A Hand For Land

This is a poster I made in indesign for a project of my mom's family coat of arms. When you read the story you will go back to the first sentence typed here and note that there should be a pun. Anyways for the most part I think it turned out well.

Anyways since you probably can't read it, here is the text and story that I found. This Legend tells of a pact among the seven sons of Miledh of Esbain, the Celtic king who's sons conquered Ireland. The rule of the new land would be whosoever among them first touched the soil of the island. As the flotilla(a small fleet of ships) approached the shore, one of the sons took his sword, cut off his right hand and threw it to land, thus claiming sovereignty. This story appears to relate to similar myth relating to Erimhon who is reputed to have been the first Celtic ruler of the northern part of Ireland. His Brother Ebher ruled the southern half. They were the only two of the seven brothers who survived the original conquest, appearing to be a continuation of the earlier episode. As the first story conflicts with the laws of Ireland relating to the abhorrence of any physical imperfection of kings, it would seem that this legendary king my perhaps have subsequently been on of the two surviving brothers of the first segment and possibly somehow the source of the ultimately abhorrent physical defect rule for reasons lost in time possibly in a 'middle' segment. However there is another legend which may apply. This tale appears chronologically after the Origin Myth relating to a subsequent, King og the Tuatha De Danann (Nuada), who, the saga tells, was of the owner of an invincible sword, who had his right hand severed by Sreng during a great battle with the Fomorians [one of the earliest Legendary Tribes of Ireland]. With all that being said. No imperfect man being allowed to hold the throne, Nuada was forced to abdicate in favor of Bres. However, a silver hand was fashioned for him from the power of ancient magic but still the people would not accept him as their King. The new aperture began to fester and the severed hand of Nuada was eventually exhumed and with the power of ancient magic caused flesh and sinew to grow back around the prosthesis. Bres had proved to be a tyrant and when the Tuatha de Danann exiled Bres. Nuada resumed his position as King but was later killed By Balor...