Manti Messenger | 1938-11-25 | Page 8 | "Bloody Hand" Coat of Arm

Bloody Hand Coat of Arm The bloody hand or red hand of Ulster forms part of the coat of arms of the former province now Northern Ireland It is supposed to C commemorate the daring of f 0 Neils a bold adventurer who vowed to hi be the first to touch the shore of ot Ireland Finding the boat in which he hT rowed outstripped by others he Was cut o off his h hand and and flung it to shor shore r to touch it before those in could ld land and When James I f for for the e i le estates in 1611 an and d created created cre- cre 00 new n ew baronets on payment of a thousand pounds each ostensibly for the ster he all allowed owed amelioration them to place of Un Ul o their on n coat armor the hand open red up to that time borne the by