Nasc Nia Roster
The Niadh Nask
2000
THE NIADH NASK History and International Roll 1996 From the Preface by The Rt. Hon. The Lord Borthwick of that Ilk, NN, GCLJ, President of the International Commission for Orders of Chivalry ... The Niadh Nask is without doubt one of the most ancient nobiliary honours in the world, if not the most ancient! Its origins are shrouded in the mists of time. According to Gaelic historians, writing in the fifteenth century, it was founded almost a thousand years before the birth of Christ! Whether this is true or not we cannot say, but it is evident that the Order is at least pre-Chivalric in origin if not pre-Christian. Its members are knightly, as the Samurai of Japan are, or the Roman EQUES were, but do not bear Chivalric designations. The Order has divisions but no Grades as such. All Niadh Nask are in fact equal, wear virtually identical insignia, and bear the same postnominal initials. When, in 1984, after several years of scrutiny, the International Commission for Orders of Chivalry recognized The Niadh Nask, or Military Order of the Golden Chain, as a perfectly valid and legal Dynastic Honour of the ancient Irish Royal House of Munster, under the Chiefship of The MacCarthy M r, Prince of Desmond, it had to devise the entirely new category of OTHER NOBILIARY BODIES to list it under, not because it was less important than the great and ancient Dynastic Orders of Chivalry, but because it was even more ancient in its origins! The year 1996 marks the Quatercentenary of the death of His Majesty King Donal IX MacCarthy M r, last regnant sovereign of Desmond and titular King of Munster. Both the Dynasty and its House honour have survived the collapse of Gaelic Ireland and remain a real Golden Chain linking the present with the past. Whilst these Chains remain unbroken, Gaelic Ireland survives!
The Niadh Nask History and International Roll 1996 contains not only a listing of all current members of this nobiliary body, but details: History of The Niadh Nask ... The current Grand Council of The Niadh Nask, including an Armorial of these individuals ... In Memoria Roll of Companions of The Niadh Nask who have died since the accession of the current MacCarthy M r ... Jurisdictions of The Niadh Nask internationally ... Listing of recipients of the King Donal IX MacCarthy M r Quatercentenary Medal Roll
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Major
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Mark A. Bickham, NN, FSA(Scot)
Hereditary NN
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William Paret Boswell, NN, USAFR(Ret)
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Capt.
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Mitchell L. Lathrop, NN, USNR(Ret)
Captain
Hereditary NN
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Dale J. J. Leppard, NN, RGG
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Dr.
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Venerable
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CPT
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Patrick Michael O'Shea - teaches at some university
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Dalta
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CPT, The Very Reverend
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The Armorial Bearings of Major The Chevalier David Robert Wooten, were Registered with The American College of Heraldry on 6 November 1992 under Number 1073. They were also received in a Certificacion de Armas from the Cronista Rey de Armas under Protocolo:3/1995; Folios:149-151, and Confirmed by the Ministerio de Justicia, Madrid, Kingdom of Spain. Later the Arms were Registered by the St. Andrew Principal Herald Master of the Collegium Heraldicum Russiae under Number 167.
Blazon: En campo de azur (azul), una celosía ecotada, de oro. Va timbrado el escudo de armas de un casco de acero bruñido, con bordura y grilletas de oro, claveteado de lo mismo, forrado de gules (rojo), sumado de un burelete trenzado de azur (azul) y oro del que salen lambrequines de los mismos esmaltes y sumado a su vez de una cabeza de satiro, sanguino, barbado al natural, orejado con alas de murciélago, de azur (azul) y sumado de una corona de hojas de olivo, de sinople (verde). Divisa: En cinta de plata con letras de sable (negro): "MELIOR NULLO NULLUS MELIOR".
Azure, fretty raguly Or. Above the Shield is placed a Helmet with a Mantling Azure doubled Or, and on a Wreath Or and Azure is set for Crest, a satyr Sanguine, wreathed with olive leaves Proper, with bat's wings to the sides Azure, and in an Escrol below the Shield this Motto: “Melior Nullo Nullus Melior” (I am better than no man, but no man is my better).