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Tyrone, Northern Ireland

by Rick Prohaska, 8 March 2005

Description of the flag

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Description of the flag

A red and white vertical bicolour with a white shield centred, bearing a red hand. The name TYRONE is arched above, and Tir Eoghain below.

What is this? Our Irish County colours page shows the colours of some of the counties in the island of Ireland (both sides of the border), with Tyrone shown as white and red. This is red and white (as we show (London)Derry to be). We do say that these flags are unofficial and variable, but we also say that they are used for the county teams in hurling and Gaelic football - and that in the North, their use is predominantly by nationalist communities. This has the Red Hand of Ulster on it, which I would have thought was a largely Unionist symbol, though its (mythological) origin does predate sectarianism. So is it a sports flag?

Googling on www.mrflag.com/display_article.asp?id=7409, we find a flag that *is* white at the hoist. Whatever the flag photographed by Rick is, it's only one variant.
André Coutanche, 7 March 2005

I would suggest that the flag is one for supporting Tyrone County GAA teams.
Michael Carchrie Campbell, 8 March 2005