the tricolor flag of Ireland has been the official flag. Green represents the Catholics, orange represents the Protestants, ...

The Irish flag - or ... and the Irish Catholic may be clasped, in generous and heroic brotherhood.” The green represents Irish nationalism; the orange, Ireland’s Protestant minority ...

In Northern Ireland, this most commonly occurs between Catholics and Protestants ... Hostility is often demonstrated through the flying of flags, to show that only one side of the community ...