The Irish flag - or, in Irish, the 'Bratach na hÉireann' – was flown publicly for the first time on March 7, 1848 during that year's Young Irelander Rebellion in Waterford City at the Wolfe ...

The tweet featured a picture of his jacket with a lapel pin of the union flag and the Ulster banner. The Ulster banner was the flag of the former Northern Ireland Parliament - which was abolished ...