Presented as a gift in 1848 to Thomas Francis Meagher from a small group of French women sympathetic to Irish nationalism,[3] it was intended to symbolise the inclusion and hoped-for union between Roman Catholics (symbolised by the green colour) and Protestants (symbolised by the orange colour).
And it was meant to symbolize the unity between the Irish Catholics and the Irish Protestants.
If it’s supposed to represented the union between those two, than why are the green and the orange regions separated by a giant white border?
That’s to represent peace between the two factions.
that went well /s
30 odd years of more or less peace and counting 🤞
So did the name of the United States
So it literally is just a cloth that was slated to become a French flag but dyed different colors and pawned off as a gift to the Irish? Neat!
aspect ratio is different , the irish 2:1 is a ＷＩＤＥ ＢＯＩ
Ah the meaning (and motive of the French ladies who designed it) is quite distinct though no doubt heavily influenced by the flag of the French Revolution.
