What history of the Irish flag?

Answer 1

In the late 18th century green had become associated as the colour of revolution. The United Irishmen, founded in the 1790s, were inspired by the French Revolution, and used a green flag, to which they had a harp emblazoned. A rival organisation, the Orange Order, whose main strength was in Ulster, and which was exclusively for Protestants, especially members of the Anglican Church of Ireland, was founded in 1795 in memory of King William of Orange and the "Glorious Revolution" of 1688. Following the Irish Rebellion of 1798, which pitted the "green" tradition of the republican United Irishmen against the "orange" tradition of Anglican Protestant Ascendancy loyal to the British Crown, the ideal of a later nationalist generation in the mid-19th century was to make peace between the two traditions and, if possible, to found a self-governing Ireland on such peace and union.

The oldest known reference to the use of the three colours of green, white and orange as a nationalist emblem dates from September 1830 when tricolour cockades were worn at a meeting held to celebrate the French Revolution of that year - a revolution which restored the use of the French tricolor. However, widespread recognition was not accorded to the flag until 1848. The Irish flag is always flown with the green at the hoist.

In 1937, the tricolour's position as the national flag was formally confirmed by the new Constitution of Ireland.

Answer 2

The present green-white-and-orange Flag of Ireland was designed in 1848 and adopted officially in 1919.

Dating back to at least 1642, a green flag featuring a golden harp with silver strings was an older symbol of the Irish nation.

Answer 3

The flag, so I am told, is supposed to represent a new era of Irish indepedence and nationality. This is in opposition of the Catholic vs Protestant outlook that had been so prevalent in Ireland. The green represents catholics the orange represesnts protestants and the white represents the new unity between the two groups. When decideing the design, it was thought best to pay homage to the French, and the ideals and values of the French revolution, so the tri-color was adopted

Answer 4

There are two flags in use in Ireland. Ireland is a geographic description. There are two countries on the island of Ireland. Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Northern Ireland has a white flag with a Red cross superimposed is the redhand of Ulster set on a sixpointed star and crown. The republic of Ireland is a tricolour flag Orange White and Green. The tricolour is said to represent the Catholic Green Tradition and the Orange the protestant tradition with a white representing peace. the Northern Ireland flag is a St Georges Cross with The six pointed star representing the six counties of Northern Ireland. A crown showing loyalty to the monarch and a red hand represent Ulster the old Irish Province

Answer 5

The red hand of Ulster came about when a protestant was in some famous race that determent something special and cut of his hand and threw it to the finishing line so he would win.