Flags / Europe

Flag of Ireland

Educational illustration shown at 4:3. The reference proportion is 1:2.

How to recognise it

Three equal vertical bands: green at the hoist, white, then orange.

Name in the quiz: Ireland
UN member state name: Ireland
ISO 3166-1 code: IE
Atlas Play pack: Europe

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Easily confused with

IndiaOrange or saffron, white and green, vertical against horizontal.
ItalyGreen, white and a warm colour at the fly: red against orange.
NigeriaGreen and white vertical bands.

Source and checks

Design reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Ireland (A vertical tricolour of green, white and orange; proportion 1:2). Checked 2026-10-18 by Claude (AI build agent): rendered artwork compared with the reference design description; no human editorial review yet. Artwork: flag-icons 7.6.0 (package/flags/4x3/ie.svg), MIT licence, licence text; sanitised copy sha256 b2de09662265…. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.