<Tr> <Td> CMYK </Td> <Td> 71--0--72--0 </Td> <Td> 0--0--0--0 </Td> <Td> 0--43--91--0 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <P> The flag should normally be displayed on a flagstaff, with the green pale positioned next to the flagstaff, at the hoist; the white pale positioned in the centre; and the orange pale positioned at the fly, farthest from the flagstaff . Provided that the correct proportions are observed, the flag may be made to any convenient size . </P> <P> The green pale of the flag symbolises Roman Catholics, the orange represents the minority Protestants who were supporters of William of Orange, who had defeated King James II and his predominantly Irish Catholic army at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690 . His title came from the Principality of Orange in the south of France that had been a Protestant bastion from the 16th century . It was included in the Irish flag in an attempt to reconcile the Orange Order in Ireland with the Irish independence movement . The white in the centre signifies a lasting peace and hope for union between Protestants and Catholics in Ireland . The flag, as a whole, is intended to symbolise the inclusion and hoped - for union of the people of different traditions on the island of Ireland, which is expressed in the Constitution as the entitlement of every person born in Ireland to be part of the independent Irish nation, regardless of ethnic origin, religion or political conviction . There are exceptions to the general beneficent theory . Green was also used as the colour of such Irish bodies as the mainly - Protestant and non-sectarian Friendly Brothers of St. Patrick, established in 1751 . </P> <P> Occasionally, differing shades of yellow, instead of orange, are seen at civilian functions . However the Department of the Taoiseach state that this is a misrepresentation which "should be actively discouraged", and that worn - out flags should be replaced . In songs and poems, the colours are sometimes enumerated as "green, white and gold", using poetic licence . Variants of different guises are utilised to include, for example, various emblems of Ireland, such as the presidential harp, the four provinces or county arms . </P>

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