Heraldry at Glin Castle

Catherine Fitzgerald of Glin Castle along with her husband Dominic West had a piece in the Sunday Independent 30 June 2019.

There is a generous coverage also on-line

for example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7R2RyqU4hjI

https://www.glin-castle.com/

https://theirishaesthete.com/tag/knight-of-glin/

                                                Impaled arms of Fitzgerald and Fraunceis (Gwyn)

Margaretta-Maria Gwyn, daughter of John Fraunceis-Gwyn, Colonel John Bateman Fitzgerald, 23rd Knight of Glin in 1789. The arms on the right hand side are those of Fraunceis even though the name is Gwyn.  The Fraunceis details follow:

Margaretta-Maria Gwyn, daughter of John Fraunceis-Gwyn, Colonel John Bateman Fitzgerald, 23rd Knight of Glin in 1789. The arms on the right hand side are those of Fraunceis even though the name is Gwyn.  

Next we see the Fitzgerald and Desmond crests on a set of chairs.  

http://www.askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/history-heritage/big-houses-of-ireland/glin-castle-co.-limerick/background-to-the-fitzger/

The Knights of Glin are a branch of the Fitzgeralds, Earls of Desmond who were granted extensive lands in Co Limerick They came to Ireland from Wales in the 1170's as mercenaries, at the request of King Dermot MacMurrough to help him subdue his subjects. Three of the cadet branches of the Desmond lordship were known as the White Knight, the Knight of Glin and the Knight of Kerry.

The last White Knight, Maurice Og FitzGibbon died in 1611 and the title is now believed to be extinct. Maurice's son, Thomas FitzMaurice FitzGerald was granted Shanid in West Limerick in 1197 where he built a polygonal keep, on a motte, in about 1200. 'Shanid Abu' means 'Shanid for ever' and was always the Desmond Geraldines war-cry. It can be seen on the coat-of-arms on the ceiling of Glin Castle.