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248:, which is small in the centre, and so goes on widening to the ends, which are very broad; this is not recorded as the Irish Cross, but has custom for time immemorial for its support, which is generally allowed as sufficient authority for any similar institution ... As bearing the arms of another person is reckoned very disgraceful by the laws of honour, how much more so is it, in an order which ought to carry honour to the highest pitch, to take a cross for its emblem, which has been acknowledged for many ages as the property of an order in another country? If the cross generally worn as the emblem of the Saint who is ascribed to Ireland is not agreeable to your Excellency, sure many others are left to choose from, without throwing Ireland into so ignominious a point of view, as to adopt the one that Scotland has so long a claim to. 1204: 866: 1779: 1795: 738: 811: 730: 1192: 987: 490: 2550:
Ireland second, and St. Andrew third. The standard of the Protector consisted of this flag with his escutcheon of a white lion rampant on a black field placed in the centre. The harp, however, seemed quite out of place in this flag, and another was tried in which St. George was in the first and fourth, St. Andrew in the second, and the red saltire on white daringly placed in the third as representing Ireland. This was a most unsatisfactory arrangement for visibility at sea, and the old Union was reverted to, but as Ireland was not shown on it, a golden harp was placed in the centre, and at the Restoration the harp was removed and the flag became as it was at the death of Charles I.
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In the first flag following that [1654] ordinance, England and Scotland were represented by the crosses of St. George and St. Andrew, and Ireland by a golden harp on a blue ground which is the correct standard of that country. These were displayed quarterly, St. George being first and fourth,
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The crest is an eagle, preying on a serpent which is an emblem of disease. The supporters are Irish elks, with chaplets of shamrocks around their necks. Over the helmet is conventional drapery, called the Mantling, and derived from a head-covering worn by knights in armour for protection against the
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with the saltire of St Andrew, such that the white always follows the red clockwise. The arrangement accounts for the discontinuous look of the red diagonal lines, and has introduced a requirement to display the flag "the right way up", with the white line of St Andrew above the red of St Patrick in
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of the 1650s briefly used a flag containing the St George's cross to represent England, St Andrew's cross to represent Scotland, and a red saltire on white to represent Ireland, though Ireland was more commonly represented with a harp in Protectorate flags. Several drawings of Union flags, including
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or Trefoil, within which shall be a Circle of Gold, containing the Motto of our said Order in Letters of Gold Viz. QUIS SEPARABIT? together with the date 1783, being the year in which our said Order was founded, and encircling the Cross of St Patrick Gules, surmounted with a Trefoil Vert each of its
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The flag changes in Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida coincided with the passage of formal Jim Crow segregation laws throughout the South. Four years before Mississippi incorporated a Confederate battle flag into its state flag, its constitutional convention passed pioneering provisions to 'reform'
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Important: the Union Flag has a correct way up – in the half of the flag nearest the flagpole, the wider diagonal white stripe must be above the red diagonal stripe, as Scotland's St Andrew's Cross takes precedence over Ireland's St Patrick's Cross. It is most improper to fly the flag upside
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A 1576 map of Ireland (or "Hirlandia") by John Goghe shows the FitzGerald arms over their spheres of influence. It also shows a red saltire flag flying at the masthead of a ship, possibly an Irish pirate, which is engaged in action in the Saint George's Channel with another ship flying the Saint
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The cross of St. George representing England and Wales, and the saltires of St. Andrew and St. Patrick, representing Scotland and Ireland, which together form the Union Jack, have been used in association with each other as separate flags or incorporated in banners at a ... number of
527:(1769 edition) illustrates one of three maritime flags of Ireland (bottom left), described as white, charged with a red saltire. One other flag is also white with a red saltire, while the remaining maritime flag is Green with a golden harp with a silver quarter bearing a red cross. 1311:, in an attempt to create a parade that has cross-community support. This has had only limited success, however, and controversy continues over the use of flags in the parade. In Great Britain, Saint Patrick's Flag was flown in place of the Irish tricolour at the 2009 parade in 1261:" of the United Kingdom, including Saint Piran for Cornwall, Saint Andrew for Scotland, Saint George for England, Saint David for Wales and Saint Patrick's Saltire for Northern Ireland. In this context, the symbol was referred to as St Patrick's Cross. 673:
from the blue field. This fimbriation is repeated for symmetry on the white portion of the saltire, which thereby appears wider than the red portion. The fimbriation of the cross of St George separates its red from the red of the saltire.
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The inclusion of St. Patrick's cross is of interest as St. Patrick was not martyred and therefore did not have a cross. The red saltire on white was the emblem of the powerful Irish Fitzgerald family and was a convenient symbol for
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The flag used by the King's Own Regiment in the Kingdom of Ireland, established in 1653, was a red saltire on a "taffey" yellow field. Its origin remains a mystery, however. At the funeral of
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George's cross. The red saltire is placed on the Mulls of Galloway and Kintyre in Scotland. This is either a defect of the print or as it was confused with Scotland's Saint Andrew's saltire.
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Flags at Sea: A Guide to the Flags Flown at Sea by British and Some Foreign Ships, from the 16th Century to the Present Day, Illustrated from the Collections of the National Maritime Museum
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Regardless of the uncertainty over its origins, the red saltire, or saltire gules on a white field was used in the arms adopted by various Irish organisations, and some outside Ireland.
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Aside from appearing in the Union Flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. There are few other uses for the St Patrick's Saltire in official governmental use.
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and a founder member of the Order of Saint Patrick. On the other hand, Michael Casey suggests that Lord Temple, pressed for time, had based the Order's insignia on those of the
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The use of a saltire in association with St Patrick was controversial because it differed from the usual crosses by custom worn on St Patrick's Day. In particular, the previous
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Florida has traditionally been quite proud of its Britishness, going so far as to make the St. Patrick's Saltire -- a powerful symbol of Irish unionism -- its state flag.
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show two flags, a red cross on white and a red saltire on white, which Hayes-McCoy and Galloway interpret as representing England and Ireland respectively. The arms were
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A variety of sources show saltires in use earlier than 1783 in Ireland and in an Irish context, although there is no suggestion that they are linked to St Patrick. The
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It is seen amongst others in the arms of Queens University, the Royal Irish Academy, The Royal College of Surgeons, and of course in the badge of the Reform Movement.
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In the Lighthouse Service the cap badge originally was a St George's Cross surrounded by a wreath of laurel leaves but from 1970 the St Patrick's Cross has been used.
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below, which are Dutch and French for "Irish". Jan Blaeu's 1650s atlas has a saltire on white for Ireland, which is hand-coloured red in some copies.
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in origin and also owned land in Jersey. Alternatively, N. V. L. Rybot in 1951 suggested that Jersey's flag originated from a mistake in a
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Several atlases and flag books in the late 17th and 18th centuries show a red-saltire–on–white flag for Ireland, including Paulus van der Dussen's (
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The seal of the State ... in the center of a white ground. Red bars ... extending from each corner toward the center, to the outer rim of the seal.
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fascist movement. This militant group incorporated right-wing, conservative and some former-unionist elements in opposition to the then left-wing
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The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales: Comprising a Registry of Armorial Bearings from the Earliest to the Present Time
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since the 16th century have been a gold harp with silver strings on a blue field. It represented Ireland in the flags of earlier unions: the
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Other crosses besides the red saltire have been associated with Saint Patrick. Crosses in various shapes and colours were worn as badges on
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Henry Gough in 1893 doubted the antiquity of Patrick's Cross on the basis that, if a cross had been an established symbol of Ireland during
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St Patrick's Saltire flying for Northern Ireland from The Royal Barge Gloriana at the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant on 3 June 2012
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shows a ship flying two flags with a red saltire on white. The saltire also appears in the coat of arms of the County Mayo town of
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An open letter to Lord Temple, to whom the design of the Order of St Patrick's badges were entrusted, echoes this and elaborates:
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British Flags, Their Early History, and Their Development at Sea: With an Account of the Origin of the Flag as a National Device
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to my Lord Cromwell (whoe alsoe is a Baron of that Realme) to bee more proper and worthie to carry then anie Irish Viscount...
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also has a similar flag. Its origins are unknown; however, the flag is almost identical to the personal flag of Grandmaster
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chivalric order, was created in 1783. The order was a means of rewarding those in high office who supported the Anglo-Irish
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the upper lefthand quarter next to the flagpole. As with the red cross, so too the red saltire is separated by a white
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on 10 December 1980 and first officially hoisted on 7 April 1981. The amended flag includes in the upper quadrant the
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were not X-shaped. Some contemporary responses to the badge of the order complained that an X-shaped cross was the
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shows uncoloured cross and saltire flags. These have been taken to represent England and Ireland respectively.
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and others reject its use to represent Ireland as a "British invention" "for a people who had never used it".
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in 1786 did not have the saltire, but those granted in 1846 do. There are red saltires in the arms of the
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Recueil de planches, sur les sciences, les arts libéraux, et les arts méchaniques, avec leur explication
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of 1601–02 show the combined Irish–Spanish forces under a red saltire. This is presumed to be the
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calls this saltire a Saint Andrew's Cross. Some historians see its adoption in 1900 as alluding to the
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The St. Patrick's flag is flown alongside those of St. Andrew, St. George and the Red Dragon of Wales.
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After its adoption by the Order of Saint Patrick, it began to be used by other institutions. When the
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Insignia of a Knight of St Patrick: Gold crowns on a green shamrock on a red Cross of Saint Patrick
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composed of Saint Patrick's Saltire. The origin of the saltire is disputed. Its association with
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Many subsequent commentators believed that the saltire was simply taken from the arms of the
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exiles that formed in 1690. The Irish Brigade served as part of the French Army until 1792.
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in 1658, Ireland was represented by a red cross (not saltire) on a yellow field. Cromwell's
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The English Emblem Tradition: Emblematic Flag Devices of the English Civil Wars 1642–1660
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say that each had a canton with a red saltire on a gold field. A 1645 picture map of the
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and a column in which Joseph Cotto suggests it was a symbol of Florida's Britishness.
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has unknown origins, and a link with St Patrick's saltire has been proposed. The
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show red-saltire flags on the two towers, though not on versions prior to 1800.
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Daly, Peter M.; Duer, Leslie T.; Raspa, Anthony (1995). Young, Alan R. (ed.).
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to London was to fly the crosses of Saints George, Andrew and Patrick and the
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includes two shields with saltires. At this time, Gearóid Mór FitzGerald was
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Cronin, Mike (1995). "The Blueshirt Movement, 1932–5: Ireland's Fascists?".
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Coat of arms of the Duke of Leinster, derived from those of the FitzGeralds
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An early possible mention of a Saint Patrick's flag is from the journal of
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in 1901, based on a 1612 seal showing uncoloured cross and saltire flags.
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City Council, which subsequently reverted to flying the Irish tricolour.
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A red saltire on green appears on the flag of Berwick's regiment in the
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analogous to the flags allowed on English, Scottish, and Welsh plates.
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It is one of two flags authorised to be flown on church grounds by the
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Casey, Michael (1991). "The Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick".
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Grieve, Martin; Miles Li; Jarig Bakker; Rob Raeside (1 October 2011).
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The Most Illustrious Order: The Order of St. Patrick and its Knights
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The Saint Patrick's Saltire was on the flag proposed in 1914 of the
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should have known the saltire was "faked for Union Jack purposes".
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includes Saint Patrick's Saltire, as Patrick is said to have given
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in 1785, two years after the Order of St Patrick had been founded:
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Flags of the World, Past and Present: Their Story and Associations
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The Cross generally used on St Patrick's day, by Irishmen, is the
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is "a crimson cross of St. Andrew on a field of white". The flag
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Upwards of forty vessels are now in our harbour, victualling for
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politics by effectively disenfranchising most African Americans.
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Other flags exist which feature a red saltire on a white field.
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background was adopted as the badge and flag of the short-lived
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The most widespread use of St Patrick's Saltire today is in the
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leaves charged with an Imperial Crown Or upon a field of Argent.
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And the said Badge shall be of Gold surrounded with a Wreath of
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to commemorate the visit of St Patrick to the nearby mountain,
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Nichevo (11 May 1946). "An Irishman's Diary: Episcopal Arms".
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are other crosses which have been used as symbols of Ireland.
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Orange Parades: The Politics of Ritual, Tradition and Control
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St Patrick's Saltire flying for Northern Ireland at the 2011
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was granted arms in 1929, a year before it was absorbed into
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The Confederate Battle Flag: America's Most Embattled Emblem
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The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
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the Anglo-Dutch fleet that sailed to Cádiz, Spain, in 1625
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The cross of Burgundy appears on the flag of the Spanish
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compete internationally under the Saint Patrick's flag.
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of the French army. This was a brigade made up of Irish
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The Public Register of Arms, Flags and Badges of Canada
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Saint Patrick's Flag: a red saltire on a field of white
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Scottish Civic Heraldry: Regional, Islands, District
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The 569: 4615:A History of Irish Flags from Earliest Times 3085: 2670: 2668: 2071: 1948: 1946: 1944: 1942: 1537:is a red saltire on a white field, with the 1264:The all-island bodies for men's and ladies' 664:as representing Ireland. The red saltire is 660:, the red saltire was incorporated into the 102:adopted it as an emblem. This was a British 4605: 3939: 3903: 3891: 3778: 3766: 3676: 3643: 3555:. Flag Institute. p. 5. Archived from 3247: 3139:. Coleraine Borough Council. Archived from 3123: 3073: 2638: 2623: 2454: 2335: 2304: 2292: 2017:. Manchester University Press. p. 52. 1933: 1491:family, who were powerful in Ireland, were 1436: 709:Compass Rose Flag of the Anglican Communion 678:Flags in Northern Ireland are controversial 414:Contemporary reports of the ensigns of the 339:in the late 15th and early 16th centuries. 311:Earlier use of saltires in an Irish context 4559:(2007). "Union Jacks and Union Jills". 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Index

Cross of Saint Patrick
List of Saint Patrick's crosses

saltire
heraldic
blazoned
argent
gules
Irish
flag
Saint Patrick
Anglo-Irish
Order of Saint Patrick
chivalric order
George III
arms
FitzGerald dynasty
Irish nationalists
Acts of Union 1800
Kingdom of Ireland
Kingdom of Great Britain
Union Flag
United Kingdom
Northern Ireland

John Glanville
the Anglo-Dutch fleet that sailed to Cádiz, Spain, in 1625
Order of Saint Patrick
Anglo-Irish
government of Ireland

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