Post flags/heraldry and tell us about what they represent.
The flag in OP and the Great Seal in picrel belong to "Confederate Ireland", aka the Irish Catholic Confederation. (1642-1652)>1640s>While Gaelic Ireland was destroyed in the early 1600s, some powerful Catholic Irish nobles remain>They are loyal to the Stuarts, because Charles I had promised "the Graces">The Graces were a series of reforms which would bring an end to the persecution of Catholics who were loyal to the Crown>Endless delays lead some to plan a coup against the Crown in Ireland; the plan being to seize power in protest until the Graces were granted>Plot discovered, uh oh>Ireland gripped by sectarian violence; Catholics and Protestants are killing each other in droves across the island>By 1642 England is having its own civil war, not exactly in a position to restore order>Group of Catholic religious leaders and nobles meet in Kilkenny, forming a new temporary government>Drafts a constitution and set up a replacement Parliament for Ireland>Military leaders appointed, they set about restoring order to Ireland>National treasury+mint also created for coins along with a printing press for political pamphlets>In the face of the mounting threat by the very anti-Catholic Cromwellian forces, they make an uneasy alliance with the Royalists in Ireland>Confederate military is a mixture of Stuart Royalists and Gaelic Nobles who have returned from exile to try and undo English colonisation entirely
>>18469460can we get a NON-freemason thread for once ?
>>18469721I just like hearing history about flags anon
I love the coat of arms of Whitehorse because it has this cool creature on the right (officially called a "wolf-raven").>>18469721schizo
