The Red Hand

The Red Hand

Here are sites that contain information about the red hand you see on family crests and some flags. I was curious about the redhand's origin and why you sometimes see the left hand displayed and at other times the right hand. The following sites shed some light on the subject.

The Red Hand of Ulster

http://www.baronetage.org/redhand.htm

Wikipedia: The Red Hand of Ulster

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hand_of_Ulster

The Red Hand Flag of Northern Ireland

http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/gb-ni.html#redhand

Geoghegan Coat of Arms and related Heraldry

http://www.geoghegan.org/clan/heraldry.html

Spurious Coats of Arms

http://www.heraldry.ws/info/article10.html

Adair Coat of Arms