User:Nora lives/O'Donovan arms

Burke's 1899

Arg., issuing from the sinister side of the shield a cubit dexter arm vested gu., cuffed of the first, the hand grasping a skean (or old Irish sword) in pale, the blade entwined with a serpent, all ppr. Crest - On a chapeau gu., turned up erm., an eagle rising arg., tips of wings and tale sa. Mottoes - Adjuvante Deo in hostes; Vir super hostem (a translation of the ancient slogan, or call to war, of the sept, viz., Giolla ar a-namhuid a-bu).[1]

Burke's 1863

Arms - Arg., issuing from the sinister side of the shield, a cubit dexter arm, vested, gu., cuffed, az., the hand, ppr., grasping an old Irish sword, the blade entwined with a serpent, ppr.

Crest - on a chapeau, gu., turned up, ermine, an eagle rising, ppr.

Supporters of the chieftain only - Dexter, a lion, ppr.; sinister, a griffin, ppr.

Mottoes - Adjuvante Deo in hostes; also, Vis super hostem.[2]

Burke's 1912

Ballymore

Arg., a dexter arm couped above the wrist vested gu., cuffed of the first, the hand grasping a sword in pale, the blade entwined with a serpent descending, all ppr. Crest - an eagle rising or.[3]

Clancahill

same