2007-03-16 06:14:38 · 9 answers · asked by Natalie 2 in Travel ➔ Ireland ➔ Other - Ireland
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2007-03-16 09:44:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The colour green in Ireland has long represented our patriotism and nationalism. The earliest reported green flag in Ireland was that of Owen Roe O'Neill 1642. This was a green flag with a golden harp in the centre which was used by those fighting against the English colonists.
The Society of United Irishmen who sought the end of British rule over Ireland used this flag also and it was carried in the Irish rebellions of 1798 and the rebellion against the Act of Union which made Ireland a part of Great Britain in1800.
It was popularly accepted as national flag of Ireland. Green became the colour of rebellion and the British enacted laws outlawing the wearing of Irish symbols, punishable by death by hanging, this became known as 'The Wearing of the Green' popularised at the time in a ballad of the same name.
The Wearing of the Green
O Paddy dear, and did ye hear the news that's goin' round?
The shamrock is by law forbid to grow on Irish ground!
No more Saint Patrick's Day we'll keep, his color can't be seen
For there's a cruel law ag'in the Wearin' o' the Green."
I met with Napper Tandy, and he took me by the hand
And he said, "How's poor old Ireland, and how does she stand?"
"She's the most distressful country that ever yet was seen
For they're hanging men and women there for the Wearin' o' the Green."
"So if the color we must wear be England's cruel red
Let it remind us of the blood that Irishmen have shed
And pull the shamrock from your hat, and throw it on the sod
But never fear, 'twill take root there, though underfoot 'tis trod.
When laws can stop the blades of grass from growin' as they grow
And when the leaves in summer-time their color dare not show
Then I will change the color too I wear in my caubeen
But till that day, please God, I'll stick to the Wearin' o' the Green.
2007-03-17 05:31:19 · answer #2 · answered by alpha 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The native people of Ireland
2007-03-16 06:17:56 · answer #3 · answered by Nikos N 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Green represents the Irish Catholics. White represents peace and unity. Orange represents the Protestants in Ulster.
2007-03-16 06:22:56 · answer #4 · answered by Professor Plum 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The actual country's color was blue, up until the time they reinvented the flag. Then, they have adopted the color green and its many emerald hues!
2007-03-16 19:27:44 · answer #5 · answered by gina h 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just like the city Green means go but some people here think Red means go as well and Amber means go like ****
2007-03-16 07:13:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
on the flag the green is for catholics, orange for protestants, and the white in the middle for the peace between them that they strive for
2007-03-19 16:53:12 · answer #7 · answered by tiff 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the lush vegetation as the result of the abundant rain
it ain't called the emerald island for nothin'!
2007-03-16 06:18:27 · answer #8 · answered by chieromancer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the green represents the catholics of our emerald Ilse
2007-03-16 10:51:26 · answer #9 · answered by THOMAS B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋