Post by Papa C. on Feb 1, 2006 11:10:32 GMT
Starry Plough Flag
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The Starry Plough was used by the Irish Citizens Army (ICA), not as flag or banner, but as a real army standard which explains the deviant proportions.
The plough and the stars on the Starry Plough are symbolising the present and the future of the working class.
During the Easter Rising of 1916 the British army captured the Starry Plough. It was not until 1966 when the Starry Plough was returned to Ireland and is now displayed in the National Museum in Dulin.
The design of the Starry Plough is still in use today.
The Services, Industrial, Professional and Technical Union (SIPTU), Ireland's largest trade union, is using a simplified version: the plough has disappeared and the remaining stars are positioned as the constellation Ursa Major, or Big Dipper or Great Bear.
The Northern Ireland Irish Republican Socialist Party (IRSP) and the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) are also using a simplified design and different colours: white stars on a blue field.
www.vincentpeters.nl/triskelle/images/img_starryplough.gif
The Starry Plough was used by the Irish Citizens Army (ICA), not as flag or banner, but as a real army standard which explains the deviant proportions.
The plough and the stars on the Starry Plough are symbolising the present and the future of the working class.
During the Easter Rising of 1916 the British army captured the Starry Plough. It was not until 1966 when the Starry Plough was returned to Ireland and is now displayed in the National Museum in Dulin.
The design of the Starry Plough is still in use today.
The Services, Industrial, Professional and Technical Union (SIPTU), Ireland's largest trade union, is using a simplified version: the plough has disappeared and the remaining stars are positioned as the constellation Ursa Major, or Big Dipper or Great Bear.
The Northern Ireland Irish Republican Socialist Party (IRSP) and the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) are also using a simplified design and different colours: white stars on a blue field.
