The National Flag

Some Facts about our Flag

• The national flag of Ireland is a tricolour of green, white and orange.
• The flag is twice as wide as it is high.
• The three colours are of equal size and the green goes next to the flagstaff.
• The flag was first introduced by Thomas Francis Meagher in 1848 who based it on French tricolour.
• The green represents the older Gaelic tradition while the orange represents the supporters of William of Orange.
• The white in the centre signifies a lasting truce between the 'Orange' and the'Green'.
• It was not until the Rising of 1916, when it was raised above the General Post Office in Dublin, that the tricolour came to be regarded as the national flag.
• It is now enshrined in the Constitution of Ireland.

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The National Flag 

The National Flag