint as the ensigns of their new conquest. When Richard II. created Robert De Verb, Earl of Oxford, Duke of Ireland, he gave him as a coat of augmentation the arms of Ireland, viz., " Az. three crowns or." Henry VIII. relinquished the old arms for the " harp " when he declared himself King of Ireland, from an apprehension, itis said, that the three crowns might be taken for the triple tiara of the Pope. Since James I. introduced the arms of Ireland among thequarterings of the Royal achievement, the bearing has been " Az. a harp or, Btringed ar." From a MS. in the handwriting of Sir William Le Neve, Clarenceux, it appears on the authority of Sir William Segar, Garter, that" Ye three crowns are ye antient arms of Ireland, the harp but an ancient badge," and " in ye tyme of Edward ye IYth a commission being to enquire the arms of Ireland it was returned yt ye 3 crownes were the armes." The same bearing appears on the reverse of anoient Irish coins. Another ancient coat, as recorded in Ulster's Office, is, Sa. a king sitting on his throne crosB-legged, holding in bis right hand a lilly or.

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A tower triple-towered or, from the portal a hart springing ar. attired and hoofed gold. The badge, as settled at the Union with Great Britain, is the harp ensigned with the imperial crown. A MS. in the British Museum, Add. MSS. 4814, f. 8, exhibits a banner on either side of the shield, viz., dexter, sa. a king enthroned in his chair of Btate with a sceptre in his right hand and his left leaning on a cushion alt ar.; sinister, gu. a houBe triple-chimneyed, smoke issuant or, a stag in the port of the first, and a tree on the dexter side of the second.

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