abstract:Northern Ireland has not had its own unique, government-sanctioned flag since the Northern Ireland parliament and government were prorogued in 1972, and abolished in 1973.Under the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 During official events, the British government uses the Union Flag, which is the official flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and is the only flag used by the government in Northern Ireland.
IR Bagehot (May 20th) misses the greatest indignity of all in the matter of flags and NorthernIreland: the addition to the Union flagof the red diagonal cross of St Patrick as a symbol of the incorporation of the whole ofIreland into the United Kingdom in 1801.