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The Historic Arms of Ireland

Photographed By Bradley Owen, March 14, 2024

1. The Historic Arms of Ireland Marker

Inscription.

The Historic Arms of Ireland. . Events in the History of Ireland. 3000 BC Megalithic tombs first constructed. 200 AD High Kingship begins at Tara, Meath. 377-405 Niall of the Nine Hostages is crowned High King. 432 Saint Patrick brings Christianity to Ireland. 700-800 Irish monasticism reaches its zenith. 795 Full scale Viking invasion. 850 Dublin founded by the Norse. 900-908 Cormac MacCullenan reigns as King of Cashel. 1014 Brian Boru, reiging High King of Ireland, killed at Battle of Clontarf. 1119-56 Reign of High King, Turlough Mor O Conor. 1134-71 Dermot MacMurrough, exiled King of Leinster, invites help from 'Strongbow'. 1166-75 Rule of last native Irish High King, Rory O Conor. 1170 Norman invasion. 1172 Pope decrees Henry II feudal lord of Ireland. 1258 Gallowglasses (Scottish mercenary soldiers) arrive in Ulster. 1366 Statutes of Kilkenny belatedly forbid intermarriage of English and Irish. Gaelic culture unsuccessfully supressed. 1376-1416 Art McMurrough rules as King of Leinster. 1460 Ireland declares parliamentary independence. 1477-1513 Garret Mor FitzGerald, Earl of Kildare rules Ireland. 1513-34 Garret Oge FitzGerald, Earl of Kildare rules Ireland. 1534-40 Failed insurrection by Lord Offaly. 1536 Henry VIII acknowledged by Anglo-Irish parliament as King of Ireland and head of Irish Church. Monasteries supressed. 1558-1603 Reign of Elizabeth I, Policy of plantation begins. System of counties adopted. 1569-83 FitzGeralds, Earls of Desmond revolt. 1588 Spanish Armada wrecks off coast of Ireland. 1592 Trinity College founded in Dublin. 1594 Hugh O Neill, Earl of Tyrone, begins nine-year war against English. 1598 English defeated at Battle of the Yellow Ford. 1602 Irish defeated at Kinsale. 1607 ' Flight of the Earls' to Spain. 1608-10 British colony founded in Ulster. 1641 Charles I's policies cause insurrection in Ulster and Civil war in England. 1649-50 Ireland devastated by Cromwellians. 1653 Under the Act of Settlement Cromwell's opponents stripped of land. 1660 Charles II restored. 1689 Siege of Derry. 1689 James II loses throne of England to William of Orange. 1690 James II defeated by William of Orange in the Battle of the Boyne. 1691 11,000 'Wild Geese' soldiers sail for France. 1692-1829 Catholics excluded from parliament and all professions. 1695 Penal Laws enforced, Catholics barred from voting, education and the military. 1775 American War of Independence foments Irish unrest. 1778 Irish Volunteers organize. 1782 Independent Dublin Parliament. 1791 Society of United Irishmen founded. 1795 Foundation of the Orange Order. 1798 Wolfe Tone's uprising crushed. 1800 Ireland becomes part of Britain under the act of union. 1829 Daniel O'Connell inspires Catholic Emancipation. 1842-48 Young Ireland movement. 1845-47 The Great Famine, millions die or emigrate. 1867 Fenian Rising. 1879 Land League founded. 1879-92 The Land War; Charles Parnell encourages boycott of repressive landlords. 1892 Gaelic League founded. 1914 Implementation of Home Rule postponed because of outbreak of World War I. 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin. After death of leaders, public opinion backs independence. 1918-21 Anglo - Irish war. 1920 Irish free state and Northern Ireland created. 1922-23 Civil War. Departure of British. Irish government takes over. 1932 De Valera elected. 1949 With the repeal of the External Relations Act, Ireland becomes a Republic. 1955 Ireland joins the United Nations. 1969 Rioting between Catholics and Protestants. British troops called in. 1971 Provisional IRA begins campaign to oust British troops from Ireland. 1972 UK and Republic of Ireland join European Community. 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement signed., The Counties of Ireland. Listed alphabetically below are the thirty-two counties of Ireland. Each are the family arms has been assigned a number which corresponds to its most probable county of origin. Surnames which evolved simultaneously in multiple counties have been assigned the letter M., 1. Antrim 2. Armagh 3. Carlow 4. Cavan 5. Clare 6. Cork 7. Derry 8. Donegal 9. Down 10. Dublin 11. Fermanagh 12. Galway 13. Kerry 14. Kildare 15. Kilkenny 16. Laois 17. Leitrim 18. Limerick 19. Longford 20. Louth 21. Mayo 22. Meath 23. Monaghan 24. Offaly 25. Roscommon 26. Sligo 27. Tipperary 28. Tyrone 29. Waterford 30. Westmeath 31. Wexford 32. Wicklow, Asterisk indicates coat of arms is shared by more than one surname or a variant spelling exists., The prefixes Mac and O were widely dropped during the submergence of the Irish under English rule. While it is popularly beleived that Mac is Scottish and Mc is Irish, Mc is actually just an abbreviation of Mac. Any descendants who took their grandfather's given name as a surname usually added the O, while Mac referred to the father's given name. With the revival of national awareness during this century, there has been a resumption in the use of prefixes. Some names like O'Brien, O'Neill, McGuire, McNamara etc., never changed, while others like Murphy, Doyle, Kennedy etc., never resumed the use of a prefix. The addition or deletion of the prefix does not change the coat of arms, look under all forms of the family name., Breslin see Fogarty . Broderick Broder . Brown Browne . Caffery see McGuire . Callaghan Callahan . Canavan Feeley . Carolan Carolin Carolyn . Cavanaugh Kavanagh Kavanaugh . Cleary Clery . Connolly Conley Connelly . Corey see Curry . Cosgrave Cosgrove . Cremin see McCarthy . Crowe Crow . Curry Corey . Dailey Daley Daly . Darcy Dorsey . Daugherty Dogherty Doherty . Day O'Dea . Doherty see Daugherty Donoghue Donahue Donohue . Dorsey see Darcy . Downey see O'Brien . Duffy Farrell Ferrell . Dunlevy McNulty . Farrell see Duffy . Feeley see Canavan . Ferris Farris . Fitzgibbons Gibbons . Fitzmorris Fitzmaurice . Flood Tully . Fogarty Breslin . Foley McSherry . Gallagher Gallaher . Galvin Gallivan Galvan . Gerity McGeraghty . Gibbons see Fitzgibbons . Gilligan McArdle . Gilroy Kilroy McElroy . Haggerty Hegarty . Hanley Hanly . Hanrahan Horgan . Hayes Hays . Horgan see Hanrahan . Jordon Jordan . Kavanagh see Cavanaugh . Kehoe Keogh . Kelly Kelly Kelley . Kenney Kenny . Kerrigan O'Dowd . Kiernan see Tiernan . Kilroy see Gilroy . Lacy Lacey . Lally see Mullally . Lawler Lalor Lawlor . Madden Tracy Treacy . Maguire see McGuire . Maher Meagher . Maloney Moloney . McArdle see Gilligan . McCaffery see McGuire . McCarthy Cremin . McCord McCourt . McCormick McCormack . McElroy see Gilroy . McEnery see McHenry . McGeraghty see Gerity . McGowan see Smith . McGuire Caffery Maguire McCaffery . McHenry McEnery . McKeon McKeown . McNulty see Dunlevy . McSherry see Foley . Moffatt Moffett . Monaghan Monahan . Moore Mulcahy . Mullally Lally . Mullen McMullan . Mulrooney see Rooney . O'Brien Downey . O'Connor Conner . O'Dowd see Kerrigan . Pearce Pierce . Phelan Whelan . Regan Reagan . Reilly Reily Riley . Riordan Reardon . Roche Roach . Rooney Mulrooney . Scanlon Scanlan . Sloane Sloan . Smith McGowan . Staunton Stanton . Tiernan Kiernan . Tracy see Madden . Tully see Flood . Vaughn Vaughan . Whelan see Phelan . Yates Yeates Yeats

Events in the History of Ireland
3000 BC Megalithic tombs first constructed.
200 AD High Kingship begins at Tara, Meath.
377-405 Niall of the Nine Hostages is crowned High King.
432 Saint Patrick brings Christianity to Ireland.
700-800 Irish monasticism reaches its zenith.
795 Full scale Viking invasion.
850 Dublin founded by the Norse.
900-908 Cormac MacCullenan reigns as King of Cashel.
1014 Brian Boru, reiging High King of Ireland, killed at Battle of Clontarf.
1119-56 Reign of High King, Turlough Mor O Conor.
1134-71 Dermot MacMurrough, exiled King of Leinster, invites help from 'Strongbow'.
1166-75 Rule of last native Irish High King, Rory O Conor.
1170 Norman invasion.
1172 Pope decrees Henry II feudal lord of Ireland.
1258 Gallowglasses (Scottish mercenary soldiers) arrive in Ulster.
1366 Statutes of Kilkenny belatedly forbid intermarriage of English and Irish. Gaelic culture unsuccessfully supressed.
1376-1416 Art McMurrough rules as King of Leinster.
1460 Ireland declares parliamentary independence.
1477-1513 Garret Mor FitzGerald, Earl of Kildare rules Ireland.
1513-34 Garret Oge FitzGerald, Earl of Kildare rules Ireland.
1534-40 Failed insurrection by Lord Offaly.
1536 Henry VIII acknowledged

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by Anglo-Irish parliament as King of Ireland and head of Irish Church. Monasteries supressed.
1558-1603 Reign of Elizabeth I, Policy of plantation begins. System of counties adopted.
1569-83 FitzGeralds, Earls of Desmond revolt.
1588 Spanish Armada wrecks off coast of Ireland.
1592 Trinity College founded in Dublin.
1594 Hugh O Neill, Earl of Tyrone, begins nine-year war against English.
1598 English defeated at Battle of the Yellow Ford.
1602 Irish defeated at Kinsale.
1607 ' Flight of the Earls' to Spain.
1608-10 British colony founded in Ulster.
1641 Charles I's policies cause insurrection in Ulster and Civil war in England.
1649-50 Ireland devastated by Cromwellians.
1653 Under the Act of Settlement Cromwell's opponents stripped of land.
1660 Charles II restored.
1689 Siege of Derry.
1689 James II loses throne of England to William of Orange.
1690 James II defeated by William of Orange in the Battle of the Boyne.
1691 11,000 'Wild Geese' soldiers sail for France.
1692-1829 Catholics excluded from parliament and all professions.
1695 Penal Laws enforced, Catholics barred from voting, education and the military.
1775 American War of Independence foments Irish unrest.
1778 Irish Volunteers organize.
1782 Independent Dublin Parliament.
1791 Society of United Irishmen

Photographed By Bradley Owen, March 14, 2024

2. The Historic Arms of Ireland Marker

founded.
1795 Foundation of the Orange Order.
1798 Wolfe Tone's uprising crushed.
1800 Ireland becomes part of Britain under the act of union.
1829 Daniel O'Connell inspires Catholic Emancipation.
1842-48 Young Ireland movement.
1845-47 The Great Famine, millions die or emigrate.
1867 Fenian Rising.
1879 Land League founded.
1879-92 The Land War; Charles Parnell encourages boycott of repressive landlords.
1892 Gaelic League founded.
1914 Implementation of Home Rule postponed because of outbreak of World War I.
1916 Easter Rising in Dublin. After death of leaders, public opinion backs independence.
1918-21 Anglo - Irish war.
1920 Irish free state and Northern Ireland created.
1922-23 Civil War. Departure of British. Irish government takes over.
1932 De Valera elected.
1949 With the repeal of the External Relations Act, Ireland becomes a Republic.
1955 Ireland joins the United Nations.
1969 Rioting between Catholics and Protestants. British troops called in.
1971 Provisional IRA begins campaign to oust British troops from Ireland.
1972 UK and Republic of Ireland join European Community.
1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement signed.

The Counties of Ireland
Listed alphabetically below are the thirty-two counties of Ireland. Each are the family

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arms has been assigned a number which corresponds to its most probable county of origin. Surnames which evolved simultaneously in multiple counties have been assigned the letter M.

1. Antrim
2. Armagh
3. Carlow
4. Cavan
5. Clare
6. Cork
7. Derry
8. Donegal
9. Down
10. Dublin
11. Fermanagh
12. Galway
13. Kerry
14. Kildare
15. Kilkenny
16. Laois
17. Leitrim
18. Limerick
19. Longford
20. Louth
21. Mayo
22. Meath
23. Monaghan
24. Offaly
25. Roscommon
26. Sligo
27. Tipperary
28. Tyrone
29. Waterford
30. Westmeath
31. Wexford
32. Wicklow

* Asterisk indicates coat of arms is shared by more than one surname or a variant spelling exists.

The prefixes Mac and O were widely dropped during the submergence of the Irish under English rule. While it is popularly beleived that Mac is Scottish and Mc is Irish, Mc is actually just an abbreviation of Mac. Any descendants who took their grandfather's given name as a surname usually added the O, while Mac referred to the father's given name. With the revival of national awareness during this century, there has been a resumption in the use of prefixes. Some names like O'Brien, O'Neill, McGuire, McNamara etc., never changed, while others like Murphy, Doyle, Kennedy etc., never resumed the use of a prefix. The addition or deletion of the prefix does not change the coat of arms, look under all forms of the family name.

Breslin see Fogarty * • Broderick * Broder • Brown * Browne • Caffery see McGuire * • Callaghan * Callahan • Canavan * Feeley • Carolan * Carolin Carolyn • Cavanaugh * Kavanagh Kavanaugh • Cleary * Clery • Connolly * Conley Connelly • Corey see Curry * • Cosgrave * Cosgrove • Cremin see McCarthy • Crowe * Crow • Curry * Corey • Dailey * Daley Daly • Darcy * Dorsey • Daugherty * Dogherty Doherty • Day * O'Dea • Doherty see Daugherty * Donoghue * Donahue Donohue • Dorsey see Darcy * • Downey see O'Brien * • Duffy * Farrell Ferrell • Dunlevy * McNulty • Farrell see Duffy * • Feeley see Canavan * • Ferris * Farris • Fitzgibbons * Gibbons • Fitzmorris * Fitzmaurice • Flood * Tully • Fogarty * Breslin • Foley * McSherry • Gallagher * Gallaher • Galvin * Gallivan Galvan • Gerity * McGeraghty • Gibbons see Fitzgibbons * • Gilligan * McArdle • Gilroy * Kilroy McElroy • Haggerty * Hegarty • Hanley * Hanly • Hanrahan * Horgan • Hayes * Hays • Horgan see Hanrahan * • Jordon * Jordan • Kavanagh see Cavanaugh * • Kehoe * Keogh • Kelly * Kelly Kelley • Kenney * Kenny • Kerrigan * O'Dowd • Kiernan see Tiernan * • Kilroy see Gilroy * • Lacy * Lacey • Lally see Mullally * • Lawler * Lalor Lawlor • Madden * Tracy Treacy • Maguire see McGuire * • Maher * Meagher • Maloney * Moloney • McArdle see Gilligan • McCaffery see McGuire * • McCarthy * Cremin • McCord * McCourt • McCormick * McCormack • McElroy see Gilroy * • McEnery see McHenry * • McGeraghty see Gerity * • McGowan see Smith * • McGuire * Caffery Maguire McCaffery • McHenry * McEnery • McKeon * McKeown • McNulty see Dunlevy • McSherry see Foley * • Moffatt * Moffett • Monaghan * Monahan • Moore * Mulcahy • Mullally * Lally • Mullen * McMullan • Mulrooney see Rooney * • O'Brien * Downey • O'Connor * Conner • O'Dowd see Kerrigan * • Pearce * Pierce • Phelan * Whelan • Regan * Reagan • Reilly * Reily Riley • Riordan * Reardon • Roche * Roach • Rooney * Mulrooney • Scanlon * Scanlan • Sloane * Sloan • Smith * McGowan • Staunton * Stanton • Tiernan * Kiernan • Tracy see Madden * • Tully see Flood * • Vaughn * Vaughan • Whelan see Phelan • Yates * Yeates Yeats

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Churches & Religion • Government & Politics • Political Subdivisions • Wars, Non-US. A significant month for this entry is November.

Location. 28° 28.389′ N, 81° 28.32′ W. Marker is in Orlando, Florida, in Orange County. Marker can be reached from Universal Boulevard north of Hollywood Way, on the left when traveling north. Marker is located in front of the Historic Families - Heraldry Souvenir Store in the Universal Islands of Adventure Theme Park. Entry to the park requires a paid admission. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 6000 Universal Boulevard, Orlando FL 32801, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. The Historic Arms (here, next to this marker); a different marker also named The Historic Arms of Ireland (here, next to this marker); The Historic Arms of Spain & Portugal (here, next to this marker); a different marker also named The Historic Arms (a few steps from this marker); a different marker also named The Historic Arms of Spain & Portugal (a few steps from this marker); The Hemisphere Dancer (approx. 0.3 miles away); Lew R. Wasserman (approx. 0.3 miles away); Historical Hollywood Landmark (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Orlando.

Regarding The Historic Arms of Ireland. Marker includes a compilation of Irish counties, surnames and a variety of coat of arms.

Credits. This page was last revised on April 3, 2024. It was originally submitted on April 3, 2024, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 42 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 3, 2024, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.