This was at the Easter Rising in 1916, when it was raised above the General Post Office in Dublin. The Tricolor was first introduced by Thomas Francis Meagher in 1848. The national flag of Ireland (Irish: An Bhratach Náisiúnta) Tricolour representing the difference religions and sensibilities on each side with white representing peace between them The white in the center represents peace between the two groups of people. The orange represents the British supporters of William of Orange who settled in Northern Ireland in the 17th century (most of whom are Protestant).
The green represents the native people of Ireland (most of whom are Roman Catholic). This particular Irish flag was first used in 1848. The National Ireland flag is called a tricolor and is made of three equal-sized rectangles of green, white, and orange.īeing twice as wide as it is tall, the green side is at the flagpole.
