Flag of Ireland

thumb|Ireland, through us, summons her children to her flag and strikes for her freedom. ~ Proclamation of the Irish Republic The flag of Ireland is the national flag and ensign of Ireland. The flag itself is a vertical tricolor of green (at the hoist), white and orange. __NOTOC__ Quotes thumb|So take it down from the mast, Irish traitors,It's the flag we Republicans claim.It can never belong to Free Staters,For you've brought on it nothing but shame. ~ James Ryan K In valley green, on towering cragOur fathers fought before usAnd conquered 'neath the same old flagThat's proudly floating o'er us. Peadar Kearney, "A Soldier's Song" (1909) P IRISHMEN AND IRISHWOMEN: In the name of God and of the dead generations from which she receives her old tradition of nationhood, Ireland, through us, summons her children to her flag and strikes for her freedom. Proclamation of the Irish Republic (1916) R So take it down from the mast, Irish traitors,It's the flag we Republicans claim.It can never belong to Free Staters,For you've brought on it nothing but shame. James Ryan, "Take It Down from the Mast" (1923) External links National flag of Ireland Ireland Category:Republic of Ireland