Green Flag - National Flags

National Flags

  • The Flag of the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya was a plain green flag.
  • Irish nationalism was traditionally represented with a green flag. The current flag of Ireland is a tricolour with green representing the Irish Catholics, orange representing the Irish Protestants, and white in the middle to represent peace.

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