Motto and Coat of Arms
The clan motto is Fortuna Favet Fortibus, or "Fortune Favours the Brave". An Ó Flaithbertaigh coat of arms depicts 'two red lions rampant combatant, supporting a red dexter hand, couped at the wrists, in base a black boat with eight oars'. However there is little known of Irish heraldic tradition as compared to that of the English although Irish use of distinctive flags and banners in battle is recorded in Irish annals such as the Annals of the Four Masters.
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