The Irish Lafferty's are descendants from Hermon son of the King Milesius
of Spain 2000 B.C.. John Lafferty is descendant through Brian Labbertach
King of Ireland
in AD 350. The Lafferty crest is an Arm akimbo holding a
fine tempered Toledo blade on whose
point fixed through its tail is a
venomous snake coiling itself around the blade and killing itself
on its
sharp double edges in its effort to strike this Lafferty hand. Moto
engraved on their arms: ODhia Gach an Cablai--Nec Timeo nec Sperno--
Min Sicker Reag.
Translation is "Oh God of all--I will neither fear nor despise --my enemy"
From "Pioneers and Makers of Arkansas" by J. Shinn. written 1910
