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Cork, Ireland

Corcaigh

West Cork

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West Cork

by António Martins-Tuválkin, 4 January 2008

At http://www.fuchsiabrands.com/2006_events.asp#flag the flag of what seems to be the West Cork Regional Branding Initiative is presented and displayed. At http://www.aquaventures.ie/images/Fuchlogo%20Trans.gif there is a large image of the logo.

I can offer that all depictions of the logo seem to show it slightly squeezed vertically, though all its details imply that that it was designed to be fully circular. The flag is quite oblong (~3:5) with the logo centered on its width and slightly off set to the bottom, giving way to a line of text set in retro casual nonvariant cursive purple letters reading "West Cork - A Place Apart". The logo is round and seal like (with purple bold "TM" outside the ring frame on the lower right corner, also visible on the flag) with wide green rim double-fimbriated in white and green with lettering "A place apart" in white bold serif italics from 9 to 1 o’clock and "West Cork" in larger white bold serif swash italics from 7 to 4 o’clock. The center of the seal is white with a stylized fuchsia flower slightly overlapping the rim in hot pink and purple.

Is this an official flag in the local administration framework, or just a private effort? And is Fuchsia Brands more than an advertising agency? If not, why did they used a canting logo to brand West Cork?
António Martins-Tuválkin, 4 January 2008