Tuesday, 15 May 2012

The Celtic Nations


As I posted yesterday, we took the night ferry from Plymouth to Roscoff, in Brittany for a very short visit.  
Brittany, like all the other Celtic nations, is very proud of its culture, language and heritage, and I spotted this flag in a quayside gift shop.





The flag links the flags of the Celtic nations

Ireland - Green, White, Orange

Brittany - Black and White Stripes with the black ermines        
                on white ground

Isle of Man - Three gold legs on a red ground

Scotland - Blue and White cross of St Andrew, the Saltire

Wales - The Red Dragon on a green and white ground

Kernow (Cornwall) - The White cross of St Piran on black

The centre piece of the flag is the Triskel one of the most traditional of Celtic symbols.





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