Flag of Ireland
The national flag of Ireland (Irish: Year Bhratach Náisiúnta ), also known under the name of tricolor Irish , is the national flag of the Irish Republic. The flag was initially adopted as a national flag of the State Libre of Ireland starting from its creation in 1922. It is confirmed like official flag in the constitution of December 1937. The use of the three colors is attested since 1830, when Irish patriots celebrate the return to the Tricolor in France after the Glorious Three. The flag in its current provision is deployed for the first time in 1848 by the movement Jeune Ireland. It floats on the central Poste of Dublin and on the positions held by the republican troops at the time of the rising of Easter 1916. There remains the official flag when the Ireland becomes a republic in 1949.
It was a long time interdict in the Six Counties of North, under British sovereignty. The tricolor one is seen by many nationalists like the national flag of all the Ireland. It is thus used (with controversy) by much of nationalists in Northern Ireland.
The tricolor one, with its three equal vertical bands of green (side of the chechmate), white and orange is inspired by the tricolor French and the tricolor Newfoundlander.
These three colors symbolize respectively:
- Green: emblematic color of catholic movement of national release,
- Blanc symbol of peace enters the two communities,
- Orange: commemorate for the Protestants, the decisive victory of the king of England Guillaume III (resulting from the Maison of Orange-Nassau) that this one gained on July 30th, 1690 with Boyne over the catholic partisans of Jacques II.
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