User:Robin S. Taylor/Armorial of Presidents of Ireland

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Many of the Presidents of Ireland have borne arms; either through inheritance, via grant from the Chief Herald of Ireland or via other heraldic authorities.

Arms of the Presidents of Ireland

Arms	Name of President and Blazon
	Douglas Hyde, President of Ireland, 1938-1945. Ancestral arms: Gules, a chevron Argent and a Chevron Or
	Sean O'Kelly, President of Ireland, 1945-1959 Assumed arms: Azure, a Tower Argent between two Lions Argent combattant Argent, chained Or
	Arms of Éamon de Valera, President of Ireland, 1959-1973 Quarterly: I and IV, Gules, a Lion rampant Or; I and III, Or, four Crescents respectant in cross Sable; all within a Bordure Gules charged with eight Saltires couped Or. Granted by the Cronista King of Arms of Castile
	Arms of Erskine H. Childers, President of Ireland, 1973-1974 Ancestral arms: Argent, a Cross couped between four Buckles Gules
	Arms of Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh, President of Ireland, 1974-1976 Assumed arms: Per fess Argent and Vert, in chief a demi-Lion Sable, langued Gules between two hands caboshed Gules, in base the Scales of Justice Or.
	Arms of Patrick Hillery, President of Ireland, 1976-1990 Per fess Vert and Or, on a fess Argent between three Sprigs of medick counterchanged, a Lion passant gules armed and langued Azure Granted by the Chief Herald of Ireland
	Arms of Mary Robinson, President of Ireland, 1990-1997 Argent a wildcat rampant guardant proper holding in its paws a roundel Or charged with a cross Gules, on a chief Azure a Lymphad under sail oars in action Or between a dove's head erased holding in the beak a slip of oak and a stag's head erased Argent Granted by the Chief Herald of Ireland
	Arms of Mary McAleese, President of Ireland, 1997-2012 Azure a fess embowed Or between a salmon naiant and a dexter hand couped proper holding a cross fitchy Argent Motto: Come to the edge Granted by the Chief Herald of Ireland
	Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland, 2012–present No arms known to date

References

https://www.flickr.com/photos/markymark5/1886932359/ (the Arms of Éamon de Valera, from Dublin Castle)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/markymark5/1887777916/ (the Arms of Patrick Hillery, from Dublin Castle)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixie_bebe/2541193444/ (the Arms of Mary Robinson, from Dublin Castle)

http://homepage.eircom.net/~seanjmurphy/misc/mcaleesearms.jpg (the Arms of Mary McAleese)