# Why doesn’t Northern Ireland have a flag?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 17, 2021, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesn-t-northern-ireland-have-a-flag/946719 "2021-07-17T16:00:31Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 15, 2021, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesn-t-northern-ireland-have-a-flag/946719/22 "2021-10-15T16:47:31Z")

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I’m afraid that the true answer is that Northern Ireland just isn’t a country in this case, and is ripe for takeover, at least according to renowned scholar and historian Eddie Izzard.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/uEx5G-GOS1k/hqdefault.jpg "Eddie Izzard - Do you have a flag?") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEx5G-GOS1k)

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