Cork Gaa Confederate Flag

The flag has a long history of use by cork supporters but its visibility at games has decreased in recent years.

Cork gaa confederate flag.

The flag has been a near constant presence at cork hurling and football matches in recent decades. Cork gaa officials will confiscate confederate flags from any supporters attending hurling and football matches when sport resumes in front of live audiences. Cork gaa have taken the long awaited step of banning the confederate flag from their grounds. It is confined to a tiny dumb minority.

The confederate flag originally represented the southern us states that seceded from the union from 1860 61 and sparked the american civil war. Cork supporters sometimes wave the. The flag being spotted at the game came less than a day after a woman was killed. The officers have urged cork fans not to bring it to games in.

Confederate flags will be confiscated from any cork fans attending hurling and football matches in cork whenever games resume in front of fans cork county board chairwoman tracey kennedy confirmed. This is not a widespread practice. The cork county board chairman ger lane announced that they requested whoever is involved in flying the confederate flag at cork matches to refrain from bringing it into any ground in future. There is not a lot more they can do.

Cork gaa says confederate flag is banned for rebels fans and will be confiscated cork gaa chairperson tracey kennedy has said that stewards at cork grounds will confiscate the now banned confederate flag that has been waved by supporters for years if any make an appearance when crowds return to stadiums. Cork gaa officers have condemned the practice by a small number of cork supporters of flying the confederate flag at cork gaa matches. Cork gaa chairperson tracey kennedy has confirmed that stewards will confiscate any confederate flags brought to its grounds. Following a decree by cork gaa to confiscate controversial rebel flags carried by cork supporters at the gates of football and hurling matches people may be wondering how a small insignificant county in the southwest of ireland could possibly have links to the banner of the confederate united states who fought against the abolition of slavery in the mid 1800s thousands of miles away.