Have a book on Coat of Arms just looked up the meaning for Wexford Coat of Arms and found this.
Origin/meaning: There is no record of a formal grant of the Arms but it was registered at the time of the 1618 Heraldic Visitation. The records of the Visitation show, or would appear to show, that the Arms were in existence before that time. Regarding the three burning ships, there two are different theories as to their significance:- 1. Three ships which were being built in the dockyard at Kaat's Strand were set alight by a marauding party. 2. A marauding party left three ships at anchor in Wexford Bay and local inhabitants set them alight. The motto translates as "through fire and water".
Diarmait or Diarmaid Mac Murchadha (later known as Diarmaid na nGall or "Diarmaid of the Foreigners"), anglicized as Dermot MacMurrough (1110–1 May 1171), was a King of Leinster in Ireland. Ousted as King of Leinster in 1166, he sought military assistance from King Henry II of England to retake his kingdom. In return, MacMurrough pledged an Oath of Allegiance to Henry, who sent troops in support. As a further thanks for his reinstatement, MacMurrough's daughter Aoife was married to Richard de Clare, the 2nd Earl of Pembroke and a Cambro-Norman lord, known as "Strongbow". Henry II then mounted a larger second invasion in 1171 to ensure his control over Strongbow, resulting in the Lordship of Ireland.
Mac Murchadha was born around 1110 (Around the area of Carlow), a son of Donnchadh mac Murchada, King of Leinster and Dublin. His father's grandmother Dervorgilla was a daughter of Donnchad, King of Munster and therefore she was a grand-daughter of Brian Boru. His father was killed in battle in 1115 by the Dublin Vikings, and was buried by them in Dublin along with the body of a dog, considered to be a huge insult.
Mac Murchada had two wives (as allowed under the Brehon Laws), the first of whom, Sadhbh of Uí Fhaoláin, was mother of a daughter named Órlaith who married Domhnall Mór, King of Munster. His second wife, Mór Uí Thuathail, was mother of Aoife / Eva of Leinster and Conchobhar Mac Murchadha. He had two legitimate sons, Domhnall Caomhánach (died 1175) and Éanna Ceannsealach (blinded 1169).
The Queen-in-Parliament (or, during the reign of a male monarch, King-in-Parliament), sometimes referred to as the Crown-in-Parliament or, more fully, as the King in Parliament under God is a technical term of constitutional law in the Commonwealth realms that refers to the Crown in its legislative role, acting with the advice and consent of the lower house and upper house in the case of a bicameral parliament, or the legislature in the case of a unicameral parliament. Bills passed by the houses are sent to the sovereign, or Governor-General, Lieutenant-Governor, or Governor as her representative, for Royal Assent, which, once granted, makes the bill into law; these primary acts of legislation are known as acts of parliament. An act may also provide for secondary legislation, which can be made by the Crown, subject to the simple approval, or the lack of disapproval, of parliament.
The concept of the Crown as a part of parliament is related to the idea of the fusion of powers, meaning that the executive branch and legislative branch of government are fused together. This is a key concept of the Westminster system of government, developed in England and used across the Commonwealth and beyond. It is in contradistinction to the separation of powers typical of presidential systems such as that of the United States or France, where the President is in no way a part of the Congress. The specific language of "the Crown" "the King" or "the Queen" in parliament used in the Commonwealth realms of also alludes to the constitutional theory that ultimate authority or sovereignty rests with the monarch but is delegated to elected officials. This contrasts with the concept of popular sovereignty used in most republics, even those influenced by the Westminster model, such as India or Nigeria. In federal realms of the Commonwealth, the concept of the Crown-in-the-Legislature only applies to those units which are considered separate divisions of the monarchy, sovereign within their own sphere, such Australian states or the Canadian provinces. This is the basis of the legal distinction between a province and a territory in Canada, for example. The legislature of territory does not receive its authority directly from the monarch, but it is delegated by the federal parliament. Similarly, with city councils and other local governments in the Commonwealth, the idea of the Crown-in-the-Council is not used, as the authority of local governments is derived from a charter or act that can be unilaterally amended by a higher level of government.
Because of the sovereign's place in the enactment of laws, the enacting clause of acts of parliament may mention him or her, as well as the other one or two bodies of parliament. For example, modern Canadian acts of parliament typically contain the following enacting clause: NOW, THEREFORE, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows... Similarly, British Acts of the Parliament will start with: BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows... The phrasing, however, is different when the bill is passed under the provisions of the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949, without the consent of the Lords. Because the Queen remains a part of parliament, the enacting clause does not need to explicitly mention her as in realms such as Australia and Tuvalu, where the clause is simply The Parliament of Australia enacts and ENACTED by the Parliament of Tuvalu..., respectively. This may represent a distinction between whether Parliament or the Queen is the primary legislator.
I don't know about that im not to sure on this but i think it the British Government that have the final say the Queen is only figure head now this days i think but again not really sure so dont hold me on this comment.
The Anglo-Irish Treaty arose from the Irish War of Independence, fought between Irish separatists (organised as the Irish Republic) and the British government, from 1919-1921. The treaty provided for a self-governing Irish state in 26 of Ireland's 32 counties, having its own army and police. However, rather than creating the independent republic favoured by most nationalists, the Irish Free State would be an autonomous dominion of the British Empire with the British monarch as head of state, in the same manner as Canada and Australia. This was to be expected from the mutual secret correspondence even before treaty negotiations began. The treaty also stipulated that members of the new Irish Oireachtas (parliament) would have to take the following "Oath of Allegiance"
"I... do solemnly swear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of the Irish Free State as by law established, and that I will be faithful to His Majesty King George V, his heirs and successors by law in virtue of the common citizenship of Ireland with Great Britain and her adherence to and membership of the group of nations forming the British Commonwealth of nations".
This oath was considered highly objectionable by many Irish Republicans. Furthermore under the treaty, the state was not to be called a republic but a "free state" and it would be limited to the 26 southern and western counties of Ireland. The remaining six north-eastern counties, with their Protestant majority, were allowed to—and did—opt to remain part of the United Kingdom as Northern Ireland. The partition of Ireland had already been decided by the Westminster parliament in the Government of Ireland Act 1920 and was confirmed in the Anglo-Irish treaty. Also, several strategic ports were to remain occupied by the Royal Navy.
Nonetheless, Michael Collins, the republican leader who had led the Irish negotiating team, argued that the treaty gave "not the ultimate freedom that all nations aspire and develop, but the freedom to achieve freedom". However, anti-treaty militants in 1922 believed that the treaty would never deliver full Irish independence.
I just like to thank everybody so far for posting on this subject it great to see everybody idea and aspects on the visit i hope i havent offended anybody by posting the thread.
Prince Charles is due to visit Kilkenny later on in the year Kilkenny was hit really badly with the recession if its going promotes a postive gain for kilkenny for the tourism trade which mite help a few people get back to work it be great im all foreign visit of any leader to Ireland i think it would help it a major way to get business set up here from other countries and hopefully get our country back on the major road to recovery through these hard times.
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