What does the Ireland flag mean?

Every nation has an official symbol. We are all familiar with the three vertical stripes of green, white, and orange that make up Ireland’s flag.

What do the Ireland flag colours represent?

Green: symbolizes the Catholic Christian religion.

Orange: represents the Protestant Christian religion.

White: stands for the union between Catholics and Protestants.

The Ireland flag represents the cultural and religious diversity of this small nation called the Emerald Isle.

The history of the Ireland flag

The Easter Rising rebels in 1916 were the first to fly the modern green-white-orange tricolour flag. It was subsequently selected to represent the Irish Republic in the War of Independence from 1919 to 1921. It wasn’t until the Irish Constitution of 1937 that it received official status.

Ireland flag: exact colours

Scheme	Green	White	Orange
CMYK	92-0-97-0	0-0-0-0	0-54-100-0
Hex triplet	#009A44	#FFFFFF	#FF8200
Pantone	347C	white	151C
RGB	0-154-68	255-255-255	255-130-0

Facts about the flag

• The colour green is on its flag and is worn by its national sportspeople.

• No flag should fly higher than the Irish flag in the country.

• The Irish flag should never be written on.

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