Coat of Arms
On the petition of the Authority the Chief Herald of Ireland has granted and assigned unto the Authority a Coat of Arms described as follows:
"Argent a cinquefoil pierced gules between nine billets, four, two, two and one vert, and with the Motto: Nasc agus Neart".
The Coat of Arms is the property of the South-East Regional Authority and its use by others is not permitted except with the expressed permission of the Authority.
Text of the Grant of Arms by Chief Herald of Ireland
To all to whom these Presents shall come, I, Donal Begley, Chief Herald of Ireland, send Greeting.
Whereas petition hath been made unto me by the Chairman and members of the South-East Regional Authority, Clonmel in the County of Tipperary, setting forth that they are desirous that certain Armorial Ensigns may be duly marshalled and assigned by lawful authority unto the said Authority such as without injury or prejudice to any other the said Authority may forever bear and advance and praying that I would grant and assign unto the said Authority such Armorial Ensigns as aforesaid and that the Armorial Ensigns so granted and assigned may be ratified and recored in my Office to the end that the Officers of Arms there and all others upon occasion may take full notice and have knowledge thereof.
Now, I, the said Chief Herald of Ireland, having taken the said petition into consideration and having enquired into and examined the circumstances, am pleased to comply with the said petition and do, by these Presents, acting on behalf of and by the authority of the Government of Ireland, grant and assign unto the said Authority the Arms following, that is to say:- Argent a cinquefoil pierced gules between nine billets four, two, two and one vert, and with the Motto: Nasc agus Neart, the whole more clearly depicted in the margin hereof. To have and to hold the said Arms unto the said South-East Regional Authority forever and the same to bear, use, shew, set forth and advance in shield or banner or otherwise, observing and using their due and proper differences according to the Laws of Arms and without the let, hindrance, molestation, interruption, controlment or challenge of any manner of person or persons whatsoever.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my Name and Title and affixed the Seal of my Office this 6th day of December, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety Four.
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Donal Begley
Chief Herald of Ireland.
