Cork Gaa Flag

Following a decree by cork gaa to confiscate controversial rebel flags carried by cork supporters at the gates of football and hurling matches people may be wondering how a small insignificant county in the southwest of ireland could possibly have links to the banner of the confederate united states who fought against the abolition of slavery in the mid 1800s thousands of miles away.

Cork gaa flag.

Only 1 in stock. 5ft x 3ft no pole 14 00. Cork gaa had no control over what happens to the flag with its blue saltire and white stars on a red field when cork teams play in other stadia but she re iterated that flying the flag would not. Product description view size chart reviews.

The cork county board chairman ger lane announced that they requested whoever is involved in flying the confederate flag at cork matches to refrain from bringing it into any ground in future. There is not a lot more they can do. 3ft x 2ft with pole 9 00. Cork supporters sometimes wave the.

Cork gaa have taken the long awaited step of banning the confederate flag from their grounds. The flag has been a near constant presence at cork hurling and football matches in recent decades. See all county flags see all the gaa store products. Most cork fans have abandoned the confederate flag and they are rarely seen at rebels games these days.

Fans from the county commonly wave flags from other countries that. Ms kennedy said that stewards will confiscate any such flags seen at cork games once the gaa resumes competition. The gaa store cork county gaa flags from. Cork gaa officials will confiscate confederate flags from any supporters attending hurling and football matches when sport resumes in front of live audiences.

It is confined to a tiny dumb minority. Cork gaa chairperson tracey kennedy has confirmed that stewards will confiscate any confederate flags brought to its grounds. Pairc ui chaoimh the marina ballintemple cork. Only 2 in stock.

However some other controversial flags are sometimes still seen such as the rising sun war flag of the imperial japanese navy. The confederate flag originally represented the southern us states that seceded from the union from 1860 61 and sparked the american civil war.