While the green trefoil is considered by many to be the symbol of Ireland, the harp has much greater officially recognized status.

The population of Leinster is 2, 504, 814 according to the 2011 census, making it the most populous province in the country The traditional flag of Leinster features a golden harp on a green background.

The green harp flag was first used by Confederate Ireland | Irish Confederate troops in the Irish Confederate Wars | Eleven Years War, and became the main symbol of Irish nationalism from the 17th century to the early 20th century.

An exception were the two " Irish regiments " ( the 9th and 28th Volunteers ), each of which was permitted to carry an alternative green flag with a harp symbol.

An advance party of 250 men of Lieutenant Colonel George Owen Starr's 17th Kentucky Fenian Regiment landed in Canada at about 1: 30 AM and raised a large Fenian green flag with a gold Irish harp some two hours in advance of O ' Neill's main force.

From 1921 until 1957, the Canadian Red Ensign was virtually the same, except that the leaves in the coat of arms were green, and there was a slight alteration to the Irish harp ( the earlier version having a woman's bust as part of the harp ).

When the Union Flag and the German flag were run up the flagpole to honour Boland and Traun's victory, Boland pointed out to the man hoisting the flags that he was Irish, adding " It Irish flag's a gold harp on a green ground, we hope.

The ANC flag is composed of three stripes – black, green and gold.

What is normally seen is the flag with green on both ends with a golden circle that reads " Cape Breton Island, Canada " with the island in the middle and a green ' X ' behind in the background.

The most usual is the system of the Confederação Brasileira de Capoeira ( Brazilian Capoeira Confederation ), which adopts ropes using the colors of the Brazilian flag, green, yellow, blue and white.

The flag semaphore symbols for letters " N " ( green ) and " D " ( blue )

Once on the green the caddie will read greens ( if asked per proper golf etiquette ), clean golf balls ( if asked ), fix ball marks, and attend the flag if asked.

When the green flag waved, Earnhardt was leading Derrike Cope.

Besides using the flag, the Council also uses a defaced version of the flag as its emblem: it is the existing design with a stylised, green " e " over the stars.

* The Pan-Arab colors, green, white, red and black, are derived from the flag of the Great Arab Revolt as seen on the flags of Jordan, Libya, Kuwait, Sudan, Syria, the United Arab Emirates, Western Sahara, Egypt, Iraq, Yemen and Palestine.

Greenland first entertained the idea of a flag of its own in 1973 when five Greenlanders proposed a green, white and blue flag.

The leaders seized the General Post Office ( GPO ), raising two flags: a green flag bearing the legend " Irish Republic " and the Tricolour, and proclaiming independence for Ireland.

On July 1, 2012, against the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Brewers wore green batting practice uniforms with red and white trim, a nod to the Italian flag, as part of " Italian Heritage Day ".

* The flag of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya during its period of use ( 1977 – 2011 ) was the only national flag consisting just of a single solid color ( green ) with no other designs or symbols.

In 1889, during a visit to Naples, Queen Margherita of Italy was served a pizza resembling the colors of the Italian flag, red ( tomato ), white ( mozzarella ) and green ( basil ).

Typically, two teams ( red and blue ) would compete in a game of Capture the flag, though a few maps with up to four teams ( red, blue, green, and yellow ) were created.

The national flag of the ZAR featured three horizontal stripes of red, white, and blue ( mirroring the Dutch national flag ), with a vertical green stripe at the hoist, and was known as the Vierkleur ( lit.

alt = Red brick plaza, surrounded by trees with green leaves, with two white tents and an American flag flying from a flagpole in the center

* October 6 – Ethiopia uses the tricolor flag: green is for the land, yellow for gold, and red is symbolic of strength and the blood shed.

A goal is awarded for kicking the ball under the crossbar into the net, signalled by the umpire raising a green flag.

Leone also produced three comedies by actor / director Carlo Verdone, which were Fun Is Beautiful ( Un Sacco Bello, 1980 ), Bianco, Rosso e Verdone ( White, Red and Verdone – Verdone means " strong green " – a pun referring to the three colours of the Italian flag, the star and to director Verdone, 1981 ) and Troppo Forte ( Great !, 1986 ).

The red flag introduced under Taraki was replaced in 1980, shortly after the Soviet intervention, to the more traditional colours black, red and green.

He meandered down Pike Street, past the First National Bank with its green window shades.

It is roughly shaped like a large pear, and when properly ripened, its dark green skin covers a meaty, melon-like pulp that has about the consistency of a ripe Bartlett pear, but oily.

I followed it, looking at the brilliant colors on its tubular back, the colors clear and sharp and perfect, in orange and green and brown diamonds the size of a baby's fist down its back, and the diamonds were set one within the other and interlaced with glistening jet-black.

The Hittite Kingdom at the height of its power ( red ), bordering on the Egyptian Empire ( green ).

A story is told that he once painted his face green and rode through town on his bicycle in its honour ( and possibly under its influence ).

If the color were fully green, its RGBA would be ( 0, 1, 0, 0. 5 ).

Because of its bright green color when polished, amazonite is sometimes cut and used as a gemstone, although it is easily fractured.

When Congress overrode his veto, the project had its green light and ground was first broken in 1991.

A convex function | function is convex if and only if its Epigraph ( mathematics ) | epigraph, the region ( in green ) above its graph of a function | graph ( in blue ), is a convex set.

Since these components have different colors ( green, orange, and yellow, respectively ) they gave the technique its name.

Longjing tea, also known as Dragon Well tea, is a variety of roasted green tea from Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, where it is produced mostly by hand and has been renowned for its high quality, earning the China Famous Tea title.

In October 2008 TfL introduced a new colour scheme to the vehicles, using the blue, white and green of the routes ' symbol on TfL maps, to distinguish the trams from its buses operating in the area.

Meanwhile Y, another witness, testifies that when he examined X's car, later that day, he noticed green paint on its fender.

Its green portion plays the role of " color belt " especially after rains when vegetation growth is at its peak.

Other examples include the black tarnish on silver, and red or green corrosion that may appear on copper and its alloys, such as brass.

The word " Emerald " is derived ( via Old French: Esmeraude and Middle English: Emeraude ), from Vulgar Latin: Esmaralda / Esmaraldus, a variant of Latin Smaragdus, which originated in Greek: σμάραγδος ( smaragdos ; " green gem "); its original source being either the Sanskrit word मरकत marakata meaning " emerald " or the Semitic word baraq ( ב ָּ ר ָ ק ; الب ُ راق ; " lightning " or " shine ") ( cf.

By the mid-1960s, West Pakistan was benefiting from Ayub's " Decade of Progress ," with its successful " green revolution " in wheat, and from the expansion of markets for West Pakistani textiles, while the East Pakistan's standard of living remained at an abysmally low level.

In its second term, the red green coalition lost several very important state elections, for example in Lower Saxony where Schröder was the prime minister from 1990 to 1998.

Much aquamarine is heated to remove yellow tones and change the green color into the more desirable blue or enhance its existing blue color to a purer blue.

The stamp, designed by Howard Paine, displays the book with its original dust jacket, a white Magnolia blossom, and a hilt placed against a background of green velvet.