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Ireland: county colours of Leinster

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image by Mario Fabretto

County colours in Leinster

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County colours in Leinster

The flags in popular use are based on the colours of the county teams in Gaelic football and hurling - the most popular spectator sports. As these flags are entirely unofficial, the designs vary: one sees the colours arranged as horizontal stripes, quarters, lozenges, etc., but vertical stripes are the most common. These flags have outgrown their sporting origins and are now widely used on festive occasions, flown alongside the European Union, national and provincial flags at shopping centres, hotels, etc.

Carlow	Ceatharlach	green, red and yellow
Dublin	Áth Cliath (Duibhlinn)	dark blue and light blue
Kildare	Cill Dara	white
Kilkenny	Cill Chainnigh	black and 'amber' (a reddish orange)
Laois (Leix)	Laois	blue and white
Longford	An Longfort	blue and gold
Louth	Lú	red and white
Meath	An Mhí	green and gold
Offaly	Uíbh Fhailí	green, white and gold
Westmeath	An Iarmhí	maroon and white
Wexford	Loch Garman	purple and gold
Wicklow	Cill Mhantáin	blue and yellow

Vincent Morley, 4 December 1996

Rugby Colours

image by Mario Fabretto, recoloured by Ivan Sache

The flag of the Leinster rugby team is similar to the Leinster province flag but with a blue field instead of green and LEINSTER written in gold letters below the harp. The same emblem (harp + province name) is shown on the players' jerseys, the dominant colour of which is blue. I suppose blue was adopted instead of the green colour of the province because the green jersey is for the Irish national team only.

Ivan Sache, 12 April 2003