The Northern Irish Flag - The Red Hand of Ulster

In this instalment I look at the flag of Northern Ireland, even if it is unofficial, and still causes controversy inside the country today. Despite its seeming loyalist connotations, the flag has a history that is at the same time as Gaelic as it is British and like Northern Ireland is a result of the mixture of both. Covering as diverse topics as the Ui Neill's mysterious Red Hand of Ulster, the Tyrone Rebellion and Nine Years War of 1594 - 1603, the Anglo-Scottish Plantation of Ulster, The 1916 Easter Rising and the Troubles in Northern Ireland in the 1970's.
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[@louisfitzpatrick3307]

The hand represents Hugh O’Neil in the Middle Ages was racing competitors to Ulster by boat. The first man to touch the ground would claim Ulster so O’Neil cut off his hand and threw it to the beach

[@cd-lo7hq]

Taken from Dal Fiatach like Dal Araidhe

[@Guitarhime]

Ui'Neill is Celtic way before Hugh. Though Hugh was the last, and lost Our Land, the O'Neill's still remain.

[@andrewbore2046]

The ui Neills took the coat of arms ( the red hand) from the Northern Tribes of ulster when they waged war on the North. I swear you gailege southerns think the sun shines of of oneills arse haha. The red hand is atleast 1000 years older than the niall and his insurgents

[@Guitarhime]

The O Neill Red Hand is way older than the middle ages. The O Neill's are the oldest documented sir names in Europe. And the Red Right ✋ is our family sigil. A Celtic sigil.

[@Eng.Gatama]

This might be the most savage thing I've ever heard of

[@SlippyFox1]

What the hell are you talking about it? Its not a flag! ITS A FLEG!!!

[@quagmire77]

SlippyFox fuck d company.

[@stheticallymsp2171]

YASS😂

[@jessicacollins5200]

Yasss it's a fleg!!!!

[@TheCreepyCrafters1]

ITSSS A FECKKINNNN FLEGGGG CHUM

[@sausagesoda4090]

SlippyFox you’re all bloons

[@MonsieurDean]

"...For the moment..."

[@historywithhilbert146]

I felt that this topic wasn't controversial enough yet

[@therabman_5606]

Monsieur Z be careful what you wish for.... I for 1 will resist a United ireland

[@legaminmaccormaic2895]

N Albertsson When you say when the people of Ireland vote for it do you mean when the whole island votes for it? If that's the case the north will be liberated come tomorrow.

[@legaminmaccormaic2895]

Caroline Less Yes. I believe everyone on the island of Ireland is Irish and that the British occupation of the the six counties is illegitimate and undemocratic.

[@NilsAlbertsson]

@legamin mac cormaic... You said _"When you say the people of Ireland vote for it do you mean the whole Island"_ Of course I mean the whole island, but probably not in the way that you would like (which would be undemocratic). There would need to be two separate referenda... One in the North (on whether or not it wants to leave the UK and join the ROI), and then one in the ROI on whether or not it wants to accept NI into the Republic... I know you think the latter is probably entirely unnecessary (and you're probably right) but the citizens of the ROI still deserve the right to say whether or not they want to absorb NI. There will also probably be some sort of transitional deal between the ROI and NI, so there may even need further referenda to sort all that out. At the end of the day though, for a democratic united Ireland to happen, first the people of NI need to ask for it in a plebiscite, then the people of the ROI need to accept their request to join.... When it's all said and done, the future of Ireland is now exactly where it should be; in the hands of the peoples of the Island of Ireland.

[@ULYSSES-31]

The hypocrisy of Loyalists appropriating Gaelic symbols is absurd and hilarious.

[@trikitrikitriki]

I would love it if you made a video detailing all 10 stories of the origin of the hand on the flag.

[@DomnulDarius]

Yes

[@vestty5802]

Unionists need to stop using Gaelic symbols for their own use

[@immortaltyrant2474]

Why? They look cool.

[@WhatChaMaCalum]

It's called the Ulster Banner.

[@manbunxx1489]

Ulster doesn't exist

[@Willy-nu3oc]

ulster spirit banner

[@BoldOne8760]

@@manbunxx1489 Ulster does exist....

[@SuperFatyank]

The Ulster banner should be the one your showing in your thumb nail. As the Ulster banner looks to much like the English flag with the St. George’s flag plus all other British flags have our saints in them so should yours.Plus most of you came from Scotland not England any the ones that did come from England were from the border counties and had Scottish traditions

[@賭け狂いましょう]

im northern irish myself and uh?? why do so many people hate us in the comments?

[@universalpronunciation1228]

Fucking disgusting republican retards

[@radicalgal]

Because some people can't make up there bloody mind about us and now everyone's confused

[@nrando5480]

Look, guys, can't the NORTHERN IRISH themselves vote on what they want Northern Ireland to be? Economically and population-wise it has the strength to become a country of its own and it has its own culture. I believe if the people have those three factors and want to rule themselves or be part of another country it should be in their power to be that. They want to be part of the UK for now so that's what they are going to remain. What I'd personally do is make Northern Ireland a dominion in the style of Canada, Australia etc. with a governor(-general) representing the queen but otherwise a completely independent country with an open border union with the Republic of Ireland.

[@thamjorran2118]

Nick dB we had that until the 70's...officially. To be fair they tried to reintroduce this but thought it would be best to share power between two sides, which has one snag when you put polar opposites together they will repel. If a proper democracy was installed I think would improve things.

[@cuchulainn7294]

A NATION ONCE AGAIN, A NATION ONCE AGAIN. IRELAND LONG A PROVINCE BE A NATION ONCE AGAIN

[@christopherellis2663]

Mmm, I think that this has been tried.

[@bepsi6204]

Nick dB it was until London took over directly, I think the UK don't want ni as they are a burden and waste of the UK's money but the people there think that they belong with the uk

[@Psyk60]

Tham Jorran Northern Ireland wasn't a dominion, it was part of the UK with home rule. Not quite the same as a dominion because they had representation in the UK Parliament and many of the laws made by the UK Parliament did apply to them. It was essentially a form of devolution like NI is supposed to have now.

[@ulsterskinhead6937]

I can honestly say as a Northern Irish man, only one side uses the red hand, the republicans don't use it, it is purely a loyalist/unionist symbol

[@shanegallagher6916]

Gizmo Whiteway Even though it’s been a symbol that’s been in Ireland longer than loyalists and unionists, look at the Tyrone gaa crest or actual ulster flag(yellow background)

[@thegael1996]

It's an Irish symbol.

[@TOFB]

It’s on pretty much every GAA top in Ulster. Look at Tyrone’s crest!

[@seanquinn4540]

@ulstershithead You're very wrong. Republican have and do use it.

[@Gentleman-Of-Culture]

I got sick of the Troubles and my involvement. The hand represents the bloodied hand

[@Komnenos1234]

How were you involved?

[@Gentleman-Of-Culture]

@@Komnenos1234 In my late teens and early twenties I was involved with a paramlitary loyalist organisation. As I got older I realised that violence against violence was not the answer

[@mutolover3851]

Great Irish Union Jack 8/10

[@theanonymousmrgrape5911]

Yo, this kid's been waiting 2,000 years to ask his fuckin question.

[@ferretmaster22]

I tell ya about the red hand of Ulster, when I was in School and on dinner break out in the yard and someone came up behind you and give you a big SLAP right on your back or where ever they could make good contact and shout "Red hand of Ulster!" then when you went home and looked in the mirror there was a big red hand mark on yer Back !!.....friggin Sore !!

[@UoirLocer]

I guess he was caught red handed

[@Obstgeist7]

I'm really not a fan of the music in the background. In the outro it would be ok, but you played it a few minutes early and it kinda distracts from what you are saying

[@someirishlad8582]

Monaghan and Cavan are Ulster in the republic too

[@jackrose3522]

King Reign. Lade his Hands Upon Your Land and declared it His Home.

[@kyrgyzjeff4550]

Looks like House Gardener

[@dylancunningham7081]

Give us back the 6 counties

[@junglemaster2014]

What's the star of david doing on there I wonder?!

[@ConORiain1]

I heard before that it's a six-pointed star representing the six counties of Northern Ireland.

[@seanquinn4540]

A variant of British Israelism used by the Ulster Vanguard Party, a fringe group within loyalism espousing British Israelism

[@savagewallace6718]

I'll wear the sash that my father wear not gave a joke about the Irish government rule

[@MickeyD2012]

Hilbert, never ask us uneducated KZbin yokels what we want to learn.

[@kimoosoogistargrami]

Northern Ireland is a part of United Kingdom🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@bepsi6204]

Woo Seok Kim currently yes, but it can all change

[@tiarnanwoods2548]

🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@universalpronunciation1228]

🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@paddyt4043]

Eh 9 outa 10 I like it, 🙏🇮🇪 We gota find common ground so it's as good a start as any.

[@MGOBTV]

*Sees video* Yep, this comment section will be extremely civil.

[@cyanidejack1013]

@Anglo Commando Go live in England...?

[@cyanidejack1013]

@Anglo Commando mmmm donuts. Lol. I was trying be sarcastic too. FAIL.

[@StefanMilo]

Vexillology with Hilbert! Great video man! You need to expand on other topics people think are boring. This was a good series.

[@AtlanteanVrilChad]

Ha I think I've seen you around somewhere

[@StefanMilo]

Ch eetah lol hey up! I actually discovered northworthy sagas from stalking History with Hilbert on Twitter.

[@historywithhilbert146]

Thank you very much - so the history of doorknobs through the ages next then?

[@Timmie1995]

I think that would be surprisingly interesting

[@robertszongoth4531]

Door handles>Door knobs

[@waynemartable]

Regarding the origins of the red hand.. I remember an Irish mythology book " beyond the mist" by Peter O'Connor. In it he refers the the Ulster cycle which according to O'Connor is a bunch of stories about tribal warfare. The Táin is one of these stories. Anyway one of these stories includes two Irish king's fighting over the crown. The story goes that the two had to swim out to a rock and back to shore. Whoevers hand touched the sand first won the crown. On the swim back to shore one of the king's began falling behind and seeing that he was not going to win he severed his hand and threw it ashore! He became king of Ulster. This fits with the idea of personal sacrifice Hilbert mentioned in the video.

[@universalpronunciation1228]

Here in Northern Ireland that is the legend my father told me

[@belladonnanightshade2332]

wayne , the one I read was the warring brothers or friends who sailed to Ireland and found it , the one on land first was the leader so getting beat one cut his hand off and threw it , but I think yours sounds more likely than my story

[@spankyboybotbot3888]

I think he was not winning the swimming race because he was carrying a sword with him. Lol...

[@honisoitquimalypense1316]

@@spankyboybotbot3888 haha, I have the feeling the sword was weighing him down aswell, also I think he may have lost some time when he stopped to cut his hand off aswell 🤔

[@teacherrobin3192]

Very interesting and unlikely ... Swimming with a dagger probably slowed him down eh

[@rapn21]

Hilbert is correct that not all of Ulster is in Northern Ireland, but Donegal isn't the only county in the Republic of Ireland. Of the 9 counties of Ulster 6 are in Northern Ireland and 3 (Donegal, Cavan and Monaghan) are in the South.

[@southwest2915]

Robert Nielsen no one doubted him

[@DarraghWallnutt]

The Republic you mean, not the south ;)

[@bladerunner8146]

You forget Louth witch was historically apart of Ulster before leister 'claimed' it during the Norman invasions.

[@kjdhawkhill]

* are in the republic.

[@adhamhmacconchobhair7565]

The red hand of Ulster is Irish and Ulster is an ancient Irish kingdom (Uladh)

[@corcaighogormghus4618]

Spot on 🇮🇪

[@WestValleyTransparency]

The red hand comes from the legend of Niall who cut off his hand and tossed it on the shore to claim Ulster to begin the Ui Niall dynasty. Check it out

[@corcaighogormghus4618]

Yep. And Irish legend. The red hand has been stolen by brits th9

[@bobbuilder7542]

@@corcaighogormghus4618 no

[@corcaighogormghus4618]

@@bobbuilder7542 Wdym no? What I said is true

[@nervesinapattern7261]

@@bobbuilder7542 Enlighten us then?

[@melchormanechor9698]

Where did the Ui Nialls come from? Scotland?

[@calebbloxham683]

As somebody with split Irish-British heritage and identity I like the last flag that you designed the best! 👍🏻 🇬🇧🇮🇪 Also I'm huge fan of the videos, please keep it up!

[@waxeater112]

Aye, I'm part of a split family too.

[@NosajKnows]

No such thing as a 'Northern Irish' flag. Ulster is Ulster and Ulster is in Ireland.

[@corcaighogormghus4618]

Facts

[@erikvandoorn1674]

Ulster has 3 counties in the republic. Apart from Donegal, Cavan and Monaghan are also part of Ulster. I like your flag design btw.

[@ohhhyeahhh3950]

Straight White British Protestant You're stupid.

[@ohhhyeahhh3950]

Proud Unionist Are there calls for the reunification of Ulster? oh wait, the so-called Ulster Unionists are the ones that called for the partition of their beloved Ulster. No, there is no calls for Yugoslavia.

[@skeptic781]

@bbonner422 Irish people talk shit about northern irish people and English people all the time. He's the only sane guy here

[@radicalgal]

Every time someone says Donegal it takes me a minute to realize it from Ireland not NI near my school (this is confusing to say sorry if it makes no sense)

[@andykane439]

Ulster is irish

[@bjperry8342]

Let's be United let's be one people let us together be strength let us be brothers! Peace

[@corcaighogormghus4618]

Yes. 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@lobstertelephone8907]

*incoming political comments*

[@waxeater112]

Me, a northern irish Catholic *breathes* The rest of Belfast: >:( Me *_w h y d o i h e a r b o s s m u s i c_*

[@crowbar4929]

Funny enough Northern Ireland has been with the UK longer than Ireland has ever been a united country. What does this mean ?

[@crowbar4929]

How odd that never comes into consideration. In fact I'm pretty sure Dublin overall was apart of the UK longer than Ireland has ever been united. Ireland was united for the longest time was under the United Kingdom.

[@christiancristof491]

That Ireland as a sovereign nation came into existence later?

[@honisoitquimalypense1316]

@@crowbar4929 Ireland has actually never been a fully United island, apart from when it was all under British rule.

[@eamonlyons9933]

What about the high kingship that lasted 800 years

[@OOC-k6m]

It means absolutely nothing?

[@jamesoneill3922]

Nice of them to steal our emblem. Quite the compliment lol.

[@skeptic781]

Shut it

[@immortaltyrant2474]

It does look pretty cool.

[@cyanidejack1013]

@@skeptic781 you do know the Vikings where in Ireland... Or they could have a parent who is of Scandinavian decent...

[@skeptic781]

@@cyanidejack1013 still stole it, I'm half Scandinavian BTW.

[@cyanidejack1013]

@@skeptic781 trying to give you the benefit of the doubt...hey if the Vikings can steal from the irish then the irish can steal from them

[@gruboniell4189]

St.Patrick removed the “serpants worshipping” ppl. The goddess tanit was the serpant goddess.. her right hand was red when war was about. They were the last contingent of the punics. This is why Rome/the church wanted to rid the world of these “serpants” as Rome hated the Carthaginians. After it all settled Ireland was full blown Catholic. Then the English broke away from the church and the rest is history(except for the stolen generation from the 1800-1900’s from orphanages and flung to the 4 corners of the globe.

[@laurencemaccarthaigh1130]

Can you do one about the crown dependencies like the Isle of Man

[@Pfsif]

That hand should have a pint of Guinness on it.

[@radicalgal]

7 signed let's get to 100 (Sorry)

[@IosuamacaMhadaidh]

My family history is so conflicted 😁 In one line, I am tied to the Gaels of N. Ireland and western Scotland, to highland clan Mackenzie as well, and another line connects me to Queen Elizabeth, playing music for the queen 😬 And another line connects me to Cymru.... wth! Being American, man...... things get complicated 🤣😂🇺🇸🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@AshArAis]

In Irish, TH is not pronounced like "the". It is just pronounced as a H. So cruithin is cri-hin, like CRItical and HINterlands.

[@cdog1990able]

Slight edit, Cavan and Monaghan are ROI Ulster counties too

[@HetaliaGirl1]

As a history buff, I really enjoyed this video, and I look forward to the next one 😃

[@radicalgal]

Wish they taught this in my school but they do the republic of Ireland and Europe not northern Ireland. Were we live

[@garytimmins1175]

We love our mother country England

[@savagewallace6718]

King Billys On The Wall

[@radicalgal]

Oh dear lord you gave me flashbacks from drama and English class

[@DarrenRFC]

Hilbert don’t talk about ireland your making mistakes all over the place its insulting

[@peterjwalsh5085]

People get caught up on symbols and their flags in Ireland and cause alot of trouble and as an Irishman combining the 2 flag's represents both communities I equally and fairly on island of Ireland comprise shouldn't be a ugly word for everyone thanks for uploading video Hilbert

[@raleighburner1589]

I remember when Ali g was talking to some Protestant And he considered him self British so Ali g mocked Him And said ,so you Is like on holiday

[@corcaighogormghus4618]

Ali G speaking facts. They've been on holiday for a long time but their stay is nearly over

[@Vesividad86]

@@corcaighogormghus4618 Ask Ali G if jews in palestine are on holiday.

[@nathanhamilton3857]

@@corcaighogormghus4618 na i think I will stay forever mate

[@FannyShmellar]

Corcaigh O'Gormghus Not likely pal. People of NI don’t want it

[@seanquinn4540]

@@FannyShmellari do

[@offbrandebola3372]

i’m here because i just wanna learn about my heritage (O’Neill heritage). i was told because my Aunt learned it by doing a DNA test and now i’m here learning about it

[@theirishrevolutionchannel1087]

Interesting video. Keep up the good work. It's often rather depressing how little the average British person knows about Irish/Northern Irish history.

[@normaninconnu3633]

The Irish Revolution Channel The average British person knows little enough about British history,what little they do know is often a form of shallow jingoism.

[@theirishrevolutionchannel1087]

Norman Inconnu that's the truth alright

[@jordanon95]

I know about both...... I'm English and O'Neill

[@Alan_Mac]

" depressing how little the average British person knows about Irish/Northern Irish history."? Really? What is much more depressing is that, for many Irish people, all they understand about history is that British is bad and Irish is good.

[@nervesinapattern7261]

@@Alan_Mac Ok but that’s true, it’s likely the same in Indian and other former colonies.

[@SnowyNI]

The best story of the red hand is the one I was taught as a child. The story goes: "The king of ulaid/ulster had a lovely daughter and two of the kings champions were in love with her, so to avoid them fighter each other as he needed both men as champions, he held a race... the 1st one of them to finish the race (foot or on horseback? Dunno!) by placing his right hand upon the ulaid flag would win her hand, as they neared the finish one was just ahead of the other, but the champion in last/second place was left handed, so he cut off his right hand and threw it ahead as they neared the end, hitting the flag and winning his bride. He then went on to become king and made the banner with the hand into the flag it is today." ...that's love for you, or you could look at it as the ladies getting us into trouble once again! ;)

[@eamonlyons9933]

Donegal and monaghan and cavan are Republic counties of ulster

[@rolandfelice6198]

Hilbert, I've always wondered why St Patrick's Saltire changes sides, continuing through and crossing 'windmill' fashion behind St George's Cross? Can you clarify?

[@NosajKnows]

You left out Monaghan & Cavan which are also part of Ulster.

[@gerryadams7448]

Northern Ireland is British *Laughs in Gaeilge*

[@waxeater112]

It shouldn't be anyway *angry mob of protestants wearing orange scarf thingys saying lol start running towards me*

[@radicalgal]

I'm mostly British by that I mean I'm like 55% British and 1/8 Irish :,)

[@scotlandboy3107]

Staunch 🇬🇧

[@AlbaRecoil]

Union flag is pish, looks better under my boot.

[@skeptic781]

🇬🇧

[@JosephAdcock.]

Donegal, Cavan and Monaghan are all in Ulster but part of the Republic of Ireland

[@jj-hb8rq]

I have a story about the red hand of O'Neill Two men were fighting trying to claim Ireland, one of them was called O'Neill, so to finally settle this they decided to have a boat race and whoever touched it first would claim Ireland. Later on in the race one of the men (O'Neill) was loosing just meters away and he wanted Ireland so badly that he pulled out a knife and proceeded to cut off his own right hand and throw it as far as he could. He claimed Ireland with his own dismembered bloody hand and that's where the Red hand of O'Neill came from. My second name is O'Neill and my family's motto is "The red hand of Ireland forever"

[@joekelly7108]

More Irish history! I'd be particularly interested in the Cruthin, but anything really!

[@invalidusername6809]

Watches you video relating to peaky blinders, goes to watch peaky blinders after meaning to for ages, hears the song red right hand, goes to listen to the song, ends up watching your channel again

[@BoldOne8760]

I think Northern Ireland should learn from Canada and make a flag that is completely un-controversial and meaningless. Northern Ireland has two communities who have historically been at each other's throats. If you represent both groups on a flag someone will not like it so the simple answer is don't represent anyone on it just make a cool looking flag.

[@mrnugget1690]

cameron burke Or just keep it the way it is, Ireland and dirty Ira scum can go back down south if they don’t like it

[@radicalgal]

The 3-5 line reminds me of someone *cough* Poland *cough*

[@TOFB]

Believe it or not the Irish tricolour does just that. Green to represent Catholics, Orange to represent Protestants (orange men) and white symbolizes peace between the two.

[@Bemix666NUCLAR]

You got so many things wrong. "NI" IS ULSTER! It's not on the island of Ireland!!!

[@agricola]

The story I heard was that a viking expedition was landing in northern Ireland and the viking leader said "first man to shore will rule this land" and a mercenary named o'neill cut one of his hands off and threw it on shore, thus cementing his family's claim to ulster.

[@tiarnan237]

the one i heard about the red hand as a kid was that O'Neills (basically kings of Ulster) where having a war with another clan but had come to a stalemate and instead of wasting more lives fighting for the land they decided that one of the sons of each clan would race the other for the land, it was to take place between two forts; Navan Fort (Emain Macha) in county armagh which was the capital of the Ulaidh and Dungannon county tyrone which was one of they O'Neills main strongholds; the race started and O'Neill was ahead the whole race until the neared the finish line where he tripped and fell breaking his foot, as the other runner neared the finish line he looked to be winning when O'Neill pulled out his dagger and cut his own hand off and through it across the finish line which he then won as the rule of the race was that the "first families hand to cross the line will win". I was told that it is also why the O'Neills had it as the coat of arms which they then put it on their shields during the nine years war and had the cross of a norman lord (yellow backed with a red hand) so that all clans of Ulster would unite under it. I come from the area where this is said to have happen and it is a very popular version of events here

[@judysmith8976]

Interesting! My family coat of arms has a red hand holding a dagger and three red crescents (these being symbols of medical help like the red cross). Perhaps a Mullen patched up the famous O'Neil back in the day?

[@TheGavranatar]

JUST what Northern Ireland needs.. more flag designs. .. just don't. Please

[@samuel10125]

Too bloody many we have.

[@FreedomLovingLoyalistOfficial]

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[@joprocter4573]

Castle NI flag in NI like royal pagent on thames showed its white of st patrick/george but goes white background right to left Left to right. Simple flys but modern times was biblical star of david and blood of ulster modern ulster.. You should stop talking of plantation.and protestant settlers.they were heugonots in refuge from european catholic wars which caused them to flee to parts of uk of which ireland was at that time. FLAG MUST BE RESTATED

[@TheMcZilla]

Yeooooo Upa Norn Iron!

[@tatondorfman5362]

The hand came from king o Niel, there was a boat race for who will be king of ustler irland and he cut his hang off and throw it ashore and touch landed first, And became king of ustler

[@christ.8547]

could it be to represent (the hand that is..) to represent the red cord(ruby/scarlet) tied to zerah's being from the line of Judah....the kingly line..(reference red rampant Lion)...where as his brother phaeraz born represented with golden/yellow..born as twins..the colors (cord red tied too zerah to delineate one brother from the other)...this is why you see red and yellow in the flags ..the "x" symbol representing the Hebrew letter "T"(in English) and "TAV"in hebrew represents a covenant and the tribe of Judah and the promise of messiah through the kingly line of David and the line of phaeraz...(golden/yellow)...that is the "tav" u see on these flags that's not x's or cross's ... that's the Hebrew letter "TAV" or "TAU" on the flags... that flag and hand stand for 'TheTribeOF JUDAH'..(period😉💙).. many-many bLessings..💙😇.

[@stinkfinger1942]

I’m pretty sure there was a horse race for kingship between two clans and the finish line was the bank other side of a river on which the land was the prize. They were so close by the end that as the leader was crossing the river the other guy stood before the river and proceeded to sever his left hand, pick it up and throw it across the river becoming the first to lay hand on the land in question, becoming the King of the Red Hand.

[@anvilbrunner.2013]

The last design had legs. Were it up to me, I'd suggest a sky blue field, orange central shield with red hand. With the left upper quarter showing George & Patrick crosses overlapped on a white field with a golden harp crest in the centre of that. Maybe a green & gold hemmed wreath of green shamrock beneath the shield or the harp. Pink & gold cordage for the hem and for the lanyards.

[@YourAvgjoe]

One of the stories I heard of the origin of the sand was on the finding of Ireland, it was told to the ships crew whomever touch the land first could claim it for his own. Many jumped into the water as began to swim to shore, although one man stayed on board, drew is sword and cut of his own hand only the thrown it onto the beach. Therefore the red hand

[@belladonnanightshade2332]

that's the story I heard but Ireland was inhabited before the birth of Christ supposedly by people who came from Iberia area , I wonder if they would have knowledge of the first people there as they could not read or write , st Patrick was one who managed to write on animal skin if I remember right when he went back to Ireland after escaping from there , so yes maybe from those times but a thousand years before that I doubt it , we know the danes and norse were in Ireland and fought the irish and also joined one irish family to fight another irish family , and then they did the same getting other Vikings to join them , the families of Ireland fought a lot , but the four ruling families moved from the north to the south of the island ,not sure when this was or why , but I think it was around st pats time which was around 300-400 ad ,

[@FirstNameLastName-lp7yt]

daily reminder that the Stuarts are the true kings of Britain

[@CM-ky3ow]

First Name Last Name wha'll be king but Cherlie?

[@historywithhilbert146]

Daily reminder that Glorious Revolution means Glorious Revolution

[@FirstNameLastName-lp7yt]

Daily reminder that glorious revolution means being ruled by a bunch of inbred krauts rather than a true British king

[@tommy-er6hh]

Why does no one say the Aetheings are the true kings of Britain? The one taken out by William the Bastard?

[@cybertronian2005]

Hanoverians were partly Stuart anyway... George I's grandmother was James I's daughter...

[@adoraleonard5122]

The very thought of combining the Tricolour with the butchers apron is REPULSIVE.

[@universalpronunciation1228]

I agree

[@cyanidejack1013]

I'm sorry I had to laugh. I had not heard that expression in 30 years. But so true.

[@celtofcanaanesurix2245]

What about the star that the red hand is on?

[@thamjorran2118]

Celt of Canaan Esurix, the star is heavily debated (who knew?) some think it's the star of David as found on the Israeli flag because certain "protestants" called the British Israelites believed they were descended from a lost tribe of Israel. The more likely reason is to represent the 6 counties of Northern Ireland: Antrim, Down, Armagh, Tyrone, Fermanagh and Londonderry.

[@daithimcbuan5235]

Aye, the 6 counties. The feckin' eejit forgot to mention that.

[@savvageorge]

I think the star comes from the house of Rothchild. They helped to create N. Ireland by financing William of Orange to invade Britain, create the Bank of England and remove the Catholic Stuarts. I've got no evidence for this but that's my theory.

[@johndevlin4318]

Greame Mcg how did they? I believe they are showing they can do it very well themselves.

[@vestty5802]

Lug Lamhfhada stfu lmao

[@catominor7306]

8/10 flag

[@thindon6661]

Thanks bro

[@waxeater112]

Fleg*

[@TheRealUnconnected]

'i will make this boring topic interesting' ok champ lets go, you've got 170k subs and i've never heard of you, lets see if you're going to make the grade. 2:40 seconds was all i lasted. You need to work on your scripting and being more concise, rambling is not interesting. I am not saying that you're a rambling lunatic, just that you could have shaved two minutes off this video by doing a bit of script work.

[@savagewallace6718]

Remember 1690

[@KarimOneill]

i hate England im supposed to be a royal prince from Ireland with the original spelling O'Neill

[@tahmatu3113]

Is this the red right hand?

[@roranger6208]

Left

[@danwilson1669]

Basically the irish Republican army

[@danwilson1669]

@Matt your a snow flake

[@MrPaul-bn9cl]

In 2049, at a ceremony uniting Ireland under a single government... 'We choose this flag made by the great KZbin historian, Hilbert, as our new Irish flag! And there was much rejoicing.

[@TheAndyW19]

The country with the highest birthrate in the E.U is all of a sudden going to start decline in population because of abortions?

[@MrPaul-bn9cl]

Mr Map ... Abortions is just a code word for 'kill all humans!' Duh. *Puts tinfoil hat back on so the government can't read my thoughts* That being said, though. I need to visit Ireland again; That was one of my more fun trips I've taken.

[@TheAndyW19]

Don't think Westminster will have much power in 2049.

[@geoffreynoonan4334]

NI + Donegal Monaghan and Cavan make up Ulster you fool

[@TinyBearTim]

It’s not Northern Ireland flag it’s is IRELANDS FLAG

[@BulletBill64]

The City of Antwerp in Belgium uses the same hand as it's symbol. But that comes from the legend of Brabo cutting of a Giant's hand.

[@joeyguitarstrings3588]

Dear Hilbert, The Red Hand, per my learned national school teacher, told us the symbol comes from a one time race between two Celtic chieftan's who raced to determine which would be King of Ulster, the one whom was losing as the race ended took his sword and cut off his hand, throwing it past the finish point therefore claiming the Kingship of our Province (then commencing at the Boyne and moving north and west). This victor, supposedly an Uí Niall, could thereafter not be Ard Rí since the Ard Ríana were not to have any blemish however, Ulster is more than sufficient terrority. Go raibh maith agat.

[@spankyboybotbot3888]

Shite

[@SuperFatyank]

It’s not the st George’s cross

[@ben.x]

Hate it when you get unnecessarily political.:/

[@hibernian797]

from what I've read, the king of ulster was decided by a boat race and who ever touched the beaches first won. so some madman thought outside the box and cut off his hand threw it on the shore. the hand is red because of the blood, and the yellow represents the beaches.

[@universalpronunciation1228]

That is a very altered version of the original story

[@jeroldproductions6367]

Do you not know the story of how the red hand came about with the two brothers?

[@bepsi6204]

Orange in our flags signifies the Protestants

[@oisin5928]

rather unfortunate

[@historywithhilbert146]

And the Dutch *dabs*

[@bepsi6204]

History With Hilbert the Dutch were Protestant

[@alexcrawford6162]

Yeah but that’s pretty much the same as the diagonal red cross in the Union Flag representing St. Patrick. They’re both symbols that are too divisive to be recognised by both sides in the event of unification, regardless of the fact that they both do technically represent each side. There’s simply been too much bloodshed carried under both of them. I’m opposed to unification, but if it does happen one day, I think it should be in a way that tries to include everyone, for the sake of peace. A new, common flag for both sides would be a great way to start.

[@gog_magpie]

Comrade Bepsi Marx the orange is from *WILHELMUS VAN NASSAU*

[@modmaker7617]

"Island of Ireland" Sounds like "Island of Island" or "Ireland of Ireland" when said fast.

[@radicalgal]

This is random but I think Ireland looks like a chicken nugget

[@lalameeralalameera7349]

In Hindu mythology the hand is hasta nakshatra read about it in Wikipedia

[@stefanatliorvaldsson3563]

great video

[@danieljgavigan]

Cavan and Monaghan are also counties in Ulster but not N.I.

[@eileenfitzsimons812]

Were Lough Neagh in your Northern Ireland map.

[@leemcl801]

The IRB