Ryan Coat of Arms & Family Crest - Symbols, Bearers, History

Ryan “Family Crest” or Coat of Arms - Family History & Surname
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1) Ryan of Ireland - Gules, three griffins heads erased argent. Crest: A griffin segreant gules holding in the sinister talon (claw) a dagger proper.
Darby O’Mulryan, eldest son of William O’Mulryan of Salloghade Mor (1580-1637), son of Daniel, son of Darby, son of Daniel, son of Mahowne, son of Darby O’Ryan
Henry Mulrian, son of Henry, son of Jeffrey, grandson of David, son of Lucas Ryan
2) Ryan of Inch House, co. Tipperary - George Ryan (1791-1884), Sheriff, and brothers Daniel, Philip, and John, sons of George Ryan (d. 1805), son of John Ryan (d. 1778), son of Daniel Ryan, son of John Ryan (d. 1723), son of Daniel Ryan (d. 1692), all of Inch House - Gules three griffins’ heads erased or. Crest: A griffin segreant azure holding a sword erect proper. Motto - Malo mori quam fdari.
3) William Burke Ryan of Bayswater, co. Middlesex (born 1810), medical doctor, only child of Michael Ryan of Oldtown, Queen’s County, a descendant of the family of Ryan of Banshee, co. Tipperary - Argent on a bend azure six ears of rye, two, two, and two, or. Crest: A griffin, segreant, azure holding a sword, erect, proper.
4) James Ryan (d. 1598), Sheriff of Dublin - Gules on a bend argent six holly leaves, two, two, and two, vert, quartering, Azure a chevron between three griffins’ heads erased argent. Crest: A horse sable. Motto - Malo mori quam fdari.
5) confirmed in 1782 to Thomas Patrick Ryan of Cadiz, Spain, the great-grandson of Darby Ryan Esq. of Silvergrove and Monagenagh, co. Clare (fl. 1688) - Gules on a bend argent six holly leaves, two, two, and two, vert, quartering, Azure a chevron between three griffins’ heads erased argent. Crest: A griffin’s head couped above the neck or.
6) granted in 1804 to Major Edward Michael Ryan, Knight of the Order of Maria Theresa, created a Baron in Austria - De gueules, au chevron d'argent, ch. de trois têtes d'aigle du champ, au chef du second, ch. de trois branches de houx, feuillées chacune de cinq pièces de sinople. Casque couronné. Cimier: un griffon de gueules, armé d'une épée d'argent, empoignant de sa patte dextre la lame et de sa senestre la garde de l'épée. Lambrequin: d'argent et de gueules. Devise: MALO MORI QUAM FOEDARI.
7) Barry of ten or and gules. Crest: A hand proper vested azure cuffed argent holding a baton gules virolled or.
8) Gules on a chief argent three lions’ heads erased of the field. Crest: The sun rising from behind a hill proper.
9) Crest: On a garb fesseways a goat. Motto: Malo mori quam foedari.
NOTABLES:
Sir Edward Ryan (1793-1875) was an English lawyer, judge, reformer of the British Civil Service and patron of science who served as Chief Justice of Bengal, second son of William Ryan - had eight sons, including Sir Charles Lister Ryan (1831-1920), comptroller and auditor-general, Colonel William Cavendish Bentinck Ryan (1833-1894), and Colonel Edward Moody Ryan
Vincent William Ryan (1816-1888), Bishop of Mauritius and Archdeacon of Suffolk, son of Captain John Ryan of the 82nd Regiment
Daniel Frederick Ryan (c. 1762-1798), army officer and magistrate, was born at Ballynaclash, co. Wicklow, the son of Dr. Ryan of Wexford
Michael Ryan (1800-1840), surgeon and writer on medicine, of unknown parentage, was probably born in Ireland. He studied medicine in Dublin and Edinburgh, where he took his degree and became a member of the College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
Thaddeus Richard Ryan of Ballyvistea, Scarteen, and Knocklong (1760-1843), son of John Ryan of Ballyvistea (1722-1810), son of Thaddeus Ryan of Ballvistea, co. Limerick (1642-1740)
William Ryan of Ballymackeogh (d. 1835), son of Ewer Ryan of Ballymackeogh (d. 1802), son of William Ryan of Ballymackeogh (d. 1765), son of Daniel Ryan of Ballymackeogh, son of William Ryan of Ballymackeogh, co. Tipperary