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![[International Eucharistic Congress, 1932, flag]](../images/i/int_euco32.jpg)
image located by Jan Mertens, 17 April 2009
Reported on Irish eBay, a flag designed for the International Eucharistic
Congress at Dublin (IE), 1932. This Congress must have been quite an event. Held
22–26 June 1932, it commemorated St Patrick's arrival in Ireland 1500 years
earlier. More on this topic:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Eucharistic_Congress
http://multitext.ucc.ie/d/The_31st_International_Eucharistic_Congress_Dublin_1932
http://multitext.ucc.ie/viewgallery/1208.
The official congress symbol can be seen at
http://multitext.ucc.ie/d/Official_Crest_of_the_31st_International_Eucharistic_Congress_1932.
"Catholic and Irish in conception and execution, it is based on the
famous Cross of Cong, a perfect example of Irish ecclesiastical art. The head of
the cross, which is a processional one, is reproduced in the design with the
staff omitted. The beautiful Celtic interlacing in the panels is copied from the
original. The chalice embodied in the design is not a representation of any
actual chalice, but rather an approximation to one such as would be made by a
contemporary Irish Craftsman working in the Celtic tradition. The Host is
designed in the universal mode of Eucharistic symbolism. The Latin
inscription 'International Eucharistic Congress at Dublin' is in Celtic script,
after the manner of the Irish artist-scribes."
See flag as shown on eBay
is a blue flag bearing the above-mentioned design – the basic one, at least – in
yellow. Source: Irish eBay offer no. 160044776907 (ended 1 Nov 2006) with
comments: "This flag is one that was carried to the various cer[e]monies that
took place during the Eucharistic Congress in Dublin. It is a deeper blue than
it appears to be in the photo. It is in good condition. It measures 36'' X
18''."
Jan Mertens, 17 April 2009
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