ireland... whats the difference between the orange and the green?

Question

and what's the relevance now? does anyone still care?

Answer 1

It's known as the Tri-Colour

Orange = Britian
Green = Ireland
White = Union - Peace 'between' the two

It is also the flag that is drapped across the caskets of former IRA members in Northern Ireland, along with their belts and gloves.

Answer 2

Orange is the colour of William of Orange a Dutch princeling and husband of Princess Mary, who was invited to be King of England after the death in 1704 (I think) of the reigning monarch, Queen Anne, last of the Hanoverians (all those Georges).

William's first act as King was to secure the Irish part of his new kingdom by defeating a Republican uprising at the Battle of the Boyne. This was a brief war in which the Republicans, mainly but not entirely Catholics, were massacred and the boys of the Ulster Apprentices, a Protestant organisation made a famous stand against an attacking Republican militia.

Green is the colour of the Irish Republic, a misguided set of people who mistakenly believed they have the right to govern their own country, have the right to vote, to own land and to hold jobs in their own governing authorities. Well, actually the people of Southern Ireland (Eire) do have those rights, but the Rebublicans and Catholics of the Northern counties have only had some of those rights since the 1960s, rather like the black American population during the same decade.

Think of the Ulster Unionists like the American Republican party who resisted black integration against the Democrat Kennedys (Irish ancestry, perhaps there's a clue there) who made it happen.

Answer 3

The orange are the protestants [not really a colour but from William of Orange - or King Billy as he is often called- who was William III of England , although he was Dutch]. He tried to lessen the influence of Catholic France and Spain. The green is the celtic green of Catholic Ireland. Unfortunately, it is still very relevant as these two supposedly Christian groups continue to fight it out in Ireland. It actually isn't really about religion but about political power. Historically the green were seen as the ordinary native Irish, who remained loyal to their Catholic religion, while the orange were seen as 'English' landowners who actually had the money and power, and adopted the religion of whoever was King at the time! [They weren't really English but like most Lords and Ladies prefered the bright lights of London during the Season and only retreated to their country estates during the summer when it was too hot to be in London.]

Answer 4

The green is symbolic of the Catholics and the Irish Republic in the south, while the Orange stands for the Protestant Orangemen originally of Ulster (most of them actually transplanted English and Scots) who resisted (and still do) the reunification of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Answer 5

the white represents the peace between william of Orange the protestant dutch man and the green of the emerald isle.and yes we still care.

Answer 6

Go back to James the 6 scotland,he was aking before he went to england,then forward to Cromwells massacres ,the famine,the purges,the second class serfdom ,the preservation of Ulster by Churchill and the vitriol of paisley.

Answer 7

The green bombed Britain & all those in Northern Ireland who wants to stay as part of the United Kingdom . The Orange want to remain part of the UK. Yes it is still revelant. Read your history. LOL107. RBP503. No Surrender.

Answer 8

Orange: Protestant and historical links to the British mainland.
Green: Catholic and linked to Eire (Southern Ireland)

Answer 9

ORANGE - Protestant
GREEN - Catholic
They still do not like each other and the war still exists
YES

Answer 10

Blue.