Unit: Office of Arms

Office of Arms

Ulster Office of Arms

Saturday 2nd of February 1552 - Thursday 1st of April 1943

The Office of Arms was Ireland's oldest Office of State, formally established in the 16th century to perform heraldic and genealogical functions. The Office was peculiar in that it retained a direct link to the British Crown through its officeholder until 1943, when it was transferred to the Irish public administration

From date: 1552-02-02
To date: 1943-04-01
Source: S. Hood, 'Royal Roots, Republican Inheritance: The Survival of the Office of Arms' (2002, Woodfield Press) ('Hood')
Confidence: Quite Confident
Names: Ulster Office of Arms
- Source: Hood
- Description: Alternate name used for the Office of Arms
- From date: 1552-02-02
- To date: 1943-04-01
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Legal forms: Constitutional and Government Offices and Statutory Office Holders
- Source: Hood
- From date: 1552-02-02
- To date: 1943-04-01
- Confidence: Fairly Confident
Functions: Delivery
- Source: Hood
- From date: 1552-02-02
- To date: 1943-04-01
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Policy domains: Recreation, Culture, Religion
- Source: Hood
- From date: 1552-02-02
- To date: 1943-04-01
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Counties: Dublin
- Source: Hood
- From date: 1552-02-02
- To date: 1943-04-01
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Cofog: cultural services
- Source: Hood
- From date: 1552-02-02
- To date: 1943-04-01
- Confidence: Quite Confident

Associated Events
Name	Date	From	To
Office of Arms (Absorption)	1943-04-01	Office of Arms	National Library of Ireland
Office of Arms (Birth)	1552-02-02		Office of Arms

Unit Information

Office of Arms

Ulster Office of Arms