The arms of John Brady from Ireland, designed and emblazoned by me.
Blazon, Irish style: Sable, a sun in splendour Or in the dexter chief, and a dexter hand couped at the wrist proper pointing thereto in the sinister base, and per chevron Argent three brach hound’s heads couped Azure, 1 and 2.
Blazon: Party per chevron Sable and Argent, in the dexter of the chief a sun in splendour Or, pointed from the sinister by a dexter hand couped at the wrist, bendwise proper, in base three Brach hounds’ heads couped Azure, 1 and 2.
Motto: «Di Droimíní e Delle Alpi» Sable, with initial letters Gules, over a scroll Argent.
Design rationale: These arms were created for the descendants of Christopher Joseph Parnell Brady and Estella Amelia Arigho. The design is rooted in the traditional Brady Arms, including those recorded by the Ulster King of Arms in Dublin, while the hound’s head draws inspiration from the Arms of Caneggio, represented as Azure with a brach hound’s head couped Argent, but with the tinctures exchanged, painting Azure where it was Argent and vice versa. The number three holds dual significance. On the Brady side, it represents three generations tracing back to the Drumlins of County Cavan, those characteristic rounded hills of the Irish landscape. On the Arigho side, it symbolizes three generations leading to the Alps, represented by the chevron Argent over a Sable field, a nod to the family’s Swiss heritage.
