Green Ensign

The Green Ensign (Irish: An Meirge Uaine) is a historical flag flown by some Irish merchant vessels from before the 19th century to the early 20th century.[1] The flag consists of a green field with a golden Irish harp and a canton containing either St George's Cross or a version of the Union Jack.

A post-1801 Green Ensign from the Royal Museums Greenwich
Green Ensign after 1801[1]
Green Ensign circa 1701
On a 1783 flag chart

This flag has appeared in these historical flag plates:

  • 1685 Downman's Flag Chart
  • 17th century A New Table of all the Ships, Collors or Ensings, in the Wholl Water World Newly Eneressed and Amende and all falts or Errors Corrected Never befor thytim brought to Light[2]
  • 1700 Len's Flag Chart
  • c. 1700 Table des Pavillons quel on arbore dans toutes les Parties du Monde Connu (Peter Schenk the Elder)[3]
  • early 18th century: A new table of all the names of the principal parts and rigging of a man of war[4]
  • 1772 French Encyclopédie
  • 1783 Bowles's Universal Display of the Naval Flags of all Nations
  • 1799 Flags of all Nations
  • 1848 Flaggen Aller Seefahrenden Nationen
  • 1868 Johnson's new chart of national emblems
  • 1889 Drawings of Flags of All Nations - British Admiralty
  • 1917 National Geographic Flag Book

See also

References
  1. "Irish green ensign - National Maritime Museum".
  2. "Nieuwe Tafel van alle de Scheeps Vlaggen des Gehele Water-Waerelds op Nieus Vermeerdert en Verbeeterdt COLLBN Port 144 N 151 | Digital Collections".
  3. "Table des Pavillons quel on arbore dans toutes les Parties du Monde Connu, Consernant la Marine... | Royal Museums Greenwich". www.rmg.co.uk.
  4. "A new table of all the names of the principal parts and rigging of a man of war". www.loc.gov.


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