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Boyle ( / ˈbɔɪl /; Irish: Mainistir na Búille [8]) is a town in County Roscommon, Ireland. It is located at the foot of the Curlew Mountains near Lough Key in the north of the county. Carrowkeel Megalithic Cemetery, the Drumanone Dolmen and the lakes of Lough Arrow and Lough Gara are also close by.
- 83 m (272 ft)
- County Roscommon
Flag of Ireland. A tricolour, with three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), white and orange; (the green symbolises Catholicism, the white Peace and the orange Protestantism, therefore the flag represents peace between Catholics and Protestants). This is the flag and ensign of Ireland.
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The national flag of Ireland (Irish: bratach na hÉireann), frequently referred to in Ireland as 'the tricolour' (an trídhathach) and elsewhere as the Irish tricolour is a vertical tricolour of green (at the hoist), white and orange. The proportions of the flag are 1:2 (that is to say, flown horizontally, the flag is half as high as it is wide).
- 1:2
- A vertical tricolour of green, white and orange.
- 1922 (constitutional status; 1937)
Feb 16, 2024 · 1. The colours and their meaning. Known as the ‘Tricolour’, the colours of the national flag of Ireland are green, white and orange. The green symbolises the Catholics, the orange symbolises the Protestants and the white signifies the hope for peace and unity between the two. 2. Why Ireland has two flags.
Mar 7, 2024 · Mar 07, 2024. The flag of Ireland. Getty Images. 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...
Mar 27, 2024 · Vertically striped green-white-orange national flag. Its width-to-length ratio is 1 to 2.A number of official and unofficial flags over the centuries have been flown in Ireland. One of the earliest, in use in the late 15th century, was blue with a gold harp; today it is the presidential standard of
Visiting Boyle Town. And The Surrounding Area. Boyle in County Roscommon, Ireland is a small, pleasant, hilly Irish country town full of old fashioned country shops and pubs with a history that goes back to the foundation of the Cistercian monastery here in 1161. The town has a famous annual arts festival which runs for a week starting the last ...
