Green…. White…. Orange.that’s the Irish flag.Before it used to be a green flag featuring a harp.
In 1848 - First unveiling of the Irish Tricolour by Thomas Francis Meagher at 33 the Mall in Waterford city.
The Irish Tricolour flag was first flown publicly by Waterford man and Irish-American Patriot Thomas Francis Meagher in his native city at the Wolf Tone Confederate Club at 33 The Mall, Waterford on 7 March 1848.
'I trust that the old country will not refuse this symbol of a new life from one of her youngest children. I need not explain its meaning. The quick and passionate intellect of the generation now springing into arms will catch it at a glance. The white in the centre signifies a lasting truce between the 'orange' and the 'green' and I trust that beneath its folds, the hands of the Irish Protestant and the Irish Catholic may be clasped in generous and heroic brotherhood.' -Thomas Francis Meagher