The Irish flag was flown for the first time ever on March 7, 1848, by Thomas Francis Meagher in Co Waterford. ... “The national flag of Ireland is the tricolor of green, ...

If the flying of the flag implied national unity in 1916 the events of the bloody War of Independence and then the Irish Civil war showed huge bitter divisions existed within the state.

17 An Irish tricolour travelled to the moon and back on board the Spacecraft America during the Apollo XV11 mission. When was this? 18The National Flag was planted at the south Pole by a Kerryman ...

A Superior Court judge in New Haven has ruled that the national flag of Ireland flying outside Ceili s Irish Pub can stay put. Judge Thomas J. Corradino has upheld a Zoning Board of Appeals ...

Object: The Plough and the Stars flag Physical Characteristics: 6' x 5' 5".Green Field with gilt fringe. On the field a yellow plough outlined in black and seven silver stars also outlined in black.

Ireland's national flag flies above a statue in Dublin. It's flying in Florida, too, after a city council had a change of heart about letting an Irish pub display the colors.

Sir, – What a joy it is to see our national flag hoisted in celebration and waved in joy during the Paris Olympic Games.These demonstrations of collective belonging transcend county, provincial ...

August 14, 2024 at 10:55am BST. THE use of the Irish national flag in the anti-immigrant protests in Belfast and elsewhere is both abhorrent and a negation of the Irish republican tradition.