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Northern Ireland currently has no flag of their own. The Union Jack is used instead.

From 1953 to 1973 Northern Ireland used a flag, called the 'The Red Hand Flag of Ulster', showing a red St. George's cross on white (like the Flag of England), with a crowned six-pointed white star showing a red hand. As this flag is associated with the unionists, it has no chance of being reintroduced. Republicans use the Irish national flag.