A photo each day from the city of Plymouth and surrounding areas in Devon and Cornwall.
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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