What do the three colors of the Irish flag mean?

Answer 1

Although the flag's meaning is not covered by the Irish Constitution,the Irish government has stated that the green represents the Irish nationalist tradition of Ireland and the orange represents the Orange tradition in Ireland, with white representing peace, or a truce, between them.

Answer 2

The Irish constitution merely states the colours as green, white and orange and gives no further explanation. It has however stated, and it is widely accepted, that the colour green stands for nationalism and the traditional Irish Catholics and the orange for unionism and the Protestants under William of Orange. The white in between signifies peace between the two.

Answer 3

The colors on the Ireland flag are green, orange and white. The green represents the Gaelic community. The orange represents the followers of William of Orange in Ireland. White represents the aspiration of peace between the two.

Answer 4

Green - Nationalist and Catholic

Orange - Unionist and Protestant

White - peace between the 2 groups

Answer 5

The green represents the Catholics and the orange represents the protestants. So the white in the middle means peace between the two.

Answer 6

Green represents the Nationalists and Catholics, Orange represents the Unionists and Protestants and White represents the hope for peace between the two groups

Answer 7

green represents the Nationalist/catholic community

orange represents the Unionist/Protestant community

white represents peace between the 2 communities

Answer 8

Green represents the Nationalist population Orange the Unionist population and the White in the centre represents the hope for peace between them.

Answer 9

Green on the Irish flag represents the Irish nationalist tradition. Orange is for the unionist tradition, coming from William of Orange, and white is for the peace between the two groups.