The Irish flag and the Ivory Coast flag - the two most confused flags in the world Which country's flag has three vertical stripes colored green, white, and orange?

The Irish and Côte d'Ivoire flags share a design of green, white, and orange vertical stripes, but the green stripe on the ...

The Irish flag was flown for the first time ever on March 7, 1848, by Thomas Francis Meagher in Co Waterford. Why is the Irish flag green, white and orange? Where did the Irish tri-color come from?

As for the other colors on the Irish flag, green represents Roman Catholics and white does, as the meme tates, represent peace. The first known version of this flag is dated March 1848.