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Registered: The
International Register
of Arms, 16th June 2022.
Registration No. 0640
(Vol.4).
Arms:
Azure, a
castle triple towered
per pale Argent and
Or, masoned Sable,
port and windows
Azure, between in
chief two bars wavy
Argent, in base two
bars wavy Argent.
Motto:
Fortificado Por El Sol.
Assumed:
Spain,
16th June 2022.
Designed and
illustrated by Dr.
Antonio Salmeron
Cabanas, SHA, of
Madrid, Spain.
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Dr.
Antonio Salmeron Cabanas
is a noted expert on
Spanish heraldry, a
renowned heraldic
artist, and a member of
the Society of Heraldic
Arts. He is also an
expert witness on
heraldic matters for the
Courts of Justice of the
Kingdom of Spain.
The commissioning of
these arms involved
researching the
appropriate heraldic
symbols of place in
respect of Mr. Larkin's
life journey from
Ballinasloe, via Dublin
and London, to Alicante.
The inspiration for the
design was drawn from a
variety of sources,
including the Arms of
the Town of Ballinasloe,
the armiger's hometown,
which were granted by
the Chief Herald of
Ireland and the Arms of
the city and community
of Alicante, Spain. It
was decided to create
the Arms in the
traditional Spanish
style rather than the
Irish style.
The Arms of the Town of
Ballinasloe have several
elements which refer to
the history of the Town,
its location on the
River Suck, a tributary
of the River Shannon,
and as a terminus for
the Grand Canal; its
castle of the O
Ceallaigh of Ui Mháine
(Hy-Many) and, of
course, the famous
centuries-old,
Ballinasloe Horse Fair.
The Arms of the O
Ceallaigh, Gaelic rulers
of Hy-Many where the
O’Lorcain clan were
Brehons (Gaelic Lawyers)
to the O’Madaidhin clan,
also contain the image
of a triple-towered
castle.
The Arms of the City of
Alicante has an almost
identical depiction of a
triple-towered castle as
the main element in its
arms and, therefore, it
was decided to link
these elements in the
arms for Mr. Larkin.
The wavy lines above
represent the River Suck
and River Shannon and
the ones below represent
the Mediterranean Sea.
The Spanish style was
considered more fitting
as Mr. Larkin's home is
now in the Kingdom of
Spain which has an
enormously rich and
centuries-old heraldic
tradition with a
culturally very
distinctive symbolism
and artistry.
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