Old Flag Of Northern Ireland

The flag was introduced in 1953 but is a banner of arms which had been used by the northern ireland government since 1925.

Old flag of northern ireland. However it is still used as the flag of northern ireland by loyalists and unionists and to represent northern ireland internationally. The standard of the lord lieutenant of ireland 1801 until 1922 sometimes used as the official irish flag under british rule. 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 1953 and 1972. Vector illustration can be used for personal and commercial purposes according to the conditions of the purchased royalty free license.

The flag ceased to be official in 1973 but continues to be used by unionists. Since then it has had no official status. The illustration is available for download in high resolution quality up to 4000x4000 and in eps file format. Vector image old shield with flag of northern ireland.

The northern ireland flag so there is no official northern ireland flag at least not as a country unfortunately. The cross of st. A union jack defaced with the coat of arms of northern ireland. The ulster banner was used by the northern ireland government from 1953 until the government and parliament were abolished in 1973.

Image by martin grieve. But most northern irish people adopt the unofficial northern ireland flag aka the ulster banner as being the flag of the nation because it can otherwise be hard to identify as an independent country region people a lot of this has to do with identity. Used by the queen in northern ireland. The arms of northern ireland were based on those of ulster but the yellow field was changed to white giving a design identical to the st george s cross the historical flag of england.

The national flag of scotland was merged with the national flag of england in 1606 by king james i. Image by martin grieve. George the patron saint of england is the national english flag this flag has been used to form the basis of a number of flags representing northern ireland see below. Northern ireland unofficial 3 5 this flag is a banner of the arms of the old government of northern ireland.

The british royal standard shows an ancient irish flag in its lower left quadrant. It was adopted in 1953 in honour of the coronation of queen elizabeth ii. Thereafter the union flag was made official for all purposes in northern ireland. Unofficial flag of a unit of the united kingdom flown subordinate to the union jack that consists of a white field background bearing a central red cross with a white six pointed star a red hand and a gold crown.

The only official flag in northern ireland is the union flag of the united kingdom. This was a civil flag for northern ireland but the status of this was abolished when the belfast stormont assembly was closed down in 1973. The island of ireland was historically divided into four provinces the northernmost of which was ulster the ulster coat of arms which included a red cross supposedly was. Personal flag of the governor of northern ireland.