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Greetings,
Here's the information we found about "Tierge O/ Riagáin na Scolaire," which you want to use as an Irish name, and your arms "Gyronny Sanguine and Argent, upon a Maltese Cross Sable, a Carbuncle Or."
We should warn you that our focus is purely on historical names. It's entirely possible that you could pass a name that isn't totally historically accurate for your period. If you're more interested in getting something close to what you submitted than in having a historical name, you should get a second opinion from another group (such as SCAHRLDS).
Given that, here's the historical information we can provide:
We didn't find the name "Tierge," in any form, as an Irish name. If you can let us know where you found it, we might be able to tell you whether your source is accurate. As alternatives, we can suggest the names "Tadhg" (the "adh" is a long "i" sound like in "tie") or "Tigernán" (pronounced "TEER-nan.") (1)
"O/ Riagáin" is the name of two different families, both of which are old. The original meaning is "descendant of "Riacán."
We would recommend using a name like "Tadhg O/ Riagáin" without any addition. Two-element names of this form were far more common than three-element names. However, three-element names are found, and if you wish you could add "the scholar" onto your name.
If you keep the addition, we recommend using "Tadhg Scolaige O/ Riagáin." "Scolaige" is an older word for "scholar" that gave rise to the name "Scully." (2) Most three-element names put the descriptive term immediately after the given name, with no article. Thus "Tadgh Scolaige O/ Riagáin" is the most appopriate form for your period.
We recommend a number of changes in your arms.
First, "sanguine" wasn't used in your period. Even in very late-period heraldry, it was extremely rare. Before 1400, it simply wasn't used. Instead of sanguine, we suggest "gules" or red.
Second, we found that designs which have a single charge on a gyronny field are very rare--the examples we found from your period are generally escutcheons (shield shapes). We would recommend changing your design to put four or eight charges around the edge of the design.
Third, an escarbuncle won't easily fit on a Maltese cross. The center of the cross is very small, and the arms of the escarbuncle would be almost completely unidentifiable on that small area.
We recommend a design with either crosses or escarbuncles placed around the edge of the design, for example
"Gyronny gules and argent, eight Maltese crosses counterchanged."
or
"Gyronny gules and argent, on a chief sable three Maltese crosses Or."
These would be much more like a coat of arms from your period.
Talan Gwynek, Hartmann Rogge, Lindorm Eriksson, Zenobia Naphtali, Arval Benicoeur, Evan da Collaureo, Pedro de Alcazar, Rouland Carre, and Elspeth Anne Roth contributed to this letter.
We hope that this has been helpful, and that we can continue to assist you.
In service,
Alan Fairfax
Academy of S. Gabriel
(1) O'Corrain and Maguire, "Irish Names."
(2) Woulfe, P. "Gaelic Names."