17/06/2026
Every element of the FitzGerald Coat of Arms has something to say.
The red boar at the crest was a heraldic device reserved for the bravest — a beast that never ceases to resist, even when cornered. For the Knights of Glin, with their long and turbulent history defending these lands in County Limerick, it could not be more fitting.
The shield — Ermine, a saltire gules — combines the ancient FitzGerald field with the blue, chevron, and gold stars that mark the Glin branch of this great Norman family. And along the bottom, their war cry: Shanid Abú. Shanid forever. The battle call of the Desmond Geraldines, echoing back to their ancient seat in West Limerick.
The FitzGeralds arrived here in the early 13th century. Norman by descent, they became deeply Gaelicised, and the title Knight of Glin — Knight of the Glen, Knight of the Valley — has endured since the 14th century, held by those who commanded the lands stretching along the River Shannon to the sea.
Over 700 years. One family. One castle. One war cry.
