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Sash of the Order of St Patrick

St Patrick's blue is a name often mistakenly applied to several

Irish Constitution in regards to the national flag.[3] However, while green is the de facto national colour of Ireland, representing Ireland in many sporting, cultural, and business events, azure blue is still found in symbols of both the state and the island.[4]

History

Origins

Armorial Wijnbergen. Showing arms for the kings, including Ireland.

The first record of blue as

Lord Iveagh in 1895 and confirmed in 1903.[1]

Collins Barracks
, in Dublin

There has been debate over the extent to which blue was a national colour of Ireland prior to the creation of the Order, and whether it was associated with

Saint Patrick's Flag a "fake flag".[14] More recently, Peter Alter[15] and Christina Mahony[16] have supported the historicity of the colour, while Brian Ó Cuív questioned it.[4]

Historic arms of the Kingdom of Ireland

The Irish arms used by English monarchs since

Thomas Dineley reported people wearing crosses of green ribbon in their hats on Saint Patrick's Day.[21]

Former use

At a "National Ball" during

the King was in Ireland.[26]

The Ireland association football team organised by the Irish Football Association (IFA) wore St Patrick's blue jerseys from 1882 until 1931, when they switched to green.[27] The IFA team is now the Northern Ireland team. The Football Association of Ireland sent an Irish Free State team to the 1924 Olympic football tournament; it wore a St Patrick's Blue change strip against Bulgaria, whose strip was Ireland's usual green.[28] In 2021, the Republic of Ireland wore a St. Patrick's Blue jersey in a friendly against Qatar for the 100th anniversary of the FAI.[29]

In the 1930s, the Army Comrades Association's Saint Patrick's blue shirts earned it the nickname of

Saint Patrick's Flag with the white background replaced with a blue background. W. T. Cosgrave described the colour as "in perfect, traditional, national accord with our history and in close association with the most revered and venerated memory of our patron Saint".[31]

The

colour scheme of dark bottle green, bright green, and "a strong blue".[38]

Modern use

Irish presidential standard

The

racing colours are "Saint Patrick's blue with gold sleeves, and a St Patrick's blue cap with gold tassel".[44] One such horse is Suailce,[45]
which won the 2008 Irish Cesarewich.
Irish Defence Forces is described as "St. Patrick’s blue".[2][47]

St Patrick's Hall, Dublin Castle. Home of the Order of St Patrick, now used for presidential inaugurations.

The official sporting colours of

Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland also features St Patrick's blue.[50] The Trinity College Dublin fencing club specifies that the azure in its colours is "St. Patrick's Blue (Pantone 295 as the Presedential [sic] Pennant)".[51]

Among

choristers and under the clerical collars of the dean and the vicar.[55]

A cross-border flag for Ireland may be required where a sporting team combines athletes from both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The arms of the four provinces of Ireland on a background of Saint Patrick's blue has sometimes served this purpose.[56]

See also

  • Saint Patrick's Flag

References

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