Proposed Greater Arms of Ireland

     quarterly
first
quarterly
1st per pale argent and azure
in dexter side a demi-eagle sable beaked and legged
  or slightly to sinister slightly to sinister;
in sinister side an arm armored embowed argent reversed
  slightly to dexter slightly to dexter;
in sinister flank an arming sword bendwise argent
  much higher higher to dexter;
(Connacht)
2nd or
a cross gules
on an escutcheon argent a hand couped gules;
(Ulster)
3rd azure
three antique crowns or
(Munster)
4th vert
a harp or
(Leinster)
second
azure
32 mullets argent arranged 6 5 5 5 5 6
(for the 32 counties, in place of the American Union
  flag)
third
tierced in pale vert, argent and orange
(the Irish tricolour, in place of the French drapeau
  tricolore)
a crown of Saint Edward inverted smaller
fourth
sable
in dexter chief the text "17" argent
in sinister chief the text "98" argent
(the year of the United Irishmen Rebellion)
in chief a skull argent larger much lower
a poleaxe bendwise argent much smaller
a musket bendwise reversed argent
crest a maiden's head and bust nude or much higher
  much higher much higher much larger
(the Maid of Erin)
a torse vert and orange much higher
a compartment of a mound vert higher larger
supporter to sinister a hart salient gules much higher
  much larger larger much to sinister much to sinister
  to sinister;
supporter to dexter a rabbit rampant proper much higher
  much higher slightly higher slightly larger to dexter;
(this is supposed to be a hare, which does not support
  such a posture)
the motto "Eirinn go Brach" celtic much higher higher
(the Irish version of a standard nationalist phrase
  in use since 1798; this should be spelled Éirinn
  go Brách but diacritics are not supported in this
  font)

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Shield Shape

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Visual Appearance

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Palette For Heraldic Tinctures

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Aspect Ratio

2:3

With Tags: Ireland

Notes

Reclaimed from a fictitious anti-imperial flag of “treason” and “Rome rule” (quartered between the Green Harp Flag, the American flag, the French Tricolor, and a Jolly Roger) featured in a loyalist cartoon. This more serious design replaces these segments respectively with the quartered arms of the “Four Green Fields”, a 32-star “union” (for a 32-county republic), the Irish Tricolour (itself inspired by the French Republic’s design) charged with an overturned British crown, and a variation on the “pirate” flag referencing the 1798 rebellion (a poleaxe marked “98” being the “flagpole” of the original satirical design).

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