The Irish flag, or tricolor, was first flown by Thomas Francis Meagher, then a leader of the Young Irelander movement, who would go down in history as Brigadier General Thomas Francis Meagher of ...

Monday, March 17 is St. Patrick's Day, celebrating all things Irish in the U.S. and around the world. Cities celebrate with parades, bar crawls and more.

Materials: silk/textiles/paint. Background: The flag was unveiled in 1914 as the flag for the Irish Citizen Army and depicts part of the constellation of Ursa Major, known as The Plough in Ireland ...