Island of Ireland
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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St. Patrick's Saltire, also known as the Cross of St Patrick, after the patron saint of Ireland. The flag appears within the Union Flag now the official flag of the United Kingdom. It is used by some Unionists, the Church of Ireland and is incorporated into symbols and emblems of various organisations and bodies throughout Ireland. | A red saltire on a white field. | |
| ?? | The Four Provinces flag. This flag, and variants of it, have been used by various all-Ireland sports teams and cultural organisations. | The arms of the four provinces of Ireland are shown in quadrants. The order in which the arms appear varies. | |
| Banner of the Lordship of Ireland, the part of Ireland under the rule of the King of England, styled Lord of Ireland, between 1177 and 1541. | Three crowns on a blue field with a white border. | ||
| 1801 – 1922 | Flag of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland | A British Union Flag improved with an Irish Harp | |
| 1542–1801 | Standard of the Kingdom of Ireland. From 1801 has been incorporated in the lower-left quadrant of the Royal Standard of the United Kingdom | A silver stringed gold harp on a blue field. | |
| approximately 1642-1916 | The green harp flag of the 17th century Confederacy of Ireland and an unofficial naval jack of Ireland during the 18th and 19th century. Variants have been used as the basis for numerous flags of Ireland. | A silver stringed gold harp on a green field. | |
| 1867 | Fenian Flag captured by British forces at Tallaght, Co. Dublin 1867 | ||
| 1916, 1919–1922 | The Flag of the Irish Republic, flown alongside the Irish tricolour over the GPO during the Easter Rising. | A green flag with the inscription "Irish Republic". |
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Famous quotes containing the words island and/or ireland:
“The shifting islands! who would not be willing that his house should be undermined by such a foe! The inhabitant of an island can tell what currents formed the land which he cultivates; and his earth is still being created or destroyed. There before his door, perchance, still empties the stream which brought down the material of his farm ages before, and is still bringing it down or washing it away,—the graceful, gentle robber!”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“No people can more exactly interpret the inmost meaning of the present situation in Ireland than the American Negro. The scheme is simple. You knock a man down and then have him arrested for assault. You kill a man and then hang the corpse.”
—W.E.B. (William Edward Burghardt)