Civic Heraldry Literature - Ireland

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This page shows the sources used, or to be used, on the Irish part of the site Heraldry of the World. Not all the information from the literature mentioned below has been added to the site yet. If you require information from one of the sources below, please contact me.

I am always looking more more, local, literature, such as newspaper articles etc. If you want to donate these, please send them as pdf or contact me !

Posters, websites, mails/letters, stamps, postcards, maps and similar sources are not included. For an overview of heraldic picture albums, tobacco cards, trade cards, stamps etc, see here)

Books and references

(For more general pre 1920 issues, and for Northern Ireland, see the United Kingdom)

1. Barry, J. : The arms of Ireland and Munster. The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 92:1(1962)79-81.
2. Ó Brógáin, S. : The Irish Harp emblem. Wolfhound Press, 1998, 76 p. ISBN 0-86327-635-0
3. English, M. : The three castles of Dublin, An eclectic history of Dublin through the evaluation of the city's Coat of Arms. Dublin city council, 2016, 272 p. ISBN 978-1-907002-26-2.
4. Ffrench, C. : The arms of Ireland and Celtic Tribal Heraldry. The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 35:3(1905)234-248.
5. Ó Floinn, R. : Two Medieval Seals from County Louth. Journal of the County Louth Archaeological and Historical Society, 22:4(1992)387-394.
6. Fox-Davies, A.C. : The arms of the city of Dublin. Genealogical Magazine 2(1898)169.
7. Grattan Esmonde, Sir T.H. : The arms of Ireland. Genealogical Magazine 5(1901)115-116.
8. Kennedy, J.J.F. : The arms or Ireland: medieval and modern. Coat of Arms 155(1991)91-109.
9. Kennedy, J.J.F. : The emergence of the arms of Connacht and Irish arms in medieval continental armorials. Schweizer Archiv für Heraldik 115(2001)121-137.
10. Vinycomb, J. : Arms of the Bishoprics of Ireland. Chapter I: Introductory. Ulster Journal of Archaeology III(1897)2-12.
11. Vinycomb, J. : Arms of the Bishoprics of Ireland. Chapter II: The Province of Armagh (with Tuam). Ulster Journal of Archaeology III(1897)99-112.