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'''National arms of IRELAND''' | '''National arms of IRELAND''' | ||
[[File:ireland.jpg|center| | [[File:ireland.jpg|center|350 px|National Arms of Ireland]] | ||
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===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms are not officially recorded, but have been used for centuries as the arms of Ireland. | The arms are not officially recorded, but have been used for centuries as the arms of Ireland. | ||
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The harp is in fact the O'neill's harp dating from the ten<sup>th</sup> century at least, but is generally known as the Brian Bó Rúadh harp, for a famous Irish king, who died in 1014. It is located in the Trinity college library in Dublin. | The harp is in fact the O'neill's harp dating from the ten<sup>th</sup> century at least, but is generally known as the Brian Bó Rúadh harp, for a famous Irish king, who died in 1014. It is located in the Trinity college library in Dublin. | ||
On 15th February, 1946, the Chief Herald of Ireland, Edward MacLysaght, suggested the following as the full armorial achievement for Ireland: | |||
[[File:ireland-proposal.jpg|center]] | |||
The motto "Do chum glóire Dé agus Onóra na hÉireann" is a phrase that appears at the end of the 1937 Constitution of Ireland and means ‘Composed for the glory of God and the honour of Ireland’ in Irish. | |||
==Use of the arms== | ==Use of the arms== | ||
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{|align="center" | {|align="center" | ||
|align="center"|[[File:ireland5.jpg|center| | |align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}.hes.jpg|350 px|center|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]]<br/>The arms in the [[Wapen- en Vlaggenboek Hesman|Wapen- en Vlaggenboek]] van Gerrit Hesman (1708) | ||
|align="center"|[[File:ireland5.jpg|center|350 px|National Arms of Ireland]] <br/>The arms on a monument in Edinburgh | |||
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