The North American Vexillological Association — it brands itself as the world’s largest club for flag enthusiasts — has settled on five basic rules for good flag design. They even distilled the rules ...

At that time, a half crown made for a sizable gift: eight of them made up one pound. The half crown was a coin in our old ...

It is currently located in Crosshaven, Co. Cork, Ireland and is Cork Harbour’s largest yacht club and the biggest sailing ...

The Royal Cork Yacht Club’s burgee is a red pennant with the heraldic badge of Ireland (a stylised harp topped with a crown) at its centre. The club’s ensign has a navy blue field with the Irish ...

McDonald’s has announced a new milkshake will be coming to its UK menu in the coming weeks. The Shamrock Shake will be available to buy in UK restaurants for only two weeks in March. For the ...

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Treble up for Willie Mullins and Paul Townend at Punchestown as Salvator Mundi digs deep to claim feature ...

“It is certainly where the family name comes from”, Martin added. On receiving news of the peerage, Martin contacted the Heraldry Society and was assured that he will be the first ever Lord Callanan ...

80-90. ODNB online, Elizabeth Lee, rev. Kathryn Sutherland, 'Pickering, Ellen (1801/2-1843), novelist'; John Burke, A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the commoners of Great Britain, vol. 4 ...