not all flags enjoy the same versatility. Ireland’s flag (green, white, orange) looks like that of the West African country of Côte d’Ivoire (orange, white, green) when painted backwards ...

The Irish flag - or, in Irish, the 'Bratach na hÉireann' – was flown publicly for the first time on March 7, 1848 during that year's Young Irelander Rebellion in Waterford City at the Wolfe ...