The Welsh Flag

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07-07-19, 09:30
Cleve van Leef

The Welsh Flag

Did you know the origin?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-47389680
07-07-19, 10:50
Vindec

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It doesn't explain why the any part of the Welsh flag doesn't appear on the Union Jack unlike the English, Scots and Irish.
07-07-19, 10:57
C1C9F2C7

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Originally Posted by Vindec

It doesn't explain why the any part of the Welsh flag doesn't appear on the Union Jack unlike the English, Scots and Irish.

its because when the flag was first used we were part of england. a principality therefore not intitled to be on it.
something like that :biggrin:
07-07-19, 11:05
xsnaggle

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I'm not sure you will immediately recognise the irish flag in the union flag.
If you mean the flag of ulster then it is just a red cross the same as england, the only difference that it had a red hand in the centre of the cross which is not on the union flag
07-07-19, 11:44
NYCBlue

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Quote:

Originally Posted by xsnaggle

I'm not sure you will immediately recognise the irish flag in the union flag.
If you mean the flag of ulster then it is just a red cross the same as england, the only difference that it had a red hand in the centre of the cross which is not on the union flag

The Irish are represented by the cross of St Patrick.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Patrick%27s_Saltire
07-07-19, 13:28
William Treseder

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If the Jocks vote to go it alone, will that be the end of the Union Jack as we know it 🤔
07-07-19, 13:51
Fatty Foggon

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-47389680

The Wessex 'dragon' is a Wyvern.
07-07-19, 16:55
Taunton Blue Genie

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Dragons and saints. All myth, of course.
07-07-19, 17:06
Harry Monk

Re: The Welsh Flag

Quote:

Originally Posted by xsnaggle

I'm not sure you will immediately recognise the irish flag in the union flag.
If you mean the flag of ulster then it is just a red cross the same as england, the only difference that it had a red hand in the centre of the cross which is not on the union flag

Before Ireland was independent, their flag was the st Patrick's cross, which is a red saltire on a white background.
07-07-19, 18:25
jon1959

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The 1606 flag at Jamestown (before the St Patrick's Saltire):

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07-07-19, 20:16
Harry Paget Flashman

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Originally Posted by William Treseder

If the Jocks vote to go it alone, will that be the end of the Union Jack as we know it ��

Fingers crossed then we'll be next to leave.
07-07-19, 21:44
Louth

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Harry Monk

Before Ireland was independent, their flag was the st Patrick's cross, which is a red saltire on a white background.

Really? What Ireland are you talking of?
The harp on a green background?
Any one of the 4 provincial flags?
08-07-19, 06:51
BLUETIT

Re: The Welsh Flag

Quote:

Originally Posted by William Treseder

If the Jocks vote to go it alone, will that be the end of the Union Jack as we know it ��

You do know it’s only the “Union Jack”, if it’s flying from a ship.
08-07-19, 12:13
Harry Monk

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Originally Posted by Louth

Really? What Ireland are you talking of?
The harp on a green background?
Any one of the 4 provincial flags?

The red saltire represents the island of Ireland and St Patrick in Heraldry. It was adopted by the Order of St Patrick in 1780 to represent Ireland. Other Irish organisations soon adopted it as well. In 1800 after the Act of Union when Ireland agreed to become a Union with Britain, it was added to the Union flag in order to represent the joining of the Kingdom of Ireland to the Kingdom of Britain.