Re: Irish Law of Arms

Joseph McMillan wrote:
On Feb 28, 7:24 pm, Sean J Murphy <sjbmur...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Well now, in the case of Trinity College prepare to be stupefied, as it
was clearly felt that the institution required some modern statute
support, which took the form of the Trinity College Dublin (Charters and
Letters Patent Amendment) Act 2000
(http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/ZZPA1Y2000.html). As for coinage, our
new Euro currency system was regulated by the Economic and Monetary
Union Act 1998 (http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/ZZA38Y1998S6.html).


This just proves my point. Simple legislation. No worries about
whatever happened to the royal prerogative somewhere along the line.
I assume that the old coinage was regulated under a similar act of
parliament.



Indeed, simple legislation, if law can ever be so described, but in the absence of which Irish grants of arms have no proper legal basis, the royal prerogative option no longer being available here. The Genealogy and Heraldry Bill 2006 attempts to provide a legal framework for grants of arms in the Irish Republic, and to furnish statutory recognition of genealogy also. As I have said, despite my personal position that a republican state need not regulate the bearing of arms, as opposed to encouraging heraldry as a cultural or 'heritage' activity, I broadly support this bill, given that the practice of granting arms is so ingrained. It remains to be seen what the Board of the National Library does with the bill submitted for its consideration, and whether it can move beyond the denialist position that there are no legal difficulties with the status of the Genealogical Office/Office of the Chief Herald, or that its recent records contain spurious and questionable pedigrees, arms and titles which need to be corrected.

Sean Murphy
Irish Feudal Titles http://homepage.eircom.net/%7Eseanjmurphy/chiefs/feudaltitles.htm
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