It stands for peace and is positioned between the green and orange stripes, which represent the two main traditions of Ireland, that of nationalists for green and orange for the unionist tradition.
It isn't
Irelands Flag stands for your but
Surely a white cross on a white flag is a white flag ! I surrender !
The flag was first adopted in 1916.
the white flag means hope and freedom
the blue is water and the white is wind
The white on the Panama flag means peace between the people.
Green represents the Catholic population, orange the Protestant population and white the peace between the two communities
Its not called the England flag it's called the Union Flag and the white stripes represent the Scotish Soltire.
purity and innocence
red and white
it means the sun