User:Jnestorius/Arms of Ireland


 * repeated in
 * The Arms of Ireland and Celtic Tribal Heraldry. The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (1903) Rev. Canon ffrench
 * Part VII No.3 Flags for the Regiments by The O'Rahilly (pp.234-8; orig. The Irish Volunteer 23 May 1915 p.15)
 * The "National" Colour shows on a green ground the Golden Harp of Ireland with its nine silver strings, which is, as a matter of fact the National Flag of lreland. Its antiquity is well established. It is supposed to represent the mystic harp of Dagda, which, when he played, caused the four seasons to pass over the earth — a symbol of life that joyously renews itself.
 * Notwithstanding that the English government uses blue ground instead of green under the harp, the fart that Dagda‘s harp was called "the oak of the two greens," and that Dagda himself was reﬁned to as "the green harper," as well as the universal consensus of Irish opinion, establish beyond doubt that the colours should he green.
 * On the advice of Dr. [George] Sigerson, the doyen of our antiquarians, the carved harp, or cláirseach, hearing the ﬁgure of Erin, has been adopted in preference to the plain harp, or cruit, which the Doctor believes should he only used for the Arms of Leinster
 * Part VII No.3 Flags for the Regiments by The O'Rahilly (pp.234-8; orig. The Irish Volunteer 23 May 1915 p.15)
 * The "National" Colour shows on a green ground the Golden Harp of Ireland with its nine silver strings, which is, as a matter of fact the National Flag of lreland. Its antiquity is well established. It is supposed to represent the mystic harp of Dagda, which, when he played, caused the four seasons to pass over the earth — a symbol of life that joyously renews itself.
 * Notwithstanding that the English government uses blue ground instead of green under the harp, the fart that Dagda‘s harp was called "the oak of the two greens," and that Dagda himself was reﬁned to as "the green harper," as well as the universal consensus of Irish opinion, establish beyond doubt that the colours should he green.
 * On the advice of Dr. [George] Sigerson, the doyen of our antiquarians, the carved harp, or cláirseach, hearing the ﬁgure of Erin, has been adopted in preference to the plain harp, or cruit, which the Doctor believes should he only used for the Arms of Leinster
 * The "National" Colour shows on a green ground the Golden Harp of Ireland with its nine silver strings, which is, as a matter of fact the National Flag of lreland. Its antiquity is well established. It is supposed to represent the mystic harp of Dagda, which, when he played, caused the four seasons to pass over the earth — a symbol of life that joyously renews itself.
 * Notwithstanding that the English government uses blue ground instead of green under the harp, the fart that Dagda‘s harp was called "the oak of the two greens," and that Dagda himself was reﬁned to as "the green harper," as well as the universal consensus of Irish opinion, establish beyond doubt that the colours should he green.
 * On the advice of Dr. [George] Sigerson, the doyen of our antiquarians, the carved harp, or cláirseach, hearing the ﬁgure of Erin, has been adopted in preference to the plain harp, or cruit, which the Doctor believes should he only used for the Arms of Leinster


 * Part VII No.4 The Irish Flag by Padraig Pearse (pp.239-40; orig. The Irish Volunteer 20 March 1915 p.4) "an Irish Flag...the authorised flag is a plain gold harp on a green ground"

https://archive.org/stream/cu31924091024863/cu31924091024863_djvu.txt rebuttal of Fox-Davies Duke of Ireland


 * 1947 strings vs board sloping; 2000s variations used by govt depts and agencies etc.
 * State agencies using distorted harps
 * AskAboutIreland > Learning Zone > Secondary Students > Music : Turlough O'Carolan > The Harp - a Symbol of Ireland and Harp Emblem - 20th century to the present day
 * unreliable source
 * Motto ("Do chum glóire Dé a's onóra na hÉireann") in a note by MacLysaght of 15 February 1946 proposing a full achievement for the arms of Ireland (adding crest and supporters, as well as motto, to the shield).

Quartered royal arms



 * 1. = square harp??
 * 2. = 2 of Royal Arms of the United Kingdom (Scotland).svg
 * 3. = 3 of Royal Arms of the Kingdom of Scotland (1558-1559).svg
 * 4. = lower right harp??