tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13344062.post577245630263601341..comments2024-02-18T17:35:25.382+00:00Comments on Bloggin fae the 'Burn: <i>Ulster-Scots thoughts</i>: The long-lost unofficial flag of Northern Ireland? 1921–1953Mark Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12820251983224121718noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13344062.post-32505462282678105622021-05-04T21:00:41.712+01:002021-05-04T21:00:41.712+01:00Hi mollymooly – well spotted! Yes I have seen that...Hi mollymooly – well spotted! Yes I have seen that description, and a matching description from the 1890s. I have also seen a photograph of that particular design, it is in a private collection owned by a "friend of a friend".Mark Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12820251983224121718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13344062.post-55651659410283544542021-05-04T20:46:49.829+01:002021-05-04T20:46:49.829+01:00Fascinating! The article "Sir Edward Carson&#...Fascinating! The article "<a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1913/0729/Pg007.html#Ar00701" rel="nofollow">Sir Edward Carson's Campaign</a>" [<i>The Irish Times</i>, 29 July 1913, p.7 col.2] describes a nionist meeting at Montalto House, near Ballynahinch, on 28 July 1913, chaired by the Earl of Clanwilliam, addressed by Edward Carson, with a prayer offered by the Dean of Down:<br /><br /><br />'From a corner of the platform floated a new Ulster flag. It is a blue ensign, with the Union Jack in the top right hand corner and the Red Hand of Ulster, surrounded by nine red stars, representing the nine counties of the province, at the end.'mollymoolyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12318298535149179044noreply@blogger.com