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@General_Strike
To my understanding, Ulster is a bit like, to Ireland/Northern Ireland, as Ossetia was to Russia and Georgia. I think that's more than enough controversy for one day!
From the wiki you linked to:
"The Red Hand can be regarded as one of the very few cross-community symbols used in Northern Ireland. Due to its roots as a Gaelic Irish symbol, nationalist/republican groups have used (and continue to use) it often – for example the republican Irish Citizen Army, the republican National Graves Association, Belfast, the Irish Transport and General Workers Union and numerous GAA clubs in Ulster. However, after the creation of Northern Ireland, loyalist groups began to use it widely – for example the Red Hand Commandos, Red Hand Defenders and Ulster Defence Association, among others."
Hurray for cross-community symbols!