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A modern variant of the Starry Plough flag. Members of the socialist political party Éirígí carry facsimile-Starry Plough flags in Derry, January 2013. The Starry Plough banner (Irish: An Camchéachta – the bent plough) is a flag which was originally used by the Irish Citizen Army, a socialist Irish republican movement, and subsequently adopted by other Irish political organizations.
The Union Jack The Ulster Banner Saint Patrick's Saltire The only official flag for Northern Ireland is the Union Flag or Union Jack, the flag of the United Kingdom ; there is no official local flag that represents only Northern Ireland. The flying of various flags in Northern Ireland is a significant sectarian issue, with different communities identifying with different flags. The Ulster ...
In 2003, the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland proposed that a new flag should be adopted to represent all communities in Northern Ireland. [18] [19] Suggestions included a blue flax flower on a white field, a gold map of Northern Ireland on a dark blue field and a representation of the Giant's Causeway. [20]
The New Irish Republican Army, or New IRA, is an Irish republican paramilitary group. It is a continuation of the Real Irish Republican Army (Real IRA), which began to be called the 'New IRA' in July 2012 when Republican Action Against Drugs (RAAD) and other small republican militant groups merged with it.
The Flags and Emblems (Display) Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (c. 10 (N.I.)) was an act of the Parliament of Northern Ireland, passed in 1954.It empowered the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) to order the removal of any "emblem" whose public display was likely to lead to a breach of the peace, with exemption and protection for display of the Union Jack.
A Union Jack defaced with the Coat of arms of Northern Ireland. 1924–1953: The Ulster Banner, officially known as the Northern Ireland flag. Variant with the Tudor Crown used between 1924 and 1953. 1953–1972: The Ulster Banner, officially known as the Northern Ireland flag, [3] was the flag of the former Government of Northern Ireland.
A seven-year investigation of a former Irish Republican Army double agent concluded Friday in an interim report that the spy was probably responsible for more deaths than lives saved during ...
The 1st Government of Northern Ireland passed the Civil Authorities (Special Powers) Act (Northern Ireland) 1922, which allowed the Home Affairs Minister to do virtually anything he thought necessary to preserve law and order. Over the next thirty years this was used many times to ban or re-route nationalist, republican and some left-wing ...