1. Ferriter Family Arms: The Whys and the Wherefores (Or How Shopkeepers and Looters stole the Glory)

3. The Reality of Arms C1300 Heraldic symbols came to be painted on the sleeveless surcoats worn over armour and the term "coat of arms" appeared. Early records of the arms associated with particular families include the seals of the hundred barons who signed and sealed a letter to Pope Boniface VIII in 1301, and the documents called Rolls of Arms which commemorate knights attending battles and tournaments at around the same time.

8. Heraldic Devices

10. DeMarais

11. FitzGerald

12. FitzMaurice

13. Hussey

14. Rice

15. Trant

21. Spurious Arms These arms were offered on the internet as "Ferriter Family Crest", but are actually for the Farron/Fearon Family (and questionable at that). The accompanying "history" simply assumes that "Ferriter" is a spelling variant of "Farron", and proceeds with all sorts of misleading information on that basis.

22. Unregistered Arms of Ferriter These arms belonged to Charles Arthur Ferriter, (1901 – 1969). How he came to have them is unknown, however he thought enough of them to hang the ’original’ behind glass in the front hallway of his home, dating at least back to the late 1950s. These armorials have been given intense scrutiny. There exist certain evidentiary artifacts that suggest that they are not a random fake or fantasy.

25. The Crest and Motto of Taaffe The Motto for the Taaffe Coat of Arms is "In hoc signo spes mea", which means "In this sign is my hope”