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My fathers a protestant ,my mothers a protestant and Im a presbetiaryn
and of course I am Irish
GMac (after US open win)

 

[boaber]

Ulster???

Yes, Ulster Banner is what it's known as. Different obviously to the provincial flag of Ulster.

The st georges cross with a red hand and crown over it? It isn't even the flag of northern ireland never mind Ulster.

What flag are the Northern Ireland team using at the Commonwealth Games

Anyways, congrats to all the Europeans!

 

[Bill Struth]

Yes, Ulster Banner is what it's known as. Different obviously to the provincial flag of Ulster.

No such thing.

What flag are the Northern Ireland team using at the Commonwealth Games

No idea, but the flag you're referring to ceased to be the flag of northern ireland in 1973. Love the roll eyes smilie by the way.

 

[Staples]

No idea, but the flag you're referring to ceased to be the flag of northern ireland in 1973.

Just out of curiousity, any idea why?

 

[Bill Struth]

Just out of curiousity, any idea why?

It was the flag of the old govt of northern ireland. When direct rule returned, the union flag became the official flag.

 

[Staples]

Isn't it the inclusion of the red hand though that represents a particular eh... persuasion.

AFAIK, the hand isn't featured in norhern GAA circles.

 

[TarfHead]

Isn't it the inclusion of the red hand though that represents a particular eh... persuasion..

According to wikipedia, it doesn't have the significance you might think.

 

[boaber]

No such thing.

so what would you call it?

No idea

This might help http://www.gettyimages.ie/detail/104682612/Getty-Images-Sport

 

[boaber]

Isn't it the inclusion of the red hand though that represents a particular eh... persuasion.

Not at all. From [broken link removed]

Unlike the military simplicity of the Normans or the conventional elaborations of the Anglo-Irish, the symbols used in the arms of Gaelic Irish families tend to relate to pre-Christian myths, often in quite obscure ways. Thus, for example, the Red Hand of the O'Neills, now also associated with the province of Ulster, in heraldic terms a dexter hand appaumé gules, also occurs in various forms in the arms of other Gaelic families. The reason would appear to lie in the name of the son of Bolg or Nuadu, the Celtic sun-god, in some accounts the divine ancestor of all the Celts. This son was known as Labraid Lamhdearg, or "Labraid of the Red Hand". The association with the ancestral power of the sun-god is clearly a very good reason for the choice of symbol.

AFAIK, the hand isn't featured in norhern GAA circles.

It's on the official Ulster GAA website http://ulster.gaa.ie/ and the crest of the Tyrone team

 

[Staples]

That's me corrected. Thanks.

 

[Bill Struth]

so what would you call it?

This might help http://www.gettyimages.ie/detail/104682612/Getty-Images-Sport

Doesn't make it any less a defunct flag. The flag cannot be used in any official capacity. Sporting organisations can fly whatever flag they like.