Marketing the tri-colour

We need to get a new flag and new colours.

KeithAFC wrote: »

Wasn't there a census in 2006 in the republic that only 6% live in the republic?

And yeah. I mean, would the republic flag not be better and represent the majority of the people with a harp or something?

So change the flag to appease 6% of the population?. I know plenty of protestants and it has never come up in conversation as something that irritates them.

And the harp on the original flag came from Brian Boru's harp, the high king of Ireland, who represented the four kingdoms of Ireland, unfortunately POLLITICALLY there are only three kingdoms within the republic so using that flag would not be possible i think.

Im sure it will again some time in the future

KeithAFC wrote: »

Thats the problem. The majority of Protestants don't see it as a flag which represents them or a flag which represents peace.

I don't know what you'll do when Scotland ultimately abdicates the union and declares independence,
perhaps your stale and ultimately self defeating culture, worshipping the British identity will have to come to terms with living on the island of Ireland
peacefully with your fellow inhabitants and acknowledging the aspiration of the Irish tricolour. Tainted in your view or not.
Although I probably think when the moment arrives a review of symbols would be in order.
A bit serious for after hours perhaps, I admit

KeithAFC wrote: »

Not many of them though, lets be honest. The majority of Protestants live in Northern Ireland.

True I think in the last census it was less then 6 percent between Church of Ireland, Methodist and Presbyterian but there was a big chunk of people who didnt put down a religion. These people have made a big contribution to pretty much every aspect of our nation and I cant understand why you (Whom I take to be a Northern Unionist) think we should slight them by removing their representation from the flag?

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Every single goddammed time there is a discussion about Ireland/the state of Ireland (as in the entity) or something relating to Irish people, it always, always, always ends up as Prodestants v Catholics. Christ on a fcuking bike - get over it and move the shag on. I'm as nationalist as the next person but this thread is about "Marketing the tri-colour" - not on "What the tri-colour stands for and the entire rehashed history of this nation". Not to back seat mod but I'm sure people are getting sick of others derailing threads by harking on with the same old shite each time.

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In relation to OP's question, I don't know why it isn't better marketed. The Union Jack is synonymous with fashion in some repects and the US flag and Russian/Cuba flags are used quite widely. It'd be cool to see the tri-colour used more often but maybe it's just that it's too boring a flag?

Local-womanizer wrote: »

It would cheapen it for me if it was on some perfume skangers throw on themselves.

Good point. The flag is already cheapened enough come Paddy's Day. It would need to be marketed tastefully.

stoneill wrote: »

It's not a cool flag.
never mind the meaning of the colours.
but green? meh
white - bland
orange - yuk

There should be a design a new flag competition.

I'd agree with everything until your last sentence.

The colours are awful, particularly the orange. It is never going to win a pretty flag competition. Compare the use of the green, white and red on the Ferrari cars to the green, white and orange on the Fianna Fail logo.

But the point of a flag is not to be attractive. It's to establish an identity which the Tricolour does. Unfortunately it has been used in the North flying from lampposts to mark territory, like a dog cocking its leg.

If the Union Flag or Star Spangled Banner did not have such political connotations, you would probably think they are pretty cool. I think that the Brazilian flag is cool but you'll probably find Bolivians or Uruguayans whose stomach it turns just to see it!