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 flag was presented as a gift ... convicted for leading the Young Irelanders' 1848 Rebellion. On Easter Monday, April 24th 1916, the IRB, Irish Volunteers and Irish Citizen Army flew the ...