Same mob that gave Crispy boy his non existent (dodgy) Baronetcy! Talk about the "pot calling the kettle Black"! John H "Sean J Murphy" <sjbmurphy@SPAMOUTeircom.net> wrote in message news:Kesbf.18288$R5.1799@news.indigo.ie... > sir_crispin_gaylord@yahoo.co.uk wrote: > > GSI.Secretary@familyhistory.ie wrote: > > > >>Greetings from the Genealogical Society of Ireland www.familyhistory.ie > >> > >>A Chairde, > >> > >>The Arms presented to the new President of the Genealogical Society of > >>Ireland are now uploaded to the Society's website > > > > > > Sir > > > > Have these arms been granted by lawful authority? Or has your > > organisation decided to aggrandise itself by unilaterally assuming > > these arms? > > > > Welcome back, Crispy old chum - I believe you have been travelling in > the interior. As for 'lawful authority', I fear that there is none such > at present for purposes of granting arms in the Republic of Ireland. > Meaning that the natives are going to have to revert to the practice of > rustling up their own arms, as you know was formerly the case until the > Tudor sovereigns brought the light of good governance to the wild Irish. > And of course since Terence stepped down, there is really no-one in a > position to monitor the use of the stag trippant gules by those who bear > the surname MacCarthy. > > Sean Murphy > An Irish Arms Crisis > http://homepage.eircom.net/~seanjmurphy/chiefs/armscrisis.htm