"Green, white and gold"

JayeL

I keep hearing references to "green, white and gold" flags at parades on the radio today.

Where did this perception come from? How come there's a seemingly sizeable proportion of our population that thinks that the third colour in the country's flag is gold and not orange?

Snowie

whing again

Abi

JayeL wrote: »

I keep hearing references to "green, white and gold" flags at parades on the radio today.

Where did this perception come from? How come there's a seemingly sizeable proportion of our population that thinks that the third colour in the country's flag is gold and not orange?

*points finger*

LOL.

I haz a sekrit.

SV

JayeL wrote: »

How come there's a seemingly sizeable proportion of our population that thinks that the third colour in the country's flag is gold and not orange?

cos there's a sizeable proportion of the population that are thick shítes.

AckwelFoley

It because of bitter republican **** wanting to take the "Orange" out of Ireland

JayeL

Snow-Monkey wrote: »

whing again

Yeah, sorry about that!

wylo

Cause saying "Green, White and Orange" sounds sh1t

BaconZombie

They should be saying "#009A63, #FFFFFF & #FF823D"

galwayrush

Maybe we need a new flag, something that depicts us Irish having taken over the world.:D

waraf

JayeL wrote: »

I keep hearing references to "green, white and gold" flags at parades on the radio today.

Where did this perception come from? How come there's a seemingly sizeable proportion of our population that thinks that the third colour in the country's flag is gold and not orange?

"Green, white and gold" is just the old school way of referring to the flag. The old republican all green flag sometimes had a gold harp on it so maybe it came from that. Also, as the orange refers to auld King Billy (a man none to popular in the Republic) some people may prefer to say gold (Celtic supporters et al ). Couldn't really give a fiddlers personally....

li@mo

The green colour on the flag is always positioned next to the hoist. It represents the Irish Catholic nationalists, as the colour green has long been associated with Ireland.

The orange colour on the flag signifies the Northern Irish Protestants, the orange strip representing William Of Orange, the King of England who defeated the Roman Catholic King James II in the Battle of the Boyne on July 1st 1690.

The white colour in the centre of the flag represents a truce and peace between the two

BigEejit

li@mo wrote: »

The green colour on the flag is always positioned next to the hoist. It represents the Irish Catholic nationalists, as the colour green has long been associated with Ireland.

The orange colour on the flag signifies the Northern Irish Protestants, the orange strip representing William Of Orange, the King of England who defeated the Roman Catholic King James II in the Battle of the Boyne on July 1st 1690.

The white colour in the centre of the flag represents a truce and peace between the two

where did you get that from?

to be honest, i dont know why the powers that be went for green, white and orange, maybe it was aspirational in that they hoped one day for the 32 counties to be united under that flag?

chevy

Maybe everyone on the radio is from offaly.;)

li@mo

BigEejit wrote: »

where did you get that from?

to be honest, i dont know why the powers that be went for green, white and orange, maybe it was aspirational in that they hoped one day for the 32 counties to be united under that flag?

Google is your friend. I got it from here:

http://www.goireland.com/BLOG/Article/About-The-Irish-Flag.html


Also funny to read their things you should know:


The green strip is always positioned next to the flagpost
· The flag length should be two times its width
· When raising or lowering the national flag it should never touch the ground
· When displayed at ceremonies or functions, all present should stand and face the national flag, with those in uniform giving a hand salute.
· When the National Athem is played at a gaelic football match all people present should stand and face the national flag until the anthem is over.
· With the exceptions of funerals etc, the Irish flag should only be flown between sunrise and sunset.
· The national flag should never be carried flat unless it is carried on a coffin with the green stripe at the head of the coffin – usually for state funerals.
· The flag is flown at half mast for the death of a prominent figure
· When the Irish flag is flown with a group of European flags – they are flown left to right with the EU flag first followed by every other country in alphabetical order.

When in Ireland you'll see the Irish flag flying proudly over the following builidings: Aras an Uachtaráin – the home of Mary McAlesse the President of Ireland, Leinster House in Dublin city, other Irish state buildings, courthouses and garda stations.

Zillah

The old nationalist flag was green and gold, so it's not suprising many will say gold instead of orange.

Also, gold is just cooler than orange.

juvenal

BigEejit wrote: »

where did you get that from?

to be honest, i dont know why the powers that be went for green, white and orange, maybe it was aspirational in that they hoped one day for the 32 counties to be united under that flag?

**NEWSFLASH** There are people in Ireland, who consider themselves Irish, and who are also members of the Protestant faith.:eek: (I know, crazy or what!) Being Irish and being Protestant are not mutually exclusive, some of the greatest Irish Nationalists were Protestant.

The national flag is Green, White and Orange, symbolising the two traditional faiths on this island and the peace between them.

Also, see Article 7 of Bunreacht Na hÉireann:

ejmaztec

They should replace the flag with a big pair of trousers with empty pockets. The trousers should be grey as Ireland is a grey area to the rest of the world.

juvenal

ejmaztec wrote: »

They should replace the flag with a big pair of trousers with empty pockets. The trousers should be grey as Ireland is a grey area to the rest of the world.

Yes, because Ireland is the only country in the world that's experiencing an economic recession :rolleyes: - we love to have something to complain and talk about, property prices, economic migrants, and now the recession!

Wertz

ejmaztec wrote: »

They should replace the flag with a big pair of trousers with empty pockets. The trousers should be grey as Ireland is a grey area to the rest of the world.

Maybe a well positioned brown stripe would help to really set it apart.
...oh and a missing fly button...

dlofnep

snyper wrote: »

It because of bitter republican **** wanting to take the "Orange" out of Ireland

No they don't. Bitter "bigots" do. It was an Irish nationalist (and a waterford man at that) who invented the tri-colour. Republicans don't want orange out of Ireland. They want a 32 county Republic, for all faiths, creeds and colours.

pwd

sometimes it's because they want to exclude protestants. Sometimes it's just because nothing rhymes with orange.

Fratton Fred

it has to be one of the most boring flags there is tbh.

(Closes hatch and carefully arms self defence system)

Blisterman

I agree with it being boring. It's too similar to both the Ivory Coast and Italian Flags. Not instantly recognisable.

Maybe they should superimpose a harp on it.

Firetrap

It's because some people have a psychological aversion to uttering the word orange. Either that or there are an awful lot of BIFFOs out there.

juvenal

Fratton Fred wrote: »

it has to be one of the most boring flags there is tbh.

(Closes hatch and carefully arms self defence system)

I quite like the contrasting colours myself, at least there's no red/blue/white combo (UK/USA/France etc) very colonial!;)

Could be a lot worse though.

Flag of Libya

Fratton Fred

Surely everyone should be waving a flag with a red diagonal cross on a white background today anyway?

Or an English one to represent st Patrick's nationality

diverdriver

Green, white and whatever. It has to be one of the most ironic flags ever. Because it didn't work, that's for sure. We should have gone with a green flag with the harp on it. Far more interesting and representative. Maybe we should even have gone for St Patricks blue.

in fairness, I think the Libyan flag is a little more boring!

ejmaztec

Wertz wrote: »

Maybe a well positioned brown stripe would help to really set it apart.
...oh and a missing fly button...

With a photo of Brian Cowen on the back to make it look like there's an arse hanging out of the back of them. :pac:

This idea's definitely got potential..

dlofnep

Fratton Fred wrote: »

it has to be one of the most boring flags there is tbh.

(Closes hatch and carefully arms self defence system)

I didn't know flags were there for amusement.. It's easier on the eye than the butchers apron, that's for sure.

Wasnt the Irish flag at some stag St Patricks flag ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Patrick%27s_Flag


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Leinster.svg
wiki says the green flag with the harp was the flag of leinster.
Dunno but both above I think are more "interesting" flags than the tricolour. But sure they are only wavy flags! Big deal!

kieranfitz

dlofnep wrote: »

I didn't know flags were there for amusement.. It's easier on the eye than the butchers apron, that's for sure.

Why, i think my black and white apron is lovely:D

Fratton Fred

dlofnep wrote: »

I didn't know flags were there for amusement.. It's easier on the eye than the butchers apron, that's for sure.

Did someone mention bitter republicans ;-)

markesmith

Don't see why it should be referred to as orange - don't "they" have enough symbolism, and six counties and a flag of their own?

HarryPalmer

markesmith wrote: »

Don't see why it should be referred to as orange - don't "they" have enough symbolism, and six counties and a flag of their own?

Agreed. An unnecessary gesture to an ungrateful bunch of hateful arseholes. Green, white and gold.

stepbar

juvenal wrote: »

Yes, because Ireland is the only country in the world that's experiencing an economic recession :rolleyes: - we love to have something to complain and talk about, property prices, economic migrants, and now the recession!

As Charlie McCreevy said We'll eat 3 square meals tommorrow and we'll do the same the next day (As much as I hate the bastard and all he stands for he's not to far wrong).

HarryPalmer

HarryPalmer wrote: »

Agreed. An unnecessary gesture to an ungrateful bunch of hateful arseholes. Green, white and gold.

There are some protestants left south of the border, the ones that weren't evicted in the 1920's.

HarryPalmer

Deleted User wrote: »

There are some protestants left south of the border, the ones that weren't evicted in the 1920's.

Seemingly, my forebears were not thorough enough. Pass on the details, and we'll send them on to Adair, Paisley, the vicar of Dibley and the rest of their ilk.

Guy:Incognito

Fratton Fred wrote: »

it has to be one of the most boring flags there is tbh.

(Closes hatch and carefully arms self defence system)

I see your tricolour and raise you a dot on a sheet of paper.

K-9

JayeL wrote: »

I keep hearing references to "green, white and gold" flags at parades on the radio today.

Where did this perception come from? How come there's a seemingly sizeable proportion of our population that thinks that the third colour in the country's flag is gold and not orange?

Probably Celtic.