Can you clarify what you think the colours would have been? The image makes it all look greenish grey.
I can tell you that your great gran had notions but a crest like this has grammar and conjugation rather than just referring to a single patrilineal surname.
The escutcheon of pretence (the little shield superimposed on the big one) indicates that this is the crest of a daughter of the family where both parents were heirs (The heir parent’s family crest is the big shield and the heiress parent’s family crest is the little shield in the middle).
Now, the heiress parent’s crest isn’t clear to me. It’s maybe checky. Or maybe it’s a cross with its own escutcheon of pretence. I’m not sure.
Then the heir parent’s crest seems to have quartered marshalling. This means he was the male heir of parent’s who were also both heirs of their own families. The top left and bottom right will be parts of his father’s crest and the bottom left and top right will be parts of his mother’s crest.
But wait, there’s more…
Since the rampant lion(?) (can’t really tell from the image but I think it’s a lion) doesn’t match the bottom left, we know that the coat of arms it is based on had impalement for marshalling. We know the father’s father was an heir from the lion crested family who married a woman who was not an heir but had a family crest.
There’s at least a half dozen Irish families whose origin stories include bravery sufficient to warrant the inclusion of a lion. So this combined with impossible to determine colours in the image makes identifying the relevant set of families quite difficult.
I think that’s Gryffindor
You know these family crests are nonsense right? Someone just made them up at some point as way to squeeze extra money from tourists!
Yes I recognise it – I believe it’s your great grandmothers family crest.
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Clan McNaughty of the Lowen Braug – ferocious Celtic archers!!!
Maybe Farrell?
https://www.irishsurnames.com/cgi-bin/gallery.pl?name=farrell&capname=Farrell&letter=f
I think it’s English
No, I don’t recognise it, next question
Perhaps r/heraldry may be of assistance?
Good luck!
Looks like the Lannisters.
Can you clarify what you think the colours would have been? The image makes it all look greenish grey.
I can tell you that your great gran had notions but a crest like this has grammar and conjugation rather than just referring to a single patrilineal surname.
The escutcheon of pretence (the little shield superimposed on the big one) indicates that this is the crest of a daughter of the family where both parents were heirs (The heir parent’s family crest is the big shield and the heiress parent’s family crest is the little shield in the middle).
Now, the heiress parent’s crest isn’t clear to me. It’s maybe checky. Or maybe it’s a cross with its own escutcheon of pretence. I’m not sure.
Then the heir parent’s crest seems to have quartered marshalling. This means he was the male heir of parent’s who were also both heirs of their own families. The top left and bottom right will be parts of his father’s crest and the bottom left and top right will be parts of his mother’s crest.
But wait, there’s more…
Since the rampant lion(?) (can’t really tell from the image but I think it’s a lion) doesn’t match the bottom left, we know that the coat of arms it is based on had impalement for marshalling. We know the father’s father was an heir from the lion crested family who married a woman who was not an heir but had a family crest.
There’s at least a half dozen Irish families whose origin stories include bravery sufficient to warrant the inclusion of a lion. So this combined with impossible to determine colours in the image makes identifying the relevant set of families quite difficult.
I think that’s Gryffindor
You know these family crests are nonsense right? Someone just made them up at some point as way to squeeze extra money from tourists!
Yes I recognise it – I believe it’s your great grandmothers family crest.
What’s your grandmothers family name??
Teresa Carmody is a made up name.