The Tara Brooch is the emblem of QIA Tara Singers.

It takes its name from Tara, the Teamhair na Riogh - High Place of the Kings in ancient Ireland and one of Ireland's most significant historic sites.

Monuments on and around the hill of Tara date from the Stone Age and later and were described c. AD 1000 by an antiquary who noted the names and positions of the visible monuments and wrote their mythical history in a tract of the Dindshenchus.

The last High King (Ard Rí) of Ireland was Brian Boru who was killed after a bloody battle on Good Friday 1014, the Battle of Clontarf.

The Tara Brooch, taken by Tara Singers as its emblem, is an example of the pseudopenannular brooches with completely closed rings, as opposed to the penannular brooches which consisted of a gapped hoop and pin. The pseudopenannular brooches were used as ornamental cloak fastenings in Ireland during the eighth century AD.

The Tara Brooch was one of many such ornaments that were discovered during the 19th century, in particular. It was given the name `Tara Brooch` by a dealer through whose hands it passed after its `discovery` in 1850 in material collapsed from a cliff at Bettystown in County Meath. Made of cast silver-gilt, the brooch panels feature elaborate filigree ornaments - animal shapes, snakes, interlace and scrolls, and is decorated with amber and glass settings.

It is claimed that the sophistication and variety of the ornaments makes the Tara Brooch one of the three most accomplished pieces of eighth-century Irish metalwork. It is now housed in the National Museum of Ireland.

The Tara Singers flag features an image of the brooch designed by Tara Singer Christopher Lloyd.