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A post-1801 Green Ensign from the Royal Museums Greenwich
Green Ensign
Green Ensign after 1801
Green Ensign (1701)
Green Ensign circa 1701
Green-Ensign 1783
On a 1783 flag chart

The Green Ensign (Irish: [An Meirge Uaine] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) is a historical flag flown by some Irish merchant vessels from before the 19th century to the early 20th century. 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.

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
  • 1700 Len's Flag Chart
  • c. 1700 Table des Pavillons quel on arbore dans toutes les Parties du Monde Connu (Peter Schenk the Elder)
  • early 18th century: A new table of all the names of the principal parts and rigging of a man of war
  • 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

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