Official Irish Harp Pin™ National Emblem Lapel Pin, Good Luck Charm, Ireland,
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The classicofficial Irish Harp Pin™
22mmx17mm antique bronze oval pin with butterfly clutch on back, displaying theclassic Trinity College Brian Boru Harp adopted and officialised by the IrishFree State in 1922.
Non-political, non-religious, the official Irish Harp Pin™ is a timelessclassic statement for Ireland and it’s heritage all over the world for everyonewith an Irish heart & spirit.
Get your own personal Irish Harp Pin�...��.
Short History of the Irish Harp as national symbol
The traditional symbol of Ireland, the harp is said to reflect the immortalityof the soul. For centuries, it has been the beloved emblem of Ireland.
It was adopted as the insignia of the Irish Free State when it separated fromthe United Kingdom in 1922 and was registered as the arms of Ireland withthe Chief Herald of Ireland on 9 November 1945, appearing on officialgovernment documents as well as the Presidential flag and being displayed onIrish coins, not to mention the global trademark Guinness and Ryanair harp. References tothe harp as being the arms of the King of Ireland can be found as early asthe 13th century. Recognized as a symbol of Ireland and Irish pride, the Gaelicharp became an emblem of resistance to the Crown and England. As such, it wasbanned at the end of the medieval period. The depictionof the harp has changed over time. In the 17th century, during the period ofthe Kingdom of Ireland, the pillar of the harp began to be depicted as abare-breasted woman. The design of the harp used by the modern independentIrish state in 1922 was based on the Brian Boru harp, a late-medieval Gaelic harpkept in Trinity College, Dublin. No heraldic motto has ever been granted toIreland and none ever accompanies the coat of arms. Ireland haslong been associated with a flag also bearing the harp. Theearliest-known record of the green flag is attributed to Eoghan RuadhO'Neill, a 17th-century exile and soldier in the Irish brigadeof the Spanish army. His ship, the St. Francis, is recorded as flying from hermast top "the Irish harp in a green field, in a flag" as she lay atanchor at Dunkirk en route to Ireland. O'Neill was returning to Ireland inorder to participate in the Irish Confederate Wars (1641—1653), during theWars of the Three Kingdoms (a series of civil wars engulfing England, Ireland and Scotland), where he would contribute as a leading general. Variantsof the green flag were flown by Untied Irishmen during the 1798Rebellion and by the Irish emigre in foreign armies, such as theIrish Brigade of the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861–1865)and Saint Patrick's Battalion in the Mexican Army during theMexican-American War (1846–1848).Although theKingdom of Ireland never had an official flag, this flag is recorded as theflag of Ireland by 18th and 19th century sources. It was used as a navaljack and as the basis for the unofficial green ensign of Ireland, particularly during the 18th and 19th centuries. Folklore saysthat the first harp was owned by Dagda, a chief among the Tuatha De Danaan. TheDe Danaan were at war with the Fomorians and the harp was taken from Dagda bythe gods of cold and darkness. Two other gods, Lugh representing light, andOgma representing art, penetrated the Fomorian fortress, recovered the harp andrestored it to Dagda. The gods in returning the harp to him, pronounced twosecret names for the instrument and, at the same time, called forth summer andwinter. From that point on, when Dagda played, he could produce a melody sopoignant, it would make his audience weep, an air so jubilant it would makeeveryone smile, or a sound so tranquil, it would lull all who listened tosleep. Thus, with its secret or magical names, the instrument became thedispenser of Sorrow, Gladness and Rest. Wear yourofficial Irish Harp Pin with pride.
GPO, Easter Rising, Irish War of Independence, the Civil war, deVallera, Free State, Home Rule, Ulster Connacht, Munster, Leinster, Dublin, Mayo, Galway, Cork, Belfast, Derry, Donegal, Kilkenny, Wild Geese, Emigration, Diaspora, Ireland, Irish, Erin, Fianna, Erin go Bragh, Poblacht na h-Eireann, Pádraig Pearse, 1916 Irish Rebellion, 1798, Fenian, Brotherhood, Hibernia, Northern Ireland, Irish Republic, Army, Navy, Air Force, General Post Office, O’Connell Street, Irish Defence Forces, Battle of the Somme, Irish Regiment, 1916 Rising, Louth, Wexford, Meath, Boland’s Bakery, Jacob's Factory, the Royal College of Surgeons, South Dublin Union, Four Courts Provisional Government, Volunteers, Thoms MacDonagh, Thomas James Clarke, Sean MacDiarmada, Jospeh Mary Plunkett, James Connolly, Eamon Ceannt, Erskine Childers, Molly Childers, Sir Roger Casement, Alice Green, Mary Spring Rice, Howth gun running, Asgard, Yacht, Mauser Rifle, Enfield Rifle, Lewis gun, Machine gun, Webley, Revolver, .303, Chotah Kilcoole, County Wicklow, Sir Thomas Myles, Tom Kettle, James Meredith, Kelpie, Ruytingen buoy, Hamburg, Curragh incident, Curragh Mutiniy, Connaught Rangers, Munster Fusiliers, Leinster Fusilier, Dublin Fusiliers, Irish Fusiliers, Éamon de Valera, Cogadh na Saoirse, Anglo-Irish War, Sinn Féin, Dáil Éireann, Black and Tan War, Tan War, Royal Irish Constabulary, Defence of the Realm, Ambush, Flying Column, Partition, Anglo-Irish Treaty, Catholic, Irish Republican Brotherhood, First World War, Dublin Castle, 16th (Irish) Division, Emmet Dalton, Tom Barry, Martin Doyle, Michael Collins, Squad, Soloheadbeg Ambush, County Tipperary, Seán Treacy, Séamus Robinson, Seán Hogan, Dan Breen, Arthur Griffith, civil disobedience, Cathal Brugha, Irish Republican Police, Richard Mulcahy, Liam Lynch, Tom Barry, Seán Moylan, Seán Mac Eoin and Ernie O'Malley Cumann na mBan, Croke Park, Bloody Sunday, Young Ireland, 1848, W. B. Yeats, Gaelic Athletic Association, Gaelic League, Banna Strand, St. Stephen's Green, Thomas Ashe, Richard Mulcahy, Liam Mellows, Edward Daly, Michael O'Hanrahan, John MacBride, Michael Mallin, Sean Heuston, Conn Colbert, Sir Roger Casement, Fine Gael, Easter Monday 24 April 1916, Easter Saturday 29 April 1916, Constance Markievicz, Countess Markievicz, Prehistoric Ireland, Celtic Christianity, "protohistoric", Gaelic Ireland, Norman invasion, United Irishmen, Troubles, Passage Tombs, Newgrange, Irish Megalithic Tombs, Kingdoms of ancient Ireland, Dál Riata, Hibernia, St. Patrick, illuminated manuscripts, Dublin Bay, Battle of the Boyne, Catholic Church, High Kings, Tara, Druids, Celts, Uí Neíll, Clontarf, Aengus, Lir, Balor, Lug, Manannan, Dagda, Cú Chulainn, William Butler Yeats, Goll mac Morna, Finn Mac Cool, Other World, Little People, Voyage of St. Brendan, St. Columba, Atlas of the Irish Revolution,
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22mmx17mm antique bronze oval pin with butterfly clutch on back, displaying theclassic Trinity College Brian Boru Harp adopted and officialised by the IrishFree State in 1922.
Non-political, non-religious, the official Irish Harp Pin™ is a timelessclassic statement for Ireland and it’s heritage all over the world for everyonewith an Irish heart & spirit.
Get your own personal Irish Harp Pin�...��.
Short History of the Irish Harp as national symbol
The traditional symbol of Ireland, the harp is said to reflect the immortalityof the soul. For centuries, it has been the beloved emblem of Ireland.
It was adopted as the insignia of the Irish Free State when it separated fromthe United Kingdom in 1922 and was registered as the arms of Ireland withthe Chief Herald of Ireland on 9 November 1945, appearing on officialgovernment documents as well as the Presidential flag and being displayed onIrish coins, not to mention the global trademark Guinness and Ryanair harp. References tothe harp as being the arms of the King of Ireland can be found as early asthe 13th century. Recognized as a symbol of Ireland and Irish pride, the Gaelicharp became an emblem of resistance to the Crown and England. As such, it wasbanned at the end of the medieval period. The depictionof the harp has changed over time. In the 17th century, during the period ofthe Kingdom of Ireland, the pillar of the harp began to be depicted as abare-breasted woman. The design of the harp used by the modern independentIrish state in 1922 was based on the Brian Boru harp, a late-medieval Gaelic harpkept in Trinity College, Dublin. No heraldic motto has ever been granted toIreland and none ever accompanies the coat of arms. Ireland haslong been associated with a flag also bearing the harp. Theearliest-known record of the green flag is attributed to Eoghan RuadhO'Neill, a 17th-century exile and soldier in the Irish brigadeof the Spanish army. His ship, the St. Francis, is recorded as flying from hermast top "the Irish harp in a green field, in a flag" as she lay atanchor at Dunkirk en route to Ireland. O'Neill was returning to Ireland inorder to participate in the Irish Confederate Wars (1641—1653), during theWars of the Three Kingdoms (a series of civil wars engulfing England, Ireland and Scotland), where he would contribute as a leading general. Variantsof the green flag were flown by Untied Irishmen during the 1798Rebellion and by the Irish emigre in foreign armies, such as theIrish Brigade of the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861–1865)and Saint Patrick's Battalion in the Mexican Army during theMexican-American War (1846–1848).Although theKingdom of Ireland never had an official flag, this flag is recorded as theflag of Ireland by 18th and 19th century sources. It was used as a navaljack and as the basis for the unofficial green ensign of Ireland, particularly during the 18th and 19th centuries. Folklore saysthat the first harp was owned by Dagda, a chief among the Tuatha De Danaan. TheDe Danaan were at war with the Fomorians and the harp was taken from Dagda bythe gods of cold and darkness. Two other gods, Lugh representing light, andOgma representing art, penetrated the Fomorian fortress, recovered the harp andrestored it to Dagda. The gods in returning the harp to him, pronounced twosecret names for the instrument and, at the same time, called forth summer andwinter. From that point on, when Dagda played, he could produce a melody sopoignant, it would make his audience weep, an air so jubilant it would makeeveryone smile, or a sound so tranquil, it would lull all who listened tosleep. Thus, with its secret or magical names, the instrument became thedispenser of Sorrow, Gladness and Rest. Wear yourofficial Irish Harp Pin with pride.
GPO, Easter Rising, Irish War of Independence, the Civil war, deVallera, Free State, Home Rule, Ulster Connacht, Munster, Leinster, Dublin, Mayo, Galway, Cork, Belfast, Derry, Donegal, Kilkenny, Wild Geese, Emigration, Diaspora, Ireland, Irish, Erin, Fianna, Erin go Bragh, Poblacht na h-Eireann, Pádraig Pearse, 1916 Irish Rebellion, 1798, Fenian, Brotherhood, Hibernia, Northern Ireland, Irish Republic, Army, Navy, Air Force, General Post Office, O’Connell Street, Irish Defence Forces, Battle of the Somme, Irish Regiment, 1916 Rising, Louth, Wexford, Meath, Boland’s Bakery, Jacob's Factory, the Royal College of Surgeons, South Dublin Union, Four Courts Provisional Government, Volunteers, Thoms MacDonagh, Thomas James Clarke, Sean MacDiarmada, Jospeh Mary Plunkett, James Connolly, Eamon Ceannt, Erskine Childers, Molly Childers, Sir Roger Casement, Alice Green, Mary Spring Rice, Howth gun running, Asgard, Yacht, Mauser Rifle, Enfield Rifle, Lewis gun, Machine gun, Webley, Revolver, .303, Chotah Kilcoole, County Wicklow, Sir Thomas Myles, Tom Kettle, James Meredith, Kelpie, Ruytingen buoy, Hamburg, Curragh incident, Curragh Mutiniy, Connaught Rangers, Munster Fusiliers, Leinster Fusilier, Dublin Fusiliers, Irish Fusiliers, Éamon de Valera, Cogadh na Saoirse, Anglo-Irish War, Sinn Féin, Dáil Éireann, Black and Tan War, Tan War, Royal Irish Constabulary, Defence of the Realm, Ambush, Flying Column, Partition, Anglo-Irish Treaty, Catholic, Irish Republican Brotherhood, First World War, Dublin Castle, 16th (Irish) Division, Emmet Dalton, Tom Barry, Martin Doyle, Michael Collins, Squad, Soloheadbeg Ambush, County Tipperary, Seán Treacy, Séamus Robinson, Seán Hogan, Dan Breen, Arthur Griffith, civil disobedience, Cathal Brugha, Irish Republican Police, Richard Mulcahy, Liam Lynch, Tom Barry, Seán Moylan, Seán Mac Eoin and Ernie O'Malley Cumann na mBan, Croke Park, Bloody Sunday, Young Ireland, 1848, W. B. Yeats, Gaelic Athletic Association, Gaelic League, Banna Strand, St. Stephen's Green, Thomas Ashe, Richard Mulcahy, Liam Mellows, Edward Daly, Michael O'Hanrahan, John MacBride, Michael Mallin, Sean Heuston, Conn Colbert, Sir Roger Casement, Fine Gael, Easter Monday 24 April 1916, Easter Saturday 29 April 1916, Constance Markievicz, Countess Markievicz, Prehistoric Ireland, Celtic Christianity, "protohistoric", Gaelic Ireland, Norman invasion, United Irishmen, Troubles, Passage Tombs, Newgrange, Irish Megalithic Tombs, Kingdoms of ancient Ireland, Dál Riata, Hibernia, St. Patrick, illuminated manuscripts, Dublin Bay, Battle of the Boyne, Catholic Church, High Kings, Tara, Druids, Celts, Uí Neíll, Clontarf, Aengus, Lir, Balor, Lug, Manannan, Dagda, Cú Chulainn, William Butler Yeats, Goll mac Morna, Finn Mac Cool, Other World, Little People, Voyage of St. Brendan, St. Columba, Atlas of the Irish Revolution,
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