Irish Flags: The Tricolour, the Four Provinces and All 32 Counties

Free downloads of the Irish flag, the flags of Ulster, Munster, Leinster and Connacht, and all 32 county flags in their GAA colours, in PNG and SVG, with each name in Irish.

The Irish Flag (Bratach na hÉireann)

Green, white and orange in three equal vertical stripes, with the green nearest the flagpole. It is twice as long as it is high.

The green stands for the Gaelic, nationalist tradition and the orange for the followers of William of Orange. Thomas Francis Meagher, who first flew it, said the white in the centre signified "a lasting truce between the Orange and the Green".

Meagher first flew it in public in Waterford on 7 March 1848. The Constitution of 1937 names it the national flag.

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The Ulster Flag (Cúige Uladh)

A red cross on gold, taken from the arms of the de Burgh Earls of Ulster, with the Red Hand of the O'Neills on a white shield at its centre.

Legend says two chieftains raced by boat to claim the land, the first hand to touch the shore to win it. One of them cut off his own hand and threw it ahead of him.

This is the flag of the nine-county province, the one flown at GAA matches. It is not the "Ulster Banner", the former flag of the Northern Ireland government.

Counties: Antrim, Armagh, Cavan, Derry, Donegal, Down, Fermanagh, Monaghan, Tyrone

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The Munster Flag (Cúige Mumhan)

Three gold crowns on a blue field.

The crowns are often said to stand for the old kingdoms within Munster (Desmond, Thomond and Ormond), though where the emblem comes from is debated.

Counties: Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary, Waterford

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The Leinster Flag (Cúige Laighean)

A gold harp on a green field.

The harp is Ireland's oldest national emblem, and a green flag bearing a harp was flown by Irish forces from the 1640s.

Counties: Carlow, Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Louth, Meath, Offaly, Westmeath, Wexford, Wicklow

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The Connacht Flag (Cúige Chonnacht)

Divided down the middle: half a black eagle on white, and an arm in a white sleeve holding a sword on blue.

Where the design comes from is debated.

Counties: Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo

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County flags

Every county's GAA colours, plain or with the county's name in Irish.

• Antrim (Aontroim), saffron and white: PNG · with the Irish name
• Armagh (Ard Mhacha), orange and white: PNG · with the Irish name
• Carlow (Ceatharlach), red, gold and green: PNG · with the Irish name
• Cavan (An Cabhán), blue and white: PNG · with the Irish name
• Clare (An Clár), saffron and blue: PNG · with the Irish name
• Cork (Corcaigh), red and white: PNG · with the Irish name
• Derry (Doire), red and white: PNG · with the Irish name
• Donegal (Dún na nGall), gold and green: PNG · with the Irish name
• Down (An Dún), red and black: PNG · with the Irish name
• Dublin (Baile Átha Cliath), sky blue and navy: PNG · with the Irish name
• Fermanagh (Fear Manach), green and white: PNG · with the Irish name
• Galway (Gaillimh), maroon and white: PNG · with the Irish name
• Kerry (Ciarraí), green and gold: PNG · with the Irish name
• Kildare (Cill Dara), white: PNG · with the Irish name
• Kilkenny (Cill Chainnigh), black and amber: PNG · with the Irish name
• Laois (Laois), blue and white: PNG · with the Irish name
• Leitrim (Liatroim), green and gold: PNG · with the Irish name
• Limerick (Luimneach), green and white: PNG · with the Irish name
• Longford (An Longfort), blue and gold: PNG · with the Irish name
• Louth (Lú), red and white: PNG · with the Irish name
• Mayo (Maigh Eo), green and red: PNG · with the Irish name
• Meath (An Mhí), green and gold: PNG · with the Irish name
• Monaghan (Muineachán), white and blue: PNG · with the Irish name
• Offaly (Uíbh Fhailí), green, white and gold: PNG · with the Irish name
• Roscommon (Ros Comáin), primrose and blue: PNG · with the Irish name
• Sligo (Sligeach), black and white: PNG · with the Irish name
• Tipperary (Tiobraid Árann), blue and gold: PNG · with the Irish name
• Tyrone (Tír Eoghain), red and white: PNG · with the Irish name
• Waterford (Port Láirge), white and blue: PNG · with the Irish name
• Westmeath (An Iarmhí), maroon and white: PNG · with the Irish name
• Wexford (Loch Garman), purple and gold: PNG · with the Irish name
• Wicklow (Cill Mhantáin), blue and gold: PNG · with the Irish name