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English: Note that the green portion of the flag was designed to represent the majority Catholic residents of the island, the orange side the minority Protestant and the white middle part peace and harmony between them.

Deutsch: Man sagt, dass der grüne Teil die Mehrheit der katholischen Einwohner des Landes repräsentiert, der orange Teil die Minderheit der protestantischen, und die weiße Mitte den Frieden und die Harmonie zwischen beiden.

Esperanto: Oni diras ke la verda parto reprezentas la plimulton da katolikoj en la lando, la oranĝa parto la malplimulton de protestantoj, kaj la blanka centro la pacon kaj harmonion inter ili.

Español: Es notable el hecho que la parte verde de la bandera representa la mayoría católica de los habitantes de la isla, el lado naranjo a la minoría protestante y en la mitad la sección blanca a la paz y armonía entre ellos.

Français : La partie verte du drapeau représente la majorité catholique de l'île, la partie orange représente la minorité protestante tandis que le blanc central représente la paix et l'harmonie entre ces deux communautés.

Română: Da notare che il verde della bandiera rappresenta la maggioranza cattolica, l'arancione la minoranza protestante mentre il bianco indica la volontà che la pace e l'armonia regnino tra le due comunità.

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Bratach na hÉireann - Vicipéid:

Is í an Bhratach Náisiúnta bratach na hÉireann. B'í bratach Saorstát Éireann agus nuair a bunaíodh Poblacht na hÉireann tugadh stádas bunreachtúil dó. Is iad an uaine, an bán, agus an flannbhuí, na dathanna. Seasann rogha na ndathanna seo don tsíocháin idir Protastúnaigh (flannbhuí) agus Caitlicigh (glas/uaine). Tá an bhratach á húsáíd ón mbliain 1919 i leith.

From Flag of the Republic of Ireland :

The flag of the Republic of Ireland is the national flag of the Republic of Ireland (Irish: An Bhratach Náisiúnta), also known as the tricolour. It is a vertical tricolour of green (at the hoist), white, and orange. The flag proportion is 1:2 (length twice the width). The green represents a Gaelic tradition while the orange represents the supporters of William of Orange. The white in the centre signifies a lasting truce between the 'Orange' and the 'Green'.

First introduced by Thomas Francis Meagher in 1848, it was not until the Easter Rising of 1916, when it was raised above the General Post Office in Dublin, that the tricolour came to be regarded as the national flag. The flag was adopted in 1919 by the Irish Republic during its war of independence, and subsequently by the Irish Free State (1922–1937), later being given constitutional status under the 1937 Constitution of Ireland. The tricolour is regarded by many nationalists as the national flag of the whole of island of Ireland. Thus it is flown (often controversially) by many nationalists in Northern Ireland as well as by the Gaelic Athletic Association. Historically the island has been represented by a number of other flags, including Saint Patrick's cross, and the flag of the four provinces of Ireland.

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	05:44, 30 September 2009		1,200×600 (271 B)	Zscout370	(Pantone set up a website for color picking at http://www.pantone.com/pages/pantone/colorfinder.aspx; colors are from there (like the other national flags present))
	20:34, 4 September 2009		1,200×600 (271 B)	Zscout370	(Kept the new colors, reduced code)
	12:40, 4 September 2009		600×300 (400 B)	Barryob	(restore coated version will update the article page shortly)
	06:07, 16 August 2009		1,200×600 (271 B)	Zscout370	(Reduce code)
	17:57, 18 December 2008		600×300 (400 B)	Trounce	(Reverted to version as of 18:58, 9 May 2008)
	13:28, 9 November 2008		600×300 (400 B)	Vzb83	(Pantone Coated; see talk page)
	18:58, 9 May 2008		600×300 (400 B)	Time3000	(clean up code slightly)
	14:37, 4 March 2008		600×300 (2 KB)	Trounce	(Julieb, I can't find the discussion you quoted.Also you don't have a Talk page. The colours for the precise flag were discussed [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Flag_of_Ireland#.22Precise.22_colours here].Could you put a link to that en.wiki discussion )
	20:12, 3 March 2008		600×300 (2 KB)	Julieb	(the issue was disscussed on the en.wiki talk page the coat version is a much better representation)
	18:22, 3 March 2008		600×300 (2 KB)	Trounce	(Reverted to colours as discussed on Wikipedia Flag of Ireland Talk page)
	20:57, 2 March 2008		600×300 (2 KB)	Julieb	(upload flag using coated pantone colours as disscussed on the talk page)
	11:17, 9 October 2007		600×300 (289 B)	Chandler	(Simplified code. The fields aren't lying over each other.)
	20:00, 9 July 2007		600×300 (291 B)	Trounce	({{Information \|Description=An updated version Flag_of_Ireland.svg. Different colors used as per the discussion [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Flag_of_Ireland#.22Precise.22_colours here] \|Source=wikimedia commons \|Date=2007-07-09 \|Author=Color update b)
	08:09, 28 March 2007		600×300 (285 B)	Fibonacci	(Simplified code.)
	11:46, 24 September 2006		600×300 (519 B)	Madden	(code to avoid transparent lines after scaling)
	21:49, 29 April 2006		600×300 (694 B)	Denelson83	(Reverted to earlier revision)
	12:29, 29 April 2006		1,500×1,000 (407 B)	Jrenier
	01:43, 19 December 2005		600×300 (694 B)	Zscout370	(Compression.)
	05:00, 28 September 2005		600×300 (2 KB)	SKopp	(The flag of Ireland. Source: Drawn by User:SKopp {{Template:Insignia}} Category:Flags of Ireland)