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ARDAGH, See of. Or, a cross gules, in each quarter a trefoil slipped vert, on a chief sable a key erect of the first.

[These arms are recorded in Ulster's Office, but by the disestablishment of now the Irish Church are extinct.]

ARDAGH. Refer to Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh, Bishop of.

ARDFERT. Refer to Limerick, Ardfert, and Aghado, Bishop of.

ARDROSSAN (Ayrshire). Has no arms and its seal is not heraldic.

ARENSBERG. Refer to Cologne, Elector of

ARGENTINE REPUBLIC.{ Per fesse azure and argent, from the dexter and sinister sides, an arm issuant fesseways, the hands clasped and grasping a staff in pale proper, thereon the cap of Liberty gules.

ARGYLL, County of Has no arms.

ARGYLL, Dukes of. Behind the escutcheon are borne in saltire, viz., in bend dexter a baton gules powdered with thistles or, ensigned with an Imperial crown proper, thereon the crest of Scotland (for the office of Hereditary Great Master of the Household in Scotland), in bend sinister a sword proper, hilt and pommel or (for the office of Justice-General of Argyllshire).

ARGYLL, See of. Azure, two croziers in saltire, and in chief a mitre or.

[These arms were matriculated in Lyon Register, c. 1672-7, and again c. 1680-7, and are still in use, but by the disestablishment of the Episcopal Church in Scotland they are really extinct, and their present use is improper.]

ARGYLL AND THE ISLES, Bishop of. According to Crockford the arms in use are Quarterly: 1 and 4, the arms of the See of Argyll (to which refer) 2 and 3, the arms of the See of the Isles (to which refer).

[There is no authority for such usage.]

ARMAGH, County of Has no arms.

ARMAGH, City of Has no arms. Debrett's "House of Commons" gives an illustration of a seal showing a harp or on a field azure, with the legend, "The Seal of the bvrgh of Armagh." On a sheet of Irish armorial bearings published by Marcus Ward & Co., arms are given, namely, "Azure, a harp or."