Coat of arms of Meath

Mide or Meath, a medieval Irish province, is sometimes represented by a coat of arms comprising a monarch "in majesty": that is, seated on a throne on a field of azure (blue).

[1][2] The arms of Mide appear alongside those of the four modern provinces on a 1651 map of Galway.

The arms reflect the fact that Tara, the seat of the High King of Ireland, was in Mide.

[1] This symbolism is derived from iconography rather than classical heraldry;[1] mediaeval royal seals portrayed a majesty on the obverse and the arms of the sovereign on the reverse.

The sceptre, here shown to have six oval nodules, represented power, and the outstretched right hand justice; both of these were royal prerogatives.