The green harp flag of Ireland, evidently both with and without the bust of a woman, was the flag of the short-lived Confederation of Kilkenny (1642-1649), and an unofficial flag of Ireland thereafter.
Lift up Erin's flag, let its folds to the breeze;May it wave o'er the land, May it float o'er the seas.Erin go braghIreland forever
". . . the largest and most representative meeting ever held in Tralee and the most united in its determination to fulfil the object for which it was called, was the assembly in the square last night. The outstanding feature of the meeting was the attendance and cooperation of people who were hitherto diametrically opposed to each other in national principles, Sinn Fiéners, Redmondites, pro-British etc."
Excerpt from The Kerryman for April 20, 1918. The execution of many of the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland had united Irish opposition to British rule as the Rising itself did not. The passage two years later of a Conscription Bill that extended to all of Ireland and not only the northern province of Ulster, introduced in the House of Commons by Prime Minister Lloyd George on April 9, 1918, brought together Irish across the political spectrum. The bill followed Operation Michael, which had driven the British from over 700 square miles of territory, and was introduced the same day that Operation Georgette began. Tralee is the county town of the county of Kerry in southwest Ireland.
A Nation and Not a Rabble: The Irish Revolution 1913–1923 by Diarmaid Ferriter, page 174, copyright © Diarmaid Ferriter, 2015, publisher: The Overlook Press
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