Quote Originally Posted by thanmuwa View Post
There are 10 kinds of people in the world: those who understand binary and those who don't.

Regarding your 2 (or 3?) points:
1) Are the coats-of-arms of the 6 counties in the North copyright of the Irish government? I knew that the lighthouses in Northern Ireland belonged to the Southern Government, but I didn't know that one. Cool and thanks for the info.
2) Agree wholeheartedly.
3) That may be technically true, but the county does use the city's coat of arms, you see it on every county team's crest.

On the plus side, the vast vast majority of Irish people will call it Derry (like on your site Rocky) rather than Londonderry as on the House of Edgar one. Much easier on the eye, thank you.
Er, sorry, but the Cork County Council adopted a seal (in 1899) and that's what it uses. For the record the seal incorporates the arms of the City of Cork surrounded by the arms of the cities of: Youghal; Castlemartyr; Bandon; Midelton; Kinsale; and Charleville.

As far as "county teams" using the arms of the City of Cork... well, that's sports for you! No one ever said they knew anything about heraldry. UP THE DUBS!!!