A genuine Sinn Fein (Irish rebel) flag, over 50 years old, flew outside the Southern Cross Hotel in King William street yesterday in observance of St. Patrick’s Day.
The manager of the Southern Cross (Mr. M. C. Flannagan) said the flag was the only one in Australia and was brought out here by his great-great-grandfather at the beginning of the century.
The flag is emerald green with the gold Irish harp in the centre.
Another King William street hotel flew an emerald green flag with a Union Flag in a top corner. It is not listed officially.
– Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 – 1954), Wednesday 18 March 1953.
Established at 62 King William Street in 1846 as the Greyhound Hotel. Became the Southern Cross in 1847 and rebuilt in 1879. Ceased trading in 1974. Building now part of the Southern Cross Arcade. In 1974 the license was transferred to premises at 21 James Place and was still known as the Southern Cross but now known as the James Place Hotel. Lino Gattorna ran the hotel from 1909 to 1916.
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