The Irish Tricolour flying over Railway Street, Newcastle
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The photograph on this page of The Irish Tricolour flying over Railway Street, Newcastle by Eric Jones as part of the Geograph project.
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The Irish Tricolour flying over Railway Street, Newcastle
Image: © Eric Jones Taken: 7 Apr 2012
Although a mainly Nationalist town - 69.3% of the population are Catholic - Newcastle enjoys excellent inter-communal harmony and apart from the Easter weekend and July 12th sectional flags are not normally flown. The tricolour here is flown to celebrate the Dublin Easter Rising of 1916.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.214718
Longitude
-5.888091