Irish (Gaelic) Heraldry
The Blazon
:
Vert [green], three daggers sable [black] pointing outwards, a sun or [gold] in middle chief, two mullets or in base
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The Crest
:
A heart gules [red], surmounted by a coronet or [gold] surrounded on either side by an eagle's wing proper.
It is reported from Ireland that the Gaelic surname "Tuile" or "Tully" can be anglised to "Flood"
The Origins of the Surname . Shane O'Moeltully for example, as a Gaelic Irishman, is none other than John of the Flood in English. His ancestors were of original Irish stock and his descendants remain true Irish till this day.One branch of this family supported the Parliamentarian army under Oliver Cromwell during the Civil War in the 17th century and received as a reward certain Irish estates. On the second visit of the English Heralds to Ireland, this family had their ancient coat of arms and crest recorded as the old Milesian-Gaelic arms, which differ somewhat from the English settlers' Flood arms of the 16th century
Llwyd/Lloyd Heraldry.These Irish (Gaelic) arms are to be found in "Irish Heraldry" by Murphy and McCarthy c1904, Plate 22, No. 298.
Some suggest that religion may dictate which particular "arms" each family adopted, Catholics the Gaelic and Protestants the English.
