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There is a very helpful map at
http://www.dioceseofmeath.ie/Parish_Ministry/index.html
which by moving your mouse around the map identifies the name of each parish and its location.
Keep in mind that boundaries have changed over the years, but this map is nevertheless most helpful in determining which parish to search in LDS films when looking for your ancestors in parish registers. However, don't ask the parish priest to search for you, that is not his job, and he won't do it anyhow. If you do rent a parish register film from LDS, be sure to share your Claffey/Claffy findings with the rest of us. If you prefer you could hire Sandra Cooper to do it for you http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~camounts/contribu/scooper.htm
Happy hunting!
Jim/Ann Claffee
Hi Keli,
Glad you enjoyed the Jim/Ann Claffee "Coat of Arms" piece.
Why not tell us a Claffey story of you own.
Regards To all.
Linst Mistress,
Carol Ann claffey Mounts
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Subject: Re: Fw: [CLAFFEY-L] Fw: Claffy/Claffey Coat of Arms
This was fascinating -- the "hand" story. I just love my Claffey family!!!!, Keli
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Jim and Ann, Thanks so much for the Coat of Arms Information.
List Mistress Carol Ann Claffey Mounts
Jim/Ann Claffee wrote
> Several people have inquired about a Claffey Coat of Arms.
> The short answer is: There is no legitimate Claffey Coat of Arms, but
> a Heraldic Artist will create one to the best of his ability for a price.
> This accounts for the various and sundry ones you see under this name.
> The long answer is: When knights went to battle they were covered
> head to toe in armor so you could not tell friend from foe. To correct
> this situation they placed their family crest on their shield and on a
> smock-type garment worn over their armor--a coat of arms. To be sure two
> families didn't use the same symbols, they had to be registered and a Coat
> of Arms was issued and recorded.
>
> In 1970 The Americana Heraldic Studio in Martinsburg, West Virginia
> researched this matter for us and I quote:
> MacLysaght in his "Supplement to Irish Families" records the
> following: '(Mac) Claffey, MacClave. MacLaithimh, anglicized MacClave
> and MacLava in Ulster, and made by pseudo-translation Hand in county
> Monaghan, has become Claffey in the midlands. It is found in the country
> around Athlone.' There is no coat-of-arms for Claffey, however, an arms
> is recorded for Hand. This same arms has been used here in America by
> John Hand, from Stanstead, Kent, England, one of the nine patentees of
> East Hampton, Long Island, 1648. You must remember, during this period
> much strife existed among the Catholics and Protestants of Ireland and the
> same deplorable situation exists today. Back then, many families changed
> their names under the penalty of death should their true identity become
> known. I believe John Hand is of the Mac Laithimh or Claffey lines as
> only one coat-of-arms is recorded for this name in any of the armories, be
> they United Kingdom which takes in Ireland or the !
> Irish Armories. The Hand coat-of-arms has a silver shield with three
> dexter hands of red with a blue chevron between them. The red hand is the
> time honored badge of the O'Neal's, one of the most honored names in
> Ireland. Tradition states that when the ship carrying the first
> adventurers to the Emerald Isle, two chieftons set out in two boats with
> the understanding that the first to lay hand on land would have the right
> to claim forever for his heirs all the land he could see. One of the
> chiefs finding his rival was gaining on him and realizing his rival would
> reach shore first, took out his sword and cut off his left hand and tossed
> the gory member ashore, thus gaining the right to select the land he
> wanted. Naturally his right hand became bloody too from holding the wrist
> from which the other hand had been severed. Thus, the red hand of Ulster
> as either hand is called. Now we are permitted to use spelling of the
> name as you use it with a correct spelling under it or !
> an explanation on the back of the arms. (end of quote)
>
> Hope this explains why there are so many different Claffey/Claffy coat of
> arms.
>
> Jim/Ann Claffee
----- Original Message -----
From: Jim-Ann Claffee
To: Claffey List
Cc: CClaffy(a)metrocourt.state.nm.us
Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 11:45 PM
Subject: Claffy/Claffey Coat of Arms
Several people have inquired about a Claffey Coat of Arms.
The short answer is: There is no legitimate Claffey Coat of Arms, but a Heraldic Artist will create one to the best of his ability for a price. This accounts for the various and sundry ones you see under this name.
The long answer is: When knights went to battle they were covered head to toe in armor so you could not tell friend from foe. To correct this situation they placed their family crest on their shield and on a smock-type garment worn over their armor--a coat of arms. To be sure two families didn't use the same symbols, they had to be registered and a Coat of Arms was issued and recorded.
In 1970 The Americana Heraldic Studio in Martinsburg, West Virginia researched this matter for us and I quote:
MacLysaght in his "Supplement to Irish Families" records the following: '(Mac) Claffey, MacClave. MacLaithimh, anglicized MacClave and MacLava in Ulster, and made by pseudo-translation Hand in county Monaghan, has become Claffey in the midlands. It is found in the country around Athlone.' There is no coat-of-arms for Claffey, however, an arms is recorded for Hand. This same arms has been used here in America by John Hand, from Stanstead, Kent, England, one of the nine patentees of East Hampton, Long Island, 1648. You must remember, during this period much strife existed among the Catholics and Protestants of Ireland and the same deplorable situation exists today. Back then, many families changed their names under the penalty of death should their true identity become known. I believe John Hand is of the Mac Laithimh or Claffey lines as only one coat-of-arms is recorded for this name in any of the armories, be they United Kingdom which takes in Ireland or the !
Irish Armories. The Hand coat-of-arms has a silver shield with three dexter hands of red with a blue chevron between them. The red hand is the time honored badge of the O'Neal's, one of the most honored names in Ireland. Tradition states that when the ship carrying the first adventurers to the Emerald Isle, two chieftons set out in two boats with the understanding that the first to lay hand on land would have the right to claim forever for his heirs all the land he could see. One of the chiefs finding his rival was gaining on him and realizing his rival would reach shore first, took out his sword and cut off his left hand and tossed the gory member ashore, thus gaining the right to select the land he wanted. Naturally his right hand became bloody too from holding the wrist from which the other hand had been severed. Thus, the red hand of Ulster as either hand is called. Now we are permitted to use spelling of the name as you use it with a correct spelling under it or !
an explanation on the back of the arms. (end of quote)
Hope this explains why there are so many different Claffey/Claffy coat of arms.
Jim/Ann Claffee
Several people have inquired about a Claffey Coat of Arms.
The short answer is: There is no legitimate Claffey Coat of Arms, but a Heraldic Artist will create one to the best of his ability for a price. This accounts for the various and sundry ones you see under this name.
The long answer is: When knights went to battle they were covered head to toe in armor so you could not tell friend from foe. To correct this situation they placed their family crest on their shield and on a smock-type garment worn over their armor--a coat of arms. To be sure two families didn't use the same symbols, they had to be registered and a Coat of Arms was issued and recorded.
In 1970 The Americana Heraldic Studio in Martinsburg, West Virginia researched this matter for us and I quote:
MacLysaght in his "Supplement to Irish Families" records the following: '(Mac) Claffey, MacClave. MacLaithimh, anglicized MacClave and MacLava in Ulster, and made by pseudo-translation Hand in county Monaghan, has become Claffey in the midlands. It is found in the country around Athlone.' There is no coat-of-arms for Claffey, however, an arms is recorded for Hand. This same arms has been used here in America by John Hand, from Stanstead, Kent, England, one of the nine patentees of East Hampton, Long Island, 1648. You must remember, during this period much strife existed among the Catholics and Protestants of Ireland and the same deplorable situation exists today. Back then, many families changed their names under the penalty of death should their true identity become known. I believe John Hand is of the Mac Laithimh or Claffey lines as only one coat-of-arms is recorded for this name in any of the armories, be they United Kingdom which takes in Ireland or the !
Irish Armories. The Hand coat-of-arms has a silver shield with three dexter hands of red with a blue chevron between them. The red hand is the time honored badge of the O'Neal's, one of the most honored names in Ireland. Tradition states that when the ship carrying the first adventurers to the Emerald Isle, two chieftons set out in two boats with the understanding that the first to lay hand on land would have the right to claim forever for his heirs all the land he could see. One of the chiefs finding his rival was gaining on him and realizing his rival would reach shore first, took out his sword and cut off his left hand and tossed the gory member ashore, thus gaining the right to select the land he wanted. Naturally his right hand became bloody too from holding the wrist from which the other hand had been severed. Thus, the red hand of Ulster as either hand is called. Now we are permitted to use spelling of the name as you use it with a correct spelling under it or !
an explanation on the back of the arms. (end of quote)
Hope this explains why there are so many different Claffey/Claffy coat of arms.
Jim/Ann Claffee