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image by Seamus Cameron and Tomislav Todorovic, 15 February 2017
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After much searching I finally found the local flag
for the island of South Uist in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. I don't think the
flag is used and I've certainly never seen it used here on the island or any
other flags for that matter. I was told about it by a local chap I'm afraid
that's all I know at the moment. If I can get more info will let you know. In
the mean time will be ordering one to promote it.
Seamus Cameron, 29 November 2003
Not sure exactly what qualifies as a
firmer sighting... but this flag is available for purchase and I can confirm
that we have definitely dispatched at least one of these flags to South Uist.
Charles Ashburner, 2 December 2003
As a Gaelic teacher I look at a lot
of internet resources connected with the language and found the following short
film on the Sabhal Mor Ostaig Website - it clearly shows the South Uist Flag
flying outside Daliburgh school in South Uist last year alongside the Cape
Breton Flag - on the page at
http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/gd/colaiste/gaelic-vids.php, go to the film
entitled "Aithriseachd air Ceolas" under the heading "Ceolas" it appears about
30 seconds in.
Eoghan Stewart, 11 July 2007
Just found your flags of the world site
when looking up the flag of South Uist in the Outer Hebrides. I saw the South
Uist flag flying at the Aisgernis Golf club on South Uist.
Jon Houseago,
11 May 2012
During a recent visit to South Uist in the Outer Hebrides,
Scotland I saw the South Uist flag flying at the Kildonan Visitor Centre,
confirming its use:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/steves-travels/21510795149/in/album-72157658661112418/.
The flag appears to be used in a 1:2 ratio.
Steve Guess, 14 October
2015
Most photos show the flags with ratio of 1:2, or even a bit more oblong,
such as at
https://britishcountyflags.wordpress.com/2016/12/19/a-flag-for-south-uist/,
http://www.cycletourer.co.uk/cycletouring/tours/hebrides11/11.08.07/pages/image03.htm,
http://ruanaich.com/south-uist-flag/,
https://www.flickr.com/photos/10221077@N03/3135626428 and
http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-an-outer-hebrides-flag-flying-in-tarbert-on-the-isle-of-harris-outer-85007291.html,
but shorter flags are also used, as shown at
https://twitter.com/scoops_sweet/status/829350129652084736/photo/1.
This will happen as long as the flag is not officially registered, for which
seems to have been no demand so far. In the meantime, the flag is being
merchandised with the current FOTW image as the design template, but offered in
a variety of sizes, with varying ratio. such as here:
http://www.flyingcolours.org/product/islands-of-the-united-kingdom/south-uist-flag.html.
Tomislav Todorovic, 15 February 2017