Two wonderful sites to learn about Coat of Arms:
Coats of Arms From Ireland And Around The World
by Eddie Geoghegan. He has many illustrations and of course other
surnames as well. Also J. M. Elliott's site
Designs Of Wonder
which goes into more details for the designs which
includes the crest & helm. She has over 2,500 coats of arms from all over the
world and other interesting facts.
As most of you probably know, a Coat of Arms does NOT belong to any and everyone
that has the surname. Only the original grantor was allowed to use it. When that
person died, so did the right to use the Arms. Other family members Arms would
have some sort of variation, even the son's from the father's. But it remains
interesting to look at the various Arms regardless if one can claim
them or
not.
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