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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms combine the arms of the diocese with the personal arms of the bishop. | |||
The green field is for his rank as bishop (the tassels around the arms of a bishop are always green). The right hand professing fidelity is found on the Cooney family arms and the two swallows are taken from the Dowdall (=mother´s) arms , also symbolizing fidelity because these are birds of grateful light and faithful migration. | The green field is for his rank as bishop (the tassels around the arms of a bishop are always green). The right hand professing fidelity is found on the Cooney family arms and the two swallows are taken from the Dowdall (=mother´s) arms , also symbolizing fidelity because these are birds of grateful light and faithful migration. | ||
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