page_title: Green Ensign
hierarchical_section_title: Green Ensign
caption_attribution_description: English: The Irish Green Ensign with the 1707 Union flag in the canton.
context_page_description: The Green Ensign is a historical flag flown by some Irish merchant vessels from the 17th century to the early 20th century. The flag consists of a green field with a golden harp and a canton containing either the English Flag or a version of the Union Jack.
  This flag has appeared in these historical flag plates:
  1685 Downham's Flag Chart
  1700 Len's Flag Chart
  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
  There remains a lively debate concerning whether the flag had any form of local official status within the British Isles or was simply an informal flag used by some merchant ships.
context_section_description: 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. The flag consists of a green field with a golden harp and a canton containing either the English Flag (St George's Cross) or a version of the Union Jack.
  This flag has appeared in these historical flag plates:
  1685 Downham's Flag Chart
  1700 Len's Flag Chart
  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
  There remains a lively debate concerning whether the flag had any form of local official status within the British Isles or was simply an informal flag used by some merchant ships.
caption: Possible version of the Green Ensign with the flag of Great Britain in the canton
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