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Coat of arms of the House of Burgh. The flag of Ulster came about when Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster became Earl of Ulster in 1264. He merged the family arms (heraldry) of the ancient Anglo-Norman and Hiberno-Norman noble dynasty, the House of Burgh (which was a red cross on a yellow background) with that of the Red Hand of Ulster of the Irish over-kingdom of Ulaid, which the earldom ...
The arms and flag were designed in Dublin Castle by Major Sir Nevile Wilkinson, Ulster King of Arms, in 1923–1924. The flag is based on the flag of the traditional province of Ulster, [1] including a Red Hand of Ulster in the centre, and the red de Burgh cross [1] (though some claim this is the Saint George's Cross [2]).
A red flag defaced with a white letter "C". 1994 "Erne Flag" used on the Shannon–Erne Waterway. Triband of green, white and blue. House flag of the Larne and Stranraer Steamboat Company: A red pennant defaced with a Red Hand of Ulster on a white lozenge. House flag of the Londonderry Steamers: A flag divided into vertical triangles of blue ...
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 ...
Examples of official use of this term are the Ulster Unionist Party, the University of Ulster, and the BBC Radio Ulster. This term is disliked by some nationalists because the whole of the Province of Ulster consists of nine counties – three of which, County Monaghan , County Cavan and County Donegal , are in the Republic of Ireland .
2 Example usage. 3 TemplateData. Toggle the table of contents ... Meaning; alias: Ulster: Main article name : flag alias: Flag of Ulster.svg: Image name (File:Flag of ...
The divergent meanings of "Ulster" are reflected in divergent flags: The Flag of Ulster which represents the whole of the historic province of Ulster; The Ulster Banner, used from 1953 to 1972 as the banner of the former Government of Northern Ireland. Today it is still used by some Northern Ireland sports teams.
Arms of De Burgh [2]. The arms of the historic province of Ulster is a composite achievement, combining the heraldic symbols of the cross of de Burgh and the red hand motif of the Irish over-kingdom of Ulaid, which later became associated with the O'Neills whose first use of it is dated to the mid-14th century.