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Flag Date Use Description 1922–1973: Personal flag of the governor of Northern Ireland.: A Union Jack defaced with the coat of arms of Northern Ireland.: 1924–1972: The Ulster Banner, also known as the Ulster flag or the Red Hand of Ulster flag, was the flag of the Government of Northern Ireland between 1924 and 1972.
St Patrick's blue is a name often mistakenly applied to several shades of blue associated with Ireland. The official colour of Ireland in heraldic terms is azure blue . The colour blue's association with Saint Patrick dates from the 1780s, when it was adopted as the colour of the Anglo-Irish Order of St Patrick .
Keem Bay (Irish: Cuan na Cuime) is located past Dooagh village in the west of Achill Island in County Mayo, Ireland. It contains a Blue Flag beach. [1] The bay was formerly the site of a basking shark fishery. [2]
A flag divided into vertical triangles of blue and yellow. House flag of the Lord Line (Irish Shipowners Company) A blue flag defaced with a white shamrock lying on its side, the top facing towards the fly. Ensign of the Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club: The blue ensign defaced in the fly with a yellow shamrock beneath a Saint Edward's Crown.
Ardmore (Irish: Aird Mhór, meaning 'great height') [2] is a seaside resort and fishing village in County Waterford, Ireland, not far from Youghal on the south coast of Ireland. The village is in a civil parish of the same name. [2] As of the 2022 census, the village had a population of 468. [1]
Spanish Point has a nine-hole golf course which was founded in 1896, making it one of the oldest courses in Ireland. [9] Spanish Point Beach has Blue Flag Status, with facilities and free parking, and is a top surfing spot in Clare. Celtic Surf School is based here.
It is noted as the "sunniest spot in Ireland", and records bear this out: Rosslare has consistently more sunshine hours that any other part of Ireland. [5] [6] The long sandy strand is a Blue Flag beach. [7] The beach itself consists of sand and stone running the length of the southern peninsula which protrudes into Wexford Harbour.
The Strand's Ballycastle Beach is designated a Blue Flag beach. Pans Rocks, which are the remains of an iron salt pan lying at the far end of Ballycastle Beach, jut out into the sea and are a popular spot for fishing. The Marconi memorial. The Devils Churn, lying just beyond Pans Rocks, has steps carved into the stone leading to an underwater ...