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The flag of The Republic of Ireland. Flag of Northern Ireland. St Patrick's Saltire. The flag of Ireland is a tricolour of green, white and orange, first flown in 1848. The colours stand for Irish Catholicism, Irish Protestantism, and peace between the two. Although it was originally intended as a symbol of peace and ecumenism, the tricolour is ...
Ogham (/ ˈ ɒ ɡ əm / OG-əm, Modern Irish: [ˈoː(ə)mˠ]; Middle Irish: ogum, ogom, later ogam [ˈɔɣəmˠ]) is an Early Medieval alphabet used primarily to write the early Irish language (in the "orthodox" inscriptions, 4th to 6th centuries AD), and later the Old Irish language (scholastic ogham, 6th to 9th centuries).
The national flag of Ireland ( Irish: bratach na hÉireann ), frequently referred to in Ireland as 'the tricolour' ( an trídhathach) and elsewhere as the Irish tricolour is a vertical tricolour of green (at the hoist ), white and orange. [1] [2] The proportions of the flag are 1:2 (that is to say, flown horizontally, the flag is half as high ...
Irish heraldry is the forms of heraldry, such as coats of arms, in Ireland. Since 1 April 1943 it is regulated in the Republic of Ireland by the Office of the Chief Herald of Ireland and in Northern Ireland by Norroy and Ulster King of Arms. Prior to that, heraldry on the whole island of Ireland was a function of the Ulster King of Arms, a ...
Picture shows slices of black pudding (dark) and white pudding (light). Boxty. Bacstaí. Finely grated raw potato and mashed potato mixed together with flour, baking soda, buttermilk and occasionally egg, then cooked like a pancake on a griddle pan. Breakfast roll. Rollóg bhricfeasta.
Celtic cross. Celtic harp. Coat of arms of Ireland. Cross-border flag for Ireland.
A Claddagh ring ( Irish: fáinne Chladaigh) is a traditional Irish ring in which a heart represents love, the crown stands for loyalty, and two clasped hands symbolize friendship. [1] [2] The design and customs associated with it originated in Claddagh, County Galway. Its modern form was first produced in the 17th century.
The alder, a shrub or tree of the birch family has special implications in Celtic tradition. The alder usually grows in wet ground, with small, pendulous catkins. Alders are especially associated with Bran; at Cad Goddeu, 'The Battle of the Trees', Gwydion guessed Bran's name from the alder twigs in his hand.