<P> The arms of Connacht use a dimidiated (divided in half from top to bottom) eagle and armed hand . Ruaidhri O'Conchobhair, King of Connacht, is surmised to have been conceded the arms of Schottenkloster or the Irish monastery founded in Regensburg, which approximate to the Connacht Flag of 1651 </P> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Flag of Leinster </Td> <Td> <P> A silver stringed golden harp on a green background . Possibly the oldest and certainly the most celebrated instance of the use of the harp device on a green field was the flag of Owen Roe O'Neill . It is recorded that his ship, the St Francis, as she lay at anchor at Dunkirk, flew from her mast top' the Irish harp in a green field, in a flag' . </P> </Td> </Tr> <P> A silver stringed golden harp on a green background . Possibly the oldest and certainly the most celebrated instance of the use of the harp device on a green field was the flag of Owen Roe O'Neill . It is recorded that his ship, the St Francis, as she lay at anchor at Dunkirk, flew from her mast top' the Irish harp in a green field, in a flag' . </P> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> No history of flag use </Td> <Td> The ancient Kingdom of Meath (Mide) was represented by the emblem of a king seated on a throne . There is no history of a flag ever being used, however an emblem was used which derived from iconography rather than classic heraldry . "The old province of Meath, which is nearly coextensive with the present day Diocese of Meath, is heraldically personified by a representation of a royal personage seated on a throne...It is, of course, fitting that Meath, wherein stood Tara, the symbolic site of the Kingship of Ireland, should be shown heraldically by a representation of a royal personage, or majesty, seated on a throne . The arms of Meath were apparently used at one time as the arms of Ireland, i.e. a majesty on a sable (black) background, the provincial arms being displayed on an azure (blue) field". </Td> <Td> The flag of Mide features a light blue field with a king sitting on a throne . The sceptre and outstretched right hand symbolise sovereignty and justice respectively . Today this emblem is used by the Meath GAA team but not the Meath County Council . </Td> </Tr>

A history of irish flags from earliest times