This is the third and final piece for the Leinster part of this roll. It is the arms of O’Toole Fer Tire, Prince of Fer Tire de jure, Lord of Uí Muireadhaigh and Uí Mail de jure, Comte O’Toole, Pair de France, Chief of the Name O’Toole.

This chief was recognized very early on by Dr. MacLysaght when he began the "courtesy" recognition by the CHoI office of the NLI. This chief died and had no children of his own to inherit the titles. The chiefship is considered dormant. I’ve read where there is a relation who is eligible for this chiefship but who has not sought it and again I’ve read where there is a claimant but from a cadet branch—not of the family that migrated to France. I simply don’t know which is correct and so in doing this project I decided to include these arms as they belonged to a chief who was among the first recognized in the 40s.

As for the coat of arms and crest they are really one of the easiest of the arms of all the chiefs and chieftains to be honest. However, this particular chief was also a French Count and a Peer of France; hence the coronet of a French Count lined with an Azure velvet cap and a mantle armoyé (reproducing the arms) fringed with gold and lined with ermine. Since his arms are that simply of a lion passant I couldn’t really find a suitable way to produce those on the red of the mantle as I’d seen in other arms of Pair de France I found on the internet especially in Google books on French heraldry.

Enjoy and again my apologies for my phone camera’s quality of the picture but my scanner is still out.

Emblazon:

http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/9355/chiefotoolelayoutcolort.jpg

Blazon:

Arms: Gules, a lion passant Argent.

Crest: A boar passant Proper.

Additaments: A French comtes coronet Proper, lined with an Azure velvet cap; a mantle armoyé (reproducing the arms) fringed with gold and lined with ermine.

Motto: Tádócas Agam (I hope).

next in the series are the achievements of the chiefs/chieftains who came from Royal Meath (the fifth and often forgotten Irish Kingdom) followed by Connacht, Ulster and Munster.

The collection is coming along nicely.  You have much more patience than I do.

very nice picture Denny

thank you both.

Nice work.

About the O’Toole motto: It should either be Tá dóchas agam or Tá dócas agam with a dot over "c" for lenition (better the latter)

thanks Ljubodrag. i will recheck my records and amend if need be…well…ask a mod to do it if UKOA and CHoI records i have are off. i suspect you may be right. come to think of it…i think it’s an older copy of Burkes i downloaded from online that may have it as i typed here. again will check it. thanks.

This is the first piece for the Meath section of this project. It’s the arms of The Fox (O’Kearney) of Kilcourcy, Lord of Teffia de jure, Chief of the Names Fox and O’Kearney.

The Fox is Mr. Douglas John Fox of Mildura, Australia. He is a delicatessen owner in Mildura, Australia. His father is still alive and would rightfully be The Fox, but apparently after his wife died in 1997 he has no desire to exercise his position as The Fox even within his own family and had his eldest son begin to assume any sort of responsibility or publicity in relation to being The Fox.

This family is in fact O’Kearney, but since a forefather became known as The Fox for his personal abilities the family has simply kept the name. It is also interesting to note that the O’Kearney Lords of Kilcoursey are of the same clan only being a cadet of the line that has assumed the name Fox.

Enjoy and again my apologies for my phone camera’s quality of the picture but my scanner is still out.

Emblazon:

http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/8940/chiefthefoxarmscolor.jpg

Blazon:

Arms: Argent, a lion rampant and in chief two dexter hands couped at the wrist Gules.

Crest: An arm embowed and hand in armor holding a sword all Proper.

Motto: Sionnach Abu.

Mods, Ljubodrag is correct regarding the motto for O’Toole (post #17 above) would you please edit the motto from what it is to this…..

Tá dóchas agam

thank you.

nice picture it is getting to be a very nice armorial

Thanks for the potted history Denny. I find it most interesting to hear a little about the families whose arms you are emblazoning so nicely.

Regards ....................  Peter

thanks Ton. always nice to hear from you.

you’re welcome Peter. i find it nice to have a little background on the family if possible otherwise it is sorta…static…or bland…heraldry. this way, for me anyway, it is alive/real.

These are great.  They’re clean, vigorous renditions that do honor to both arms and artist.

What I like best about them is that, even in the high level of artistry, one can still see the hand of the artist. It is obvious that someone sat down and drew these arms with love for the art.  That’s part of what heraldry is about, I say.

Kudos, sir, kudos.

You get major props from the new guy! Your emblazonments are classic and tasteful.I`m very impressed,sir!

thank you Joseph and William. i appreciate it. i’m glad people like these. sometimes this issue (irish chiefs/chieftains) can spark odd debates, which isn’t what i want; i want it to be about the heraldry for the chiefs/chieftains regardless of what chief/chieftain is, or, isn’t. so, it’s nice to see they are appreciated. i’m taking a break from them for a week or so because i have an allied piece i have to do for a client for his wedding invitations right quick and in a hurry. but, i’ll come back to this in a week or so i believe.