What is Flag of Northern Ireland?
{{no sources|date=December 2019}} [[Image:Ulster Banner.svg|thumb|250px|The flag of [[Northern Ireland]]]] The official '''flag of [[Northern Ireland]]''' between 1921 and 1972 was a [[red]] [[cross]] on a [[white]] field defaced with a [[crown]]ed six-pointed [[star]] with a [[red]] [[hand]] in the centre. The flag was the official flag of the [[Executive Committee for Northern Ireland]] (the government of Northern Ireland) between 1921 and 1972. This government went out of existence in 1972 and since that time the [[United Kingdom]] has not used the flag. The [[British Government]] uses the [[flag of the United Kingdom]]. Sometimes, sports teams use the flag to represent Northern Ireland. This flag is known as the Ulster Banner, or more commonly the Northern Ireland flag or Ulster flag. It is not the same as the [[flag of Ulster]]. {{Flags of Europe}} [[Category:National flags|Northern Ireland]] [[Category:Northern Ireland]] [[Category:Flags of the United Kingdom]] {{UK-stub}}