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\"Ireland's<\/a>Next month, people of Irish ancestry \u2013 and millions who aren\u2019t \u2013 will mark St. Patrick\u2019s Day with parades, songs, the wearin\u2019 of the green\u2026and the bearin\u2019 of the green. Flags, that is, especially the national flag of Ireland<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ironically, it was born in France.<\/p>\n

\"An<\/a>
An 1894 illustration shows symbols of Ireland, including the flag of Erin, an old name for the country (Library of Congress)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While the flag looks simple, its three vertical bands of color represent a great deal. According to the website of the government of Ireland (www.gov.ie<\/a>), \u201cthe Irish Tricolour is intended to symbolise the inclusion and hoped-for union of the people of different traditions on this island, which is now expressed in the Constitution as the entitlement of every person born in Ireland to be part of the Irish nation.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s a mouthful, which the banner represents in just three hues \u2013 green, white and orange. Those colors were suggested to Ireland by revolutionaries in 19th-century France. In April 1848, Thomas Francis Meagher, an Irish rebel, \u201cbrought a tricolour of orange, white and green from Paris and presented it to a Dublin meeting,\u201d says the website. Another rebel enthused, \u201cI hope to see that flag one day waving as our national banner.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Thomas<\/a>That day would not arrive for nearly seven decades. In the meantime, Meagher was convicted of sedition and sentenced to death. When that was commuted, he was dispatched to spend his life in Australia. But the resourceful Meagher slipped away and fled to America. He would eventually lead an Irish-American regiment<\/a> in the Civil War (see last week\u2019s posting<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\"British<\/a>
British Union Flag includes a red diagonal cross for Northern Ireland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In 1916, when the Irish rose up again to fight British control, the tricolored banner was waved to represent three ideas: green for the Emerald Island\u2019s Catholics, orange for the northern Protestants (in recognition of William of Orange, one-time king of Great Britain, including Northern Ireland) and white for the peace that would one day unite the sections.<\/p>\n

Another two decades passed before Ireland\u2019s liberty was solidified in 1937, and the tricolor was affirmed in the Constitution as the official flag of the Emerald Isle. Its use of orange is a wish for eventual union, but Northern Ireland still remains a British territory.<\/p>\n

While America\u2019s national anthem, \u201cThe Star-Spangled Banner,\u201d focuses on the U.S. flag<\/a>, the Irish anthem makes only a passing reference to the tricolor in this stanza: \u201cIn valley green, on towering crag,\/Our fathers fought before us,\/And conquered ‘neath the same old flag\/That\u2019s proudly floating o\u2019er us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Next month, people of Irish ancestry \u2013 and millions who aren\u2019t \u2013 will mark St. Patrick\u2019s Day with parades, songs, the wearin\u2019 of the green\u2026and the bearin\u2019 of the green. Flags, that is, especially the national flag of Ireland. Ironically, it was born in France. 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