By Valerie King Here is our flag Our Flag The Republic of Irelands flag is made of three equalsized rectangles of orange white and green this type of flag is called a tricolour The flag is twice as wide as it is tall The green side is by the flagpole This flag was first used in 1848 ID: 426405
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The Irish Tricolour
By Valerie KingSlide2
Here is our flag:Slide3
Our Flag
The Republic of Ireland's flag is made of three equal-sized rectangles of orange, white, and green (this type of flag is called a tricolour). The flag is twice as wide as it is tall. The green side is by the flagpole. This flag was first used in 1848Slide4
The green
colour
on the flag represents the native people of Ireland (most of whom are Roman Catholic). The orange
colour
represents the British supporters of William of Orange who settled in Northern Ireland in the 17th century (most of whom are Protestant). The white in the
centre
of the flag represents peace between these two groups of people.Slide5
Our Flag
A green flag with a golden harp was unofficially used as the flag of Ireland during the mid-17th century by the Catholic-majority who wanted to free Ireland from the British
rule.Slide6
The First, Unofficial Irish FlagSlide7
Our Flag
Patterned after French Tricolour,
our Irish
Tricolour gained prominence during the mid-19th century as a symbol of peace and union (white band) between the Catholic-majority (green band) and Protestant-minority (orange band) in order to found a self-governing Ireland on such peace and union.Slide8
History of our flag:
The Irish Tricolour was flown during the 1916 Easter Rising, and subsequently by the Irish Republic during the Irish War of Independence, which eventually led to the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. The flag was officially given constitutional status on December 29, 1937.