Flags of the World | Northern Ireland

 

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The only official flag in Northern Ireland is the Union Flag of the United Kingdom. 

The card shows the Ulster Banner, used by the Northern Ireland government from 1953 until the government and parliament were abolished in 1973. Since then, it has had no official status.

Clochán na bhFomhórach | Northern-Ireland

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Clochán na bhFomhórachis is Irish for Giant's Causeway. An area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns  on the coast of Northern Ireland. This striking landscape was caused by volcanic activity during the Tertiary, some 50–60 million years ago.

After its discovery in the late 17th century, there was much argument as to whether the Causeway had been created by men with picks and chisels, by nature, or by the efforts of a giant. 

Ulster, Northern Ireland

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Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland. Ulster is one of the provinces of Ireland. This card is picturing clockwise:

·         Carrick-a-rede Rope Bridge

·         Enniskillen Castle

·         Giant’s Causeway

·         Mountains of Mourne

·         Monastic White Island

·         Dunluce Castle

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