UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, ROYAL.

UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, ROYAL. Per saltire ermine and ermines an open book proper, clasped and surmounted by the royal crown or, between four escutcheons, two in pale and two in fesse, the escutcheons in pale representing respectively the arms of the Provinces of Leinster and Munster, viz., Leinster vert an Irish harp or, stringed argent ; and Munster azure three antique crowns or, the escutcheons in fesse representing respectively the arms of the Provinces of Ulster and Connaught, viz., Ulster or, a cross gules, on an escutcheon argent, a dexter hand couped also gules, and Connaught per pale argent and azure on the dexter a dimidiated eagle displayed sable, and on the sinister conjoined therewith at the shoulder a sinister arm embowed proper, sleeved of the first, holding a sword erect also proper.

[Granted by Sir John Bernard Burke, Ulster King of Arms, nth October

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