Green Ensign

The Green Ensign (Irish: An Meirge Uaine) is a historical flag flown by some Irish merchant vessels from the 17th century to the early 20th century.^[1] The flag consists of a green field with a golden Irish harp and a canton containing either St George's Cross or a version of the Union Jack.

Green Ensign

Use	Civil ensign
Proportion	1:2
Adopted	British Merchant Navy
Design	Green with the Union Jack occupying one quarter of the field and placed in the canton and a harp in the fly.

A post-1801 Green Ensign from the Royal Museums Greenwich^[1]

Green Ensign circa 1701

On a 1783 flag chart

This flag has appeared in these historical flag plates:

• 1685 Downman's Flag Chart
• 17th century A New Table of all the Ships, Collors or Ensings, in the Wholl Water World Newly Eneressed and Amende and all falts or Errors Corrected Never befor thytim brought to Light^[2]
• 1700 Len's Flag Chart
• c. 1700 Table des Pavillons quel on arbore dans toutes les Parties du Monde Connu (Peter Schenk the Elder)^[3]
• early 18th century: A new table of all the names of the principal parts and rigging of a man of war^[4]
• 1772 French Encyclopédie
• 1783 Bowles's Universal Display of the Naval Flags of all Nations
• 1799 Flags of all Nations
• 1848 Flaggen Aller Seefahrenden Nationen
• 1868 Johnson's new chart of national emblems
• 1889 Drawings of Flags of All Nations - British Admiralty
• 1917 National Geographic Flag Book

See also

• Blue Ensign
• Red Ensign
• White Ensign
• Green harp flag

References

1. "Irish green ensign - National Maritime Museum".
2. "Nieuwe Tafel van alle de Scheeps Vlaggen des Gehele Water-Waerelds op Nieus Vermeerdert en Verbeeterdt COLLBN Port 144 N 151 | Digital Collections".
3. "Table des Pavillons quel on arbore dans toutes les Parties du Monde Connu, Consernant la Marine... | Royal Museums Greenwich". www.rmg.co.uk.
4. "A new table of all the names of the principal parts and rigging of a man of war". www.loc.gov.

External links

• Green Ensign at FOTW site