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List of flags of the Republic of Ireland
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This is a list of flags which have been, or are still today, in the Republic of Ireland.
- For flags of Northern Ireland see List of Northern Irish flags.
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| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1919 - | Flag of Ireland | tricolour, with three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), white and orange; (the green symbolises Roman Catholics, the white Peace and the orange Protestants, therefore the flag represents peace between Catholics and Protestants). |
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1945 - | Standard of the President of Ireland | A silver stringed gold harp on a blue field |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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The Four Provinces Flag | The four quadrants represent the provinces, showing a banner of the arms of Munster (top right), Leinster (bottom right), Connacht (bottom left) and Ulster (top left) | |
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Flag of Ulster |
The arms of the historic province of Ulster is a composite achievement, combining the heraldic symbols of two of that province’s best known families, namely the cross of de Burgo and the dexter hand of O Neill(Ua Néill, later Ó Néill) Kings of Ailech and Tír Eoghan. |
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Flag of Munster |
The Province of Munster has been heraldically symbolized by three golden antique crowns on an azure blue shield. A crown of the type now known as antique Irish, forms an integral element of a thirteenth century crozier head found near Cormac’s Chapel on the Rock of Cashel. In the case of the ‘king-bishops’ of Cashel, the placing of the antique crown on their crozier,was a symbolic assertion of their right to the political sovereignty of Munster. |
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Flag of Connacht |
The arms of Connacht – a dimidiated (divided in half from top to bottom) eagle and armed hand – Ruaidhri O Conchobhair king of Connacht is surmised to have been conceded the arms of Schottenkloster or Irish monastery founded in Regensburg which approximate to the Connacht Flag of 1651 |
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Flag of Leinster |
A silver stringed golden harp on a green background. Possibly the oldest and certainly the most celebrated instance of the use of the harp device on a green field was the flag of Owen Roe O’Neill. It is recorded that his ship, the St Francis, as she lay at anchor at Dunkirk, flew from her mast top ‘the Irish harp in a green field, in a flag’. |
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Flag of Mide |
The old province of Mide(Meath), comprehending the present-day counties of Meath and Westmeath, is heraldically personified by a representation of a royal personage seated on a throne on an azure field. The arms of Mide were apparently used at one time as the arms of Ireland, |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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Republic of Ireland Naval Jack | A silver stringed gold harp on a green field |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1930s - | The starry plough | Light blue background and white stars |
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1893 - | The Sunburst flag based on the flag of the mythological warriors the fenians | Blue background with a golden sunburst showing partially in the bottom left corner |
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1920s and 1930s | Flag of the Blueshirts, Ireland's quasi-fascist movement during the 1920s and 30s. Based on the Saint Patrick's Saltire flag. | A red saltire on a blue field |
- Symbols in Northern Ireland - Flags Used in the Region by Dara Mulhern and Martin Melaugh; illustrated article from CAIN Project (Conflict Archive on the INternet)
National Library of Ireland[1]