CIRCA - 1848 🇮🇪 - vertical tricolor of green (hoist-side), white (middle) & orange (fly-side) equal bands

HISTORY: Inspired by the French Tricolore🔍, the Irish design was unveiled in 1848 by the Young Ireland movement, representing

harmony between Ireland's Catholic and Protestant communities.

The green was drawn from the traditional Irish ethnic flag; gold Gaelic 𓏢 harp on a

green field (a 17c marker of native Irish / Catholic resistance, in contrast with the blue🔍

of the 🇬🇧 Union Jack🔍.)

It achieved widespread recognition when raised over the rebels seized General Post

Office in the Easter Rising of 1916, now a symbol of republican aspirations, and was

subsequently adopted by the Irish Republic and then the Irish Free State in 1922.

VEXILLOLOGY:* Embodying aspirations for inclusion & unity among diverse traditions;**

• The GREEN Stripe symbolizes the native Irish's Catholic & Gaelic heritage

• The WHITE Stripe represents the hope for peace  ☮︎, uniting the conflicting faiths

• The ORANGE stands for the Protestant tradition (as associated with William of Orange)

* The STUDY of FLAGS; their history, symbolism, usage, and design. From Latin vexillum - referring to a Roman military standard / flag (from velum= cloth/ covering/sail/curtain

[PIE🔍 root weg = to weave / to cover]) + Greek suffix -logia = study]

** The intended symbolism of reconciliation is contested,, particularly in Northern Ireland, where it's often perceived not as unifying but as a marker of Irish nationalism and republicanism