List of Welsh flags
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National flags
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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Since 1959 (official)(variants first appeared c.1485) | Flag of Wales, also known as Y Ddraig Goch (The Red Dragon) | Per fess Argent and Vert, a dragon passant Gules | |
A vertical per fess Argent and Vert, a dragon passant Gules | |||
Since 1921 | Flag of Saint David | Sable a cross Or |
Royal standards of the United Kingdom
Government flags
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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Since 2017 | The Marine and Fisheries Division.[1] |
A British blue ensign defaced with a yellow dragon
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Flag of the Senedd Cymru.[2] |
White with the logo of the Senedd Cymru in red |
Religious
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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Since 1921 | Flag of Saint David | Sable a cross Or | |
Since 1954 | Flag of the Church in Wales | Argent a cross Azure a celtic cross proper | |
1920 – 1954 | Unofficial Flag of the Church in Wales | A reversed Saint David's cross |
Dioceses of the Church in Wales
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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Flag of the Diocese of Bangor | A banner of the Diocese's coat of arms. | ||
Flag of the Diocese of St Asaph | A banner of the Diocese's coat of arms. | ||
Flag of the Diocese of St Davids | A banner of the Diocese's coat of arms. | ||
Flag of the Diocese of Swansea and Brecon | A banner of the Diocese's coat of arms. |
Historical
Welsh flags
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1807 – 1953 | Used from 1807 until 1953. | ||
1953 – 1959 | Used from 1953 until 1959, depicting the Royal Badge of Wales after its augmentation of honour. |
Welsh royal standards
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1195 – 1378 | Banner adopted by Cymdeithas yr Iaith and widely amongst pro-independence groups |
Quarterly Or and Gules, four Lions rampant counter-charged | |
1100 – 1378 | Banner of the princely House of uses a version of this flag today emblazoned with a Crown on a green shield | Quarterly Or and Gules, four Lions passant guardant counter-charged langued and armed Azure | |
c.987 – c.1034 | Banner of the princely House of Mathrafal used during the early Middle Ages by the rulers of Powys, Powys Wenwynwyn and later by their heirs the de la Pole (Powysian) dynasty. Modern use is rare | Or a Lion rampant Gules langued and armed Azure | |
c.1034 – c.1195 | Banner of the princely Kingdom of Deheubarth, a realm which covered much of south Wales. The banner would have been used during the early Middle Ages and later by the Talbot dynasty who inherited the arms. Modern use is rare |
Gules a Lion rampant Or, a border engrailed of the last | |
c.1267 - 1282 | Banner of the personal arms of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd | Argent three Lions passant Gules | |
c.567 – c.897 | Banner of Madog ap Gruffudd Maelor, and later the Banner of Powys Fadog | Argent a Lion rampant Sable langued and armed Gules. Often referred to as the Black Lion of Powys. |
Battle flags
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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c.1400 – c.1416 | Banner known as Y Ddraig Aur or "The Golden Dragon" which has ancient origins. It was famously raised over Caernarfon during the Battle of Tuthill in 1401 by Owain Glyndŵr |
Argent a dragon rampant Or | |
13th century | Banner known as Y Groes Nawdd or "The Cross of Neith" said to have been the battle flag of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (d. 1282) | Purpure a celtic cross Or |
Religious flags
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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pre – 1954 | Unofficial flag of the Diocese of Bangor | An inverted Saint David's Cross with the arms of the Diocese in the canton. | |
pre – 1954 | Unofficial flag of the Diocese of Llandaff | An inverted Saint David's Cross with the arms of the Diocese in the canton. | |
pre – 1954 | Unofficial flag of the Diocese of Monmouth | An inverted Saint David's Cross with the arms of the Diocese in the canton. | |
pre – 1954 | Unofficial flag of the Diocese of St Asaph | An inverted Saint David's Cross with the arms of the Diocese in the canton. | |
pre – 1954 | Unofficial flag of the Diocese of St Davids | An inverted Saint David's Cross with the arms of the Diocese in the canton. | |
pre – 1954 | Unofficial flag of the Diocese of Swansea and Brecon | An inverted Saint David's Cross with the arms of the Diocese in the canton. |
Regions, counties and cities
This section needs additional citations for verification. (May 2022) |
Traditional counties
Of the 13
Cardiganshire (now Ceredigion), Carmarthenshire, Denbighshire, Montgomeryshire and Radnorshire outstanding.[clarification needed
]
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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March 2014[3] | Flag of Anglesey | Gules a chevron Or between three lions rampant Or. | |
Not yet registered | De facto flag of Brecknockshire | ||
Since 2012[4] | Flag of Caernarfonshire | Vert, three eagles displayed in fess Or. | |
Not yet registered[clarification needed] | De facto flag of Cardiganshire |
Sable, a lion regardant Or. | |
Since 2015[5] | Flag of Flintshire | Argent a Cross fleury engrailed Sable between four Cornish Choughs proper | |
Since 2013[6] | Flag of Glamorgan | Gules, three Chevronels Argent | |
Since 2015[7] | Flag of Merionethshire | Azure, three goats rampant Argent, armed and unguled Or; from the dexter base the sun in his splendour issuant Or. | |
Since 2011[8] | Flag of Monmouthshire | Per Fleurs-de-lis Or .
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Since 1988[9] | Flag of Pembrokeshire | . |
Cities, towns and villages
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1906[10] | Flag of Cardiff | Argent on a Mount Vert a Dragon rampant Gules supporting in front of a Leek issuing from the Mount a Flag Staff erect proper flying therefrom to the sinister a Banner of the third charged with three Chevronels of the first. | |
2013[11] | Flag of Craig-y-Dorth | Two golden wyverns couchant facing each other as in battle; one on a blue background and the other on a red background. | |
2022[12] | Flag of Llandovery | ||
2015[13] | Flag of Monmouth | ||
2013[14] | Flag of Tywyn |
University flags
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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Flag of Bangor University[15] | |||
Flag of Wrexham Glyndŵr University |
A banner of the University's coat of arms. |
Nationalist flags
This section needs additional citations for verification. (June 2022) |
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1960s | Welsh Republican Tricolour[citation needed] | A vertical tricolour of green, red and white with a black star representing those who have fallen for their country. | |
1950s–1960s | Flag of the Welsh Republican Movement[citation needed] | A vertical tricolour of green, red and white. | |
Since 1960s | Yr Eryr Wen – the White Eagle, used by radical nationalists such as the Free Wales Army. The eagle or Eryr is thought to refer to Owain Gwynedd who used an eagle for his coat of arms, and also Snowdonia (called Eryri in Welsh).[16] | A stylised white eagle on a black background. | |
1970s | Flag of the Welsh Patriotic Front[17] | A horizontal tricolour of white, red and green, with a black band in the hoist containing a gold Y Nod Cyfrin. | |
1970s | Y Ddraig Ddu or "The Black Dragon" used by the Cymru 1400 republican movement[citation needed] | The Red Dragon of Wales on a black field | |
1960s | Banner of the now defunct Meibion Glyndŵr militant pro-independence organisation[citation needed] | Banner of Owain Glyndŵr indented with the border of an eldest son |
References
- ^ Flag Institute Flagmaster Issue 160
- ^ https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/senedd-turns-blue-red-white-10445166
- ^ "Anglesey Flag | Free official image and info | UK Flag Registry". The Flag Institute. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
- ^ "Caernarfonshire Flag | Free official image and info | UK Flag Registry". The Flag Institute. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
- ^ "Flintshire Flag | Free official image and info | UK Flag Registry". The Flag Institute. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
- ^ "Glamorgan Flag | Free official image and info | UK Flag Registry". The Flag Institute. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
- ^ "Merioneth Flag | Free official image and info | UK Flag Registry". The Flag Institute. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
- ^ "Monmouthshire Flag | Free official image and info | UK Flag Registry". The Flag Institute. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
- ^ "Pembrokeshire Flag | Free official image and info | UK Flag Registry". The Flag Institute. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
- ^ "Cardiff Flag | Free official image and info | UK Flag Registry". The Flag Institute. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
- ^ "Craig-y-Dorth Flag | Free official image and info | UK Flag Registry". The Flag Institute. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
- ^ "Carmarthenshire town unfurls new flag as part of effort to promote its history". Nation.Cymru. 3 February 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
- ^ "Monmouth Flag | Free official image and info | UK Flag Registry". The Flag Institute. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
- ^ "Tywyn Flag | Free official image and info | UK Flag Registry". The Flag Institute. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
- ^ Jonathan Dixon (19 September 2010). "Bangor University (Wales, United Kingdom)". Flags of the World. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ "White Eagle of Wales flag". Flags of the World. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
- ^ David B. Lawrence (19 February 2007). "Welsh separatist and independentist flags: Patriotic Front flag". Flags of the World. Retrieved 6 October 2022.