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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)
 
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 :rolleyes:

Anyways, congrats to all the Europeans!
 
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.
 
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
 
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