Book Details
| Author: | Murtaugh, Paul: |
| Title: | Your Irish Coats-of-Arms. |
| Published: | New York: The Ainsworth Company, 1960. |
| Classification: | Catalogue 19 - Irish |
| Description: | First edition. Authentic Arms for over 2,000 Irish Names. Coats-of-Arms and crests in full colour. v, 96 pp. Includes explanations of (a) the origins of Irish family names and arms - such as the fascinating story of the Bloody Red Hand of O'Neill, (b) the Irish Clan system, (c) the O', Mc, and Fitz prefixes, (d) real Irish names that don't look Irish (eg Levy, Smith, Johnson, Myer, Molyneaux, Gna and 279 others, with their original Gaelic spellings), (e) English and other names "adopted" into Ireland. Grey cloth boards with gilt lettering on front board and spine. Gilt coat-of-arms on front board. Overall condition Fine. In illustrated VG+ dust wrapper. |
| Book Number: | #2163 |
| Price: | € 19.00 |
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