Yes, it's the night where I am, although it's still light out this far north. That is Loch na Seilg, in Gaelic-speaking Scotland, in the United Kingdom, not surprisingly, and I'm a native Gaelic-speaker. I'm a Gaelic historian, actually, although you probably wouldn't believe me if I told you that personally. I became interested in Gaelic history when I found out that it was actually different to the washed-out charicature that is officially taught, and that we neither invented kilts nor wore them, and that the Scots founded the UK! Never taught that in school! Wake up. Thanks. Okay, I'll tell you about that later. To save you going to sleep again, how about you ask the questions?
I'd fancy a guess that the middle is the Union Jack (the UK's flag) and the three surrounding flags are of course the flags of Scotland, Ireland and Wales. Unless you seek some deeper meaning, that may be it.
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It's the symbol of The Gaelic Claim, but aside from that it is the flag of Scotland above the flag of the United Kingdom, flanked by the other Gaelic flags of Ireland and the Isle of Man. Hi, and thanks for sorting out most of the questions I was going to ask with your reply...meh, I guess I'm a generic newbie Wrong Gaelic (although I do speak some Irish and Manx)
