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Four provinces?

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While sources say the medal shows the arms of the four provinces, the only pictures I found online suggest otherwise:

jnestorius(talk) 23:58, 9 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The source would appear to be Francis Joseph Bigger, whose 1912 article "The Arms and Flags of Ireland" rejects the received arms of both Connacht (in his [erroneous] view an ugly British imposition unknown in Connacht) and Leinster (because those conflict with the arms of Ireland — which he gives a green field, rejecting Saint Patrick's Blue as a "fake colour"). Thus Bigger co-opts the Galway and Dublin municipal arms, which he interprets as Gaelic.[1]
Besides the Scott Medal, I have seen a few other scattered instances of Bigger's variant provincial arms:
jnestorius(talk) 21:17, 31 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ Bigger, Francis Joseph (1912). "The Arms and Flags of Ireland". Saothar na hÉireann. London: London Gaelic League.
    • slightly abbreviated version in:— Bigger, Francis Joseph (16 April 1914). "The Arms and Flags of Ireland". New Zealand Tablet: 26 – via PapersPast.;
    • original reprinted in:— Bigger, Francis Joseph (1927). Articles and Sketches: Biographical, Historical, Topographical. Dublin: Talbot Press. pp. 63–67.
  2. ^ "The Making of Beautiful Things". Minerva. Royal Dublin Society: 3. Winter 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2020 – via Issuu. Why the Dublin and Galway county arms supplanted the provincial emblems of Leinster and Connacht is a mystery at present.
  3. ^ Parsons, Michael (11 July 2015). "€25,000 Donegal carpet for auction". The Irish Times. Retrieved 14 June 2020.; "A SPECIALLY COMMISSIONED DONEGAL CARPET AT MEALY'S « antiquesandartireland.com". antiquesandartireland. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  4. ^ Robinson, Arianne (18 October 2016). "Heritage listing Orange Hall Lodge; ireland-four-provinces". Signal Toronto. fig.9 of 22. Retrieved 22 June 2020.