From top: Hennessy; Murphy and the Kelly coat of arms getting wrapped
The old family crest.
Painted and framed for your self-esteem wall.
Brendan McCarey writes:
I’m an Irish Designer & Artist based in Monaghan. I recently started a project called Painted Clans. Painted Clans are hand painted contemporary Irish crests. The idea came about as a wedding present for friends living in Australia; I wanted to gift them with something traditional, modern and sentimental and so Painted Clans was born.
Each crest is researched and redesigned with a modern minimalist style keeping all the original elements that make up the crests. Each crest is then hand painted using acrylic paint making it one of a kind. I think a Painted Clan crest would make the perfect Irish made stocking filler.
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very nice.
That would be a cool wedding gift.
They look beautiful, and really well done. Fair play, in fairness.
As long as no-one takes it seriously as a “clan/ family coat of arms”. There is no such thing, you know. A coat of arms is granted to an individual (or a corporate body) and not to a family or clan.
To quote the Chief Herald of Ireland website:
There is, strictly speaking, no such thing as a ‘family coat of arms’. A grant of arms made to an individual extends to his or her descendants of the name, not to a family as such.
Yes, nobody should ride into battle with these emblazoned on their armour. That would be terribly gauche.
I love this. Such a great gift