Republican's arms

• republican arms could mean:
  • a hypothetical pub with republican sentiments, as opposed to the royalist king's head
    • In the eighteenth century, the word Arms was added to teh name of many pubs to show that they were under the protection of a noble family.
  • arms (weapons) for Irish republicans to fught against the British
• publican → HCE
• from the king's head to the republican's arms: Ireland's transition in the 1920s from kingdom to republic