c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone · rustydrd@sh.itjust.works · 18 Sep 2026 21:21 Vexilrulegy check post at origin
Wait… just noticed… they spent a few centuries in war against Catholics but kept waving Catholic symbols as their flags?
Technically Christian symbols. The Anglican church also recognises saints.
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St Patrick’s Saltire was added after the Act of Union 1800 when Ireland (whole thing) was merged into the UK, they never bothered to fix it after Irish independence in 1920.