Free Irish Coats of Arms / Family Crests

Although Gaelic families were already using symbols of identification on their flags and standards, true heraldry was not introduced to Ireland until the Norman invasion in 1169.

Many of the original symbols used by the early clans can still be found in Irish coats of arms such as the red hand of Ulster, the lion and the serpent, which symbolized eternity in Celtic mythology.

There are over one thousand Free Irish Coats of Arms ready for immediate download.

Some possible uses are for letterheads, business cards, genealogy web pages, and family tree charts. Or use them to verify Irish coats of arms you may have found on other heraldry web sites.

These Irish Coats of Arms are for personal use only and not to be sold or posted to the inetenet.

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