Belfast, Northern Ireland (original) (raw)

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• Description of the flag
• Belfast Pride flag

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• Northern Ireland

Description of the flag

The flag is a banner of arms, blazoned "party per fesse argent and azure, in chief a pile vair and on a canton gules a bell argent, in base a ship with sails set argent on waves of the sea proper."

The arms were officially granted on June 30, 1890. The vair is taken from the arms of Sir Arthur Chichester, the founder of Belfast as it exists today, who obtained the city's charter from James I in 1613. The ship tells of Belfast's pre-eminence as a seaport and the bell is canting.

Source: https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/wiki/Belfast

Belfast Pride flag

A photo of a flag used by members of the LGBT community and supporters take part in the Belfast pride parade 2019 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Aug. 3, 2019, can be seen athttps://www.christianpost.com/news
William Garrison, 2 August 2025