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The harp is the symbol for the fianna, a legendary group of warriors from Celtic mythology who supposedly had their headquarters in Kildare.The cross is the saint Bridget's cross; saint Brigid lived in a monastery in county Kildare.
The harp is the symbol for the fianna, a legendary group of warriors from Celtic mythology who supposedly had their headquarters in Kildare.The cross is the saint Bridget's cross; saint Brigid lived in a monastery in county Kildare.


The horse's head symbolises the horse-breeding tradition of Kildare.<br>
The horse's head symbolises the horse-breeding tradition of Kildare. The acorns are taken from the Irish for Kildare (cill dara) which means the church of the oak tree.
The acorns are taken from the Irish for Kildare (cill dara) which means the church of the oak tree.
 
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COUNTY KILDARE

Arms (crest) of Kildare (county)

Official blazon

Argent on a saltire gules between in chief a Saint Brigid's cross vert, in base a sprig of oak of the last fructed proper and in fess in the dexter a harp and in the sinister a horse's head erased, both of the last, two swords in saltire points upwards gold. Motto : Meanma agus Misneach.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on July 19, 1991.

The red diagonal cross symbolises the ancient aristocratic family of the Kildare area, the Fitzgeralds, who used a red diagonal cross on a white background as their coat-of-arms.

The harp is the symbol for the fianna, a legendary group of warriors from Celtic mythology who supposedly had their headquarters in Kildare.The cross is the saint Bridget's cross; saint Brigid lived in a monastery in county Kildare.

The horse's head symbolises the horse-breeding tradition of Kildare. The acorns are taken from the Irish for Kildare (cill dara) which means the church of the oak tree.

arms of Kildare (county)

The arms on a carpet (image from Facebook)



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