Coats of Arms in Ireland and from around the world

Coats of Arms from Ireland and around the World by Eddie Geoghegan. Featuring free coats of arms for over 8,000 surnames.
This site is a gallery of coats of arms or heraldic graphics. It is FREE. You may browse as much as you want for as long as you want. No membership is required and there is no limit to how many coats of arms graphics you may view. I ask just a few simple things.

Site News

12 May 2008 I haven't been idle. Though the pace of additions has slowed a little, I now have graphics of coats of arms for over 8500 surnames or this site!

26 May. 2006

Thumbnails now display up to 36 to a page. When you click on any letter on the menu, the first 36 will display with links to each of other pages containing thumbnails with the same initial letter. This was necessary because the size of the individual thumbnail pages for each initial letter was simply becoming too big. Given that the names are listed alphabetically, it should still be relatively easy to find your coat of arms of interest. For example "Aachen" is on the first "A" page while "Zymon" is on the last "Z" page. There are a few exceptions, notably where names have a prefix. For example, "du Bois" appears under both "B" and "D". Under "B" is is on the last page (because of the initial "du") while under "D" it is right where you would expect it.

26 April 2006

Well, I suppose it had to happen. Because of the popularity of this site and the large number of visitors it attracts, a shared server is no longer an option - the owners of sites hosted on the same server as mine are complaining about slow response times. Soooooo .... I now have my own dedicated server. It's considerably more expensive, but I think I can absorb that by placing some third party advertising here. I hope all my regular visitors will understand why I have to include the ads - a dedicated server is not cheap! I want to thank the folks at HostDime for their excellent assistance in getting my new server up and running. I look forward to many years of happy hosting here.

14 Feb. 2006

I've changed the way the coats of arms display. Instead of each thumbnail linking directly to the larger graphic, it now links to a html page in which the larger graphic is displayed. This is to facilitate webmasters who want to create a link to individual coats of arms. I have disabled "hotlinks" that access the graphic file directly (because they steal my bandwidth). Now people may link to an individual html page but their visitors will know its source, which is only fair. The terms of use rule below still applies and webmasters are not permitted to link to more than ten individual pages on this site without my express written consent and the payment of an appropriate royalty. Webmasters obeying this rule may link to the individual coats of arms pages here with any further permission and no link back to this site is required as the html pages have this information built in. If you display graphics from this site directly on you own, then the link back would still be appreciated.

20 Sept. 2005

Just added another 40 coats of arms graphics. I'm running seriously behind in processing your requests, so don't expect these to be responded to quickly. If you're in dire need of a graphic think about my professional services.

14 Sept. 2005

The popularity of this site is such that the amount of traffic was causing load problems for my hosting service. Because of this they moved it to another server to try and spread the load. This may have resulted in some people being unable to access the site for a couple of days, for which I apologise.

I notice that several heraldry sites now calling themselves "Coats of Arms from Ireland ..." and I can only assume they are trying to horn in on the popularity of this site. Only two sites are authorised to sell items using my (Eddie Geoghegan) coats of arms graphics. These are araltas.com and IrishGen.com. Beware of cheap imitations!

Copyright and summary terms of use.
The coat of arms graphics I create are copyright © Eddie Geoghegan, are subject to legal protection worldwide and may be used for non-commercial, personal use only. Furthermore, some of the artwork used in their creation is subject to third party copyright, which parties may rightfully require further restrictions as to their use.
Although the vast majority of armorial bearings are hundreds of years old and not subject to regulation, certain coats of arms, badges, crests etc. may also be subject separate copyright restrictions. For example the copyright of national, regional, municipal and organizational arms may lie with a government, local government, organisation or other body. It is your responsibility to obey all national and international laws and regulations regarding the display of such graphics.

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Site News
12 May 2008	I haven't been idle. Though the pace of additions has slowed a little, I now have graphics of coats of arms for over 8500 surnames or this site!
26 May. 2006	Thumbnails now display up to 36 to a page. When you click on any letter on the menu, the first 36 will display with links to each of other pages containing thumbnails with the same initial letter. This was necessary because the size of the individual thumbnail pages for each initial letter was simply becoming too big. Given that the names are listed alphabetically, it should still be relatively easy to find your coat of arms of interest. For example "Aachen" is on the first "A" page while "Zymon" is on the last "Z" page. There are a few exceptions, notably where names have a prefix. For example, "du Bois" appears under both "B" and "D". Under "B" is is on the last page (because of the initial "du") while under "D" it is right where you would expect it.
26 April 2006	Well, I suppose it had to happen. Because of the popularity of this site and the large number of visitors it attracts, a shared server is no longer an option - the owners of sites hosted on the same server as mine are complaining about slow response times. Soooooo .... I now have my own dedicated server. It's considerably more expensive, but I think I can absorb that by placing some third party advertising here. I hope all my regular visitors will understand why I have to include the ads - a dedicated server is not cheap! I want to thank the folks at HostDime for their excellent assistance in getting my new server up and running. I look forward to many years of happy hosting here.
14 Feb. 2006	I've changed the way the coats of arms display. Instead of each thumbnail linking directly to the larger graphic, it now links to a html page in which the larger graphic is displayed. This is to facilitate webmasters who want to create a link to individual coats of arms. I have disabled "hotlinks" that access the graphic file directly (because they steal my bandwidth). Now people may link to an individual html page but their visitors will know its source, which is only fair. The terms of use rule below still applies and webmasters are not permitted to link to more than ten individual pages on this site without my express written consent and the payment of an appropriate royalty. Webmasters obeying this rule may link to the individual coats of arms pages here with any further permission and no link back to this site is required as the html pages have this information built in. If you display graphics from this site directly on you own, then the link back would still be appreciated.
20 Sept. 2005	Just added another 40 coats of arms graphics. I'm running seriously behind in processing your requests, so don't expect these to be responded to quickly. If you're in dire need of a graphic think about my professional services.
14 Sept. 2005	The popularity of this site is such that the amount of traffic was causing load problems for my hosting service. Because of this they moved it to another server to try and spread the load. This may have resulted in some people being unable to access the site for a couple of days, for which I apologise.
	I notice that several heraldry sites now calling themselves "Coats of Arms from Ireland ..." and I can only assume they are trying to horn in on the popularity of this site. Only two sites are authorised to sell items using my (Eddie Geoghegan) coats of arms graphics. These are araltas.com and IrishGen.com. Beware of cheap imitations!