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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 flag is also sometimes called the Ulster flag, [3] the Northern Ireland flag, the (old) Stormont flag, or the Red Hand of Ulster flag. [4] Loyalists often use " Ulster " as another name for Northern Ireland, [ 5 ] and Stormont was the seat of the former Government of Northern Ireland .
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 .
The island of Ireland, with border between Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland indicated.. Symbols of Ireland are marks, images, or objects that represent Ireland. Because Ireland was not partitioned until 1922, many of the symbols of Ireland predate the division into Southern Ireland (later Irish Free State and then Ireland) and Northern Ireland.
The flag of the United Kingdom, the Union Jack or Union Flag, is the only flag routinely used officially by the sovereign UK government, as well as being flown on most council buildings in Northern Ireland. [1] The Union Flag is often flown by unionists but is disliked by nationalists. British law states that the Union Flag must be flown on ...
Template:Country data Ulster is an internal data container not intended to be transcluded directly. It is used indirectly by templates such as flag , flag icon , and others. This template is within the scope of WikiProject Flag Template , a collaborative effort to maintain flag templates on Wikipedia.