Flag and Victory Anthem
At the games the Northern Ireland team uses the flag of the former Government of Northern Ireland, the Ulster Banner as its national flag. This flag is also used by the Northern Ireland national football team.
The team uses Londonderry Air as its victory anthem.
The team logo, and of the Commonwealth Games Council for Northern Ireland, features the Red Hand of Ulster, a traditional emblem of the province of Ulster.
The team goes by the abbreviation NIR.
Read more about this topic: Northern Ireland At The Commonwealth Games
Famous quotes containing the words flag and/or victory:
“By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled,
Here once the embattled farmers stood
And fired the shot heard round the world.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“In defeat unbeatable: in victory unbearable.”
—Winston Churchill (1874–1965)