The national flag of the Republic of Ireland is a tricolor flag and the first time in 1848. The three stripes of equal size, which symbolizes the flag of the political structure of Ireland. The color orange represents Irish Protestants, the green one for the Republican cause of Irish Catholics and the white stripe is a symbol of peace and hope for the two areas.
In 1690 the King of Scotland, Ireland and England went into battle and defeated thedeposed Catholic King James II at the Battle of the Boyne, somewhere near Dublin. The victorious King William III and known as William of Orange, which are the combination of orange Irish flag on it requires. The victory of Protestant William of Orange in the control of the 'island is a great advantage over other settlers, became in the seventeenth century, these were mainly the English and Scots. The Protestants were also known as Orangemen and one year inCelebration of the battle is one in twelve of the month of July.
The green stripe on the Irish flag symbolizes revolution and is distinguished by the nationalists, the Irish Catholics from the south. In 1798, there was an official flag of Ireland came much earlier than the flag we know today. He had a green background with a gold harp in the foreground. The flag is a symbol of nationalism, its purpose until the twentieth century.
Although the Tricolorwas developed in March 1848 by a militant nationalist by the name of Thomas Francis Meagher, it was only the official flag of Ireland to the declaration of independence from Britain December 6, 1921. It 'been a small change in the arrangement of the first striped flag, the flag of today. The Irish flag, has a long history of conflict, war, respect, peace and lasting ceasefire. The orange and green, the Irish Protestant and Irish Catholic party, the whiteI hope to bring lasting peace to a connection of brotherhood between the two sectors, even if they have a different faith.
Unfortunately, the alleged purpose of the true meaning of the flag, which is total peace and unity between the two great religious sectors are not yet a reality. Shortly after the independence of Ireland, the country was divided into Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State. The British Union Jack was used by Northern Ireland, to symbolize their status. The Irish tricolorhas been banned, are banned in Northern Ireland in 1964 with a law that can bring the use of flags, the unrest within the country. The ban on the flag and its efforts to the tricolor flag of some offices and plants in widespread unrest and turbulence mean that lasted a couple of days to clear, too. The government in Northern Ireland has been to ignore the law and the use of the flag to avoid further chaos to allow it to happen.
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