The Flag of Ireland was displayed in front of government building and hotels and was displayed more inline as often as seen in the United States. This was in vast contrast to the number of flags that we saw throughout our visit in Istanbul, Turkey.
A little bit about the flag of Ireland. Vertical tricolor of green (at the hoist), white and orange. It is also known as the Irish tricolor.
Our bus driver stated that one of the colors is for the protestants, the other for the catholics and the white was the peace between them. Doing some research on this I found that the flag meaning is not covered by the Irish Constitution, the Irish government has stated that the green represents the Gaelic tradition of Ireland and the orange represents the followers of William of Orangein Ireland, and white represents peace or a truce, between them.
History tell us that the Flag of Ireland began in 1916 when it was finally raised at the Easter Rising above the General Post Office in Dublin and was regarded as the national flag. In 1919 the flag was officially adopted by the Irish Republic during its war of independence and subsequently by the Irish Free State later being given constitutional status under the 1937 Constitution of Ireland. It is regarded by many nationalists as the national flag of the whole island of Ireland thus often controversial by many nationalists in Northern Ireland and by the Gaelic Athletic Association.
Sources: http://www.littleshamrocks.com/Irish-Flag.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Ireland
Sources: http://www.littleshamrocks.com/Irish-Flag.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Ireland
