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Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, Ireland

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Dún Laoghaire Peoples' Heritage Flag

image provided by Michael Merrigan

Design: diagonal gold over St. Patrick’s blue with a black bull’s head on the gold and a white Celtic cross on the blue
Significance: gold for the High Kingship of Ireland – the land of the Celtic Sun God Lugh – in the 5th century the twilight years of pagan Celtic Ireland.

black bull for High King Laoghaire Mac Niall the eponymous founder of Dún Laoghaire in the fifth century AD – Laoghaire from the Irish for “calf-herder” – the bull or tarbh was sacred to the Celts.
blue – commonly called St Patrick’s blue, representing the Ancient Kingdom of Ireland and the sea - representing the area’s rich maritime heritage.
white Celtic Cross signifies the arrival of Christianity to Ireland during the reign of High King Laoghaire with the mission of St. Patrick and the dawn of Irish recorded history.

Designer: local artist, Veronica Heywood from a historical concept by Michael Merrigan (2003) for use by Dún Laoghaire Town Football Club, Dún Laoghaire Community Association and other community organisations in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland.
Arms: the design is also used as the Arms of Dún Laoghaire Town Football Club Limited – per bend or – a bull’s head caboshed sable; azure – a Celtic cross argent.
Flag: the “Dún Laoghaire Peoples’ Heritage Flag” was made by Dublin Flagmakers – O’Regan of Pearse Street, Dublin and first flown in Holyhead, north Wales during a soccer match between Dún Laoghaire Town Football Club and Holyhead Hotspur in May 2004 and has been used since in community parades, events and campaigns in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland.

Michael Merrigan
Hon. Secretary, Genealogical Society of Ireland, 6 June 2005