Libro abierto, hojas de plata, filo de oro, guardas de gules, tapas de sable.

Cox, N.; 2009

Noel Cox, PhD, Professor of Law at the Auckland University of Technology, «The principles of international law governing the Sovereign authority for the creation and administration of Orders of Chivalry», edited by Rory Stanley, «Féil-Scríbhinn Liam Mhic Alasdair» ~ Essays Presented to Liam Mac Alasdair, Genealogical Society of Ireland, FGSI, pages 15-25, ISBN 9781898471677, Dublin, 2009.

Bibliographical reference of century XXI.

Classification: English language and In black and white.

Author: Cox, Noel.

Internal resources: CoxN2009.SovereignAuthorityOrdersChivalry.pdf PDF Format.

Menéndez Pidal de Navascués, F.; 2018

Faustino Menéndez Pidal de Navascués, «Los sellos en nuestra Historia», published by the Royal Academy of History and the Official State Gazette, 478 pages, ISBN.10 8434024683, ISBN.13 9788434024687, Madrid, 2018.

This work is a contribution to the studies on sigillography in Spain. It compiles the experience of the author, whose initial research on this subject was published in the 1980s. After an overview of the earliest evidence of seals in the world, the book presents a comprehensive collection of the types used in Spain, from pre-Roman times to the present day, including those of Muslims and Jews. The seals are not merely juxtaposed, but their mutual relationships and the human causes of their existence and graphic content are explained. The text is complemented by a photographic repertoire that facilitates better understanding.

1. The study of seals.
2. A human invention.
3. Historical testimonies, origins, and early diffusion.
4. Pre-Roman and Roman Spain.
5. Early medieval seals.
6. Subscription seals.
7. Subscription seals and their derivatives I.
8. Subscription seals and their derivatives II.
9. Subscription seals and their derivatives III.
10. Subscription seals and their derivatives IV.
11. Forged matrices.
12. New sealing techniques.
13. Non-diplomatic seals.

Bibliographical reference of century XXI.

Classification: Castilian language and In color.

The author is Menéndez Pidal de Navascués, Faustino.

Internal resources: MenendezPidalDeNavascuesF2018Sellos.pdf PDF format.

Atienza y Navajas, J. de; 1959

Julio de Atienza y Navajas, Baron of the Cobos de Belchite, «Nobiliario Español: Diccionario Heráldico de Apellidos y Títulos», 1^st edition, edited by Aguilar, 1,712 pages, Madrid, 1959.

It is a monumental work that includes a heraldic dictionary and blazons of Spanish lineages and noble titles, along with the history and genealogy of thousands of Spanish families.

Bibliographical reference of century XX.

Classification: Castilian language, In black and white and De bibliotheca.

The author is Atienza y Navajas, Julio de.

Eugene McCarthy

Argent, a stag trippant Gules, attired and hoofed Sable, standing on a terrace in base Vert charged with a fess Or; on a chief Sable, three geese volant contourné Argent.

Escudo de plata, un ciervo pasante de gules, ramado y uñado de sable, terrazado de una campaña de sinople cargada de una faja de oro; en un jefe de sable, tres gansos volantes alterados de plata.

Blazon keywords: Argent, One, Stag, Tripant, Gules, Attired, Hoofed, Sable, Terrace in base, Base, Vert, Charged, Fess, Or, Chief, Three, Goose, Volant and Facing sinister.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Pointed and Plain tincture.

Classification: Personal, Interpreted and Coat of arms.

Bearer: McCarthy, Eugene.

McCarthy, Eugene

Argent, a stag trippant Gules, attired and hoofed Sable, standing on a terrace in base Vert charged with a fess Or; on a chief Sable, three geese volant contourné Argent.

Coat of arms emblazoned by me with a pointed shape, illuminated, and with a leather finishing.

Blazon keywords: Argent, One, Stag, Tripant, Gules, Attired, Hoofed, Sable, Terrace in base, Base, Vert, Charged, Fess, Or, Chief, Three, Goose, Volant and Facing sinister.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Pointed, Illuminated and Leather.

Classification: Personal, Interpreted and Coat of arms.

Bearer: McCarthy, Eugene.

Eugene McCarthy, motto

Argent, a stag trippant Gules, attired and hoofed Sable, standing on a terrace in base Vert charged with a fess Or; on a chief Sable, three geese volant contourné Argent. Motto: «An Garraí Dubh go Brách» Sable, with initial letters Gules, over a scroll Argent.

Blazon keywords: Argent, One, Stag, Tripant, Gules, Attired, Hoofed, Sable, Terrace in base, Base, Vert, Charged, Fess, Or, Chief, Three, Goose, Volant, Facing sinister, Motto and Scroll.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Pointed, Illuminated and Leather.

Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Coat of arms and Irish language.

Bearer: McCarthy, Eugene.

Eugene McCarthy, sealed

Argent, a stag trippant Gules, attired and hoofed Sable, standing on a terrace in base Vert charged with a fess Or; on a chief Sable, three geese volant contourné Argent. Motto: «An Garraí Dubh go Brách» Sable, with initial letters Gules, over a scroll Argent.

Design rationale

The stag trippant Gules came from the arms of the MacCarthy clan, also transcribed as McCarthy, but for difference attired and hoofed Sable, this Sable reflecting the peat-coloured soil of Gerryduff.
The chief Sable also from Garryduff, called «An Garraí Dubh» in Irish, which means «the black garden», referring to the peat-coloured dark soil; it is the home place of Eugene McCarthy and his family for generations.
The three geese volant Argent from the local parish of Monagae, «the bogland of the geese», and they are flying to sinister as the Irish people from the US return to their Ireland, flying east across the Atlantic Ocean, this symbolism also evokes the famous «Wild Geese» Irish of previous centuries who emigrated to mainland Europe and further afield to serve in the armies of France, Spain, and Austria, many of the name McCarthy included.
A terrace in base Vert with a fess Or because these are the colours of the local GAA* football and hurling club, established in 1896, GAA means Gaelic Athletic Association.
And the motto «An Garraí Dubh go Brách» means «Garryduff Forever».