Overleg:Vlag van Ierland

Vlag van St Patrick

Het artikel vermeld dat de vlag van St Patrick door 'velen' wordt gezien als symbool van het hele eiland. Ik ben zeer benieuwd naar de bron van deze stelling. Eerlijk gezegd ben ik er nog nooit een tegengekomen die dat zo ziet. Peter boelens 17 apr 2006 08:30 (CEST)

Een mogelijke bron 1:

"A report on the Irish television channel TnaG about yesterday's St Patrick's day parades showed one which was held at Downpatrick, the town in Northern Ireland where St Patrick is buried. The interesting aspect is that many of the spectators were waving St Patrick's crosses - the first time that I have ever seen the undefaced flag in use. The commentary didn't refer to this directly but said that the organisers had asked those attending not to carry 'bratacha a d'fhéadfadh olc a chur ar dhaoine eile' ('flags which might cause offence to others') - clearly a reference to tricolours and Union flags. I presume that the organisers must have reinforced their suggestion by distributing the flags to the public as they would not be widely available.

Vincent Morley, 18 March 1997"

Hieruit blijkt mijns inziens dat de vlag weliswaar weinig gebruik wordt, maar wel gezien wordt als symbool van het hele eiland: men gebruikt de vlag om zowel de Ierse als de Britse nationalisten tevreden te houden. Of de vlag zo bekend is, weet ik niet. Op de Engelstalige Wiki staat er het volgende over: "Today the Saint Patrick's Flag is rarely seen, apart from being one of the components of the Union Flag of the United Kingdom. Among Irish nationalists, the Irish tricolour is generally viewed as the flag of the entire island of Ireland; however unionists regard this flag as specific to the Republic of Ireland. Therefore, when a flag is needed to represent the entire island, the Saint Patrick's Flag is sometimes used to avoid offending unionists. This is done by some all-island bodies including the (Anglican) Church of Ireland, and formerly the Irish Rugby Football Union." (2) Zie ook het volgende citaat van een ander en.wiki-artikel: "It was used in an official capacity before the Partition of Ireland, and since then has been used on St Patrick's Day where it has been waved by individuals and flown at some council offices (notably Belfast City Hall). In the case of the City Hall, this happened first in 1994, after the council's Policy and Resource committee had passed a resolution approving its use in January of that year. It is seen by some as a neutral flag representing the island of Ireland on St Patrick's Day and is used on the emblem of the Police Service of Northern Ireland. It has also been used as the basis for the flags of some U.S. states, such as Alabama and Florida. A number of people wish to see this flag used officially for Northern Ireland, though some nationalists dislike its previous use in British contexts. Others dislike its use for Northern Ireland because it is seen as one of the few flags that can be used to neutrally represent the entire island of Ireland." 3

Ninane (overleg) 25 okt 2006 16:23 (CEST)