Irish Clans

The good news is we are obtaining Coat of Arms for about 1,000 names that span Scotland, England and Wales. However, I have not been able to locate a collection of Irish Clan Coat of Arms.

Tried Google and a few other search engines. If anyone knows a company that is selling an Irish Clan collection (clipart) would appreciate a link!

Mac, the Irish really don't have a Coat of Arms. There are a few being designed today for some names.

The old Irish only used County Tartans to designate their region.

Actually, a lot of Irish Families do have a Coat of Arms. I'm not sure where you can get clipart for free...but here's a site that lets you look at the coat of arms for each family.

http://www.irishsurnames.com/coatsofarms/gm.htm

This is a good site Irish-Stepper!

I was thinking that I would have to pay for a collection of clipart that I could use for CelticRadio.net and also producing some products. Although my budget for this would be under $100, certainly more in the range of $30-$60.

However, this site has given me a thought because I have a collection of royalty free heraldry clipart that I could try and produce one of these Coat of Arms from. Perhaps I will try with the Coat of Arms you have for your avatar! Although can not promise anything - I am no graphic artist!

Seems to be a number of red rampent lions on some of these Irish Coat of Arms. I thought that was more reserved for England and Scotland???

Heraldry is such an interesting topic, I am sure there is someone on here that can answer this question!

See, for example, Myths in Your Family Tree.

See, Heraldry for Genealogists .
According to the official website:

Irish Heraldic Authority.
In the US, there are generally no restrictions on assuming anyone's arms, so long as there is no copyright or trademark infringement involved. However, in Scotland, which likely has more extreme protection for arms than any other country, the situation is very different.

http://genealogy.about.com/gi/dynamic/offs...%2Flesson19.htm
Links to heraldy resources can be found at Heraldry, Coats of Arms and Family Crests
The Society for Creative Anachronism to which I belong (and with which I have formally registered a heraldic device--"Azure, a boar's head couped close and a chief argent") also maintains links to heraldry resources at SCA Heraldry Links.

Well, I guess it's strange then, that my family has it's own Coat of Arms. A couple variations of it can be found, but the Azure backround with a Chevron and 3 Trefoils is always on all of them. Most of them also show a Lynx for the Crest at the top it it. The Lynch Tribe of Galway seems to have more of history than some. Maybe that's why...but hey...what do I know?

Ok, I've tried my hand at making my first Coat of Arms. First the disclaimer - this is not meant to be historically accurate, but more on the lines of clipart and such.

I've added this to the Coat of Arms avatar section for Lynch.

To create this arms I used a Clip Art collection of 5,000 + items that are common among Coat of Arms. Of course, alot of resizing and adjusting was required. Let me know what you think and I will see about doing more.



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Not bad for your first attempt there mac. heraldry is actually something that i have been studying on and off for a year or so and really got into it the last month or so. the family coat of arms is not really a family thing. it passes down from first born to first born. the other children take the coat and modify it for themselves and then they pass it to their first born. as to the irish coat of arms, the whole coat of arms is a very british thing ( to many irish it was) and since the irish hated what the english were doing to them(at this time in history) they were proud of NOT having a coat of arms. i will hunt up the websites that i found most of this info if anyone is interested ( or just wanna check that im not blowin smoke)

That looks really awesome Paul! Not bad for a first try? I think it's great.

Eich neh gei...... Macfive..... Sohosoul here. The problem with your request is that there are actually very few coat of arms for the irish clans. Much of that was destroyed or stamped out by the English. There are a few coats affiliated with particular tartan colors and the main families are the Tierneys, Fitzgeralds, McCoy, Connoughts, to name a few. For the most part I believe there are only about one dozen families with any true coat of arms. What is more common among the older families and clans are clan totems or familiars. Especially among those of us who are of pagan (druidic) background. For instance my clan totem is that of the Wolf. Now depending upon your fate within the clan you might have a personal totem or familiar. My public one is that of the Hazel ( it marks when I was born{read sign} and my personal quest as well {knowledge}). Now from there I have my affiliation within the clan, or rank. Among my family and clan I am a second rank clan warrior and healer and my name seamus, in old Gaelic means Oaken one. So to find coats of arms for a clan or family will be more difficult than you think. Many of the older families have taken to adopting a coat of arms, or even creating one and registering it with the governing board of royal arms.

It's Beautiful I like verry much!!!

Greetings Gnome Celt Joyce

It's Beautiful I like very much!!!

Greetings Gnome Celt Joyce