The Irish flag was flown for the first time ever on March 7, 1848, by Thomas Francis Meagher in Co Waterford. Why is the Irish flag green, white and orange? Where did the Irish tri-color come from?

40,000 Irish fought for the Confederate Army in ... Irish Confederate companies of numerous regiments attacked over the open fields of Gettysburg with colorful battle flags of green emblazoned ...

A flag found in the ruins of a building where the 1916 Easter Rising was planned has been returned to Dublin. An uncrowned green harp flag was flown above Liberty Hall by the Irish Citizen Army in ...

Members of the Irish Defence Forces carry the remains of a former comrade draped in the Irish tricolour. The use of the flag during funerals in some parts of the country is proving controversial.