Cork Gaa Flag

Cork gaa says confederate flag is banned for rebels fans and will be confiscated cork gaa chairperson tracey kennedy has said that stewards at cork grounds will confiscate the now banned confederate flag that has been waved by supporters for years if any make an appearance when crowds return to stadiums.

Cork gaa flag. 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. Pairc ui chaoimh the marina ballintemple cork. 3ft x 2ft with pole 9 00. The gaa store cork county gaa flags from.

The flag has been a near constant presence at cork hurling and football matches in recent decades. Cork gaa have taken the long awaited step of banning the confederate flag from their grounds. 5ft x 3ft no pole 14 00. Only 2 in stock.

Fans from the county commonly wave flags from other countries that. 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. Cork supporters sometimes wave the.

See all county flags see all the gaa store products. It is confined to a tiny dumb minority. This is not a widespread practice. The confederate flag originally represented the southern us states that seceded from the union from 1860 61 and sparked the american civil war.

Ms kennedy said that stewards will confiscate any such flags seen at cork games once the gaa resumes competition. 12 x 18 with pole 5 00. However some other controversial flags are sometimes still seen such as the rising sun war flag of the imperial japanese navy. Cork gaa officials will confiscate confederate flags from any supporters attending hurling and football matches when sport resumes in front of live audiences.

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. Only 1 in stock.