Educational illustration shown at 4:3. The reference proportion is 1:2.
How to recognise it
Three equal vertical bands: green at the hoist, white, then orange.
- Name in the quiz
- Ireland
- UN member state name
- Ireland
- ISO 3166-1 code
- IE
- Atlas Play pack
- Europe (starter pack), Look-alikes: upright tricolours
Easily confused with
Côte d’IvoireIreland: green at the hoist. Côte d’Ivoire: orange at the hoist.
IndiaIreland: upright bands, green at the hoist. India: flat bands, saffron on top and a blue wheel in the middle.
ItalyItaly ends in red. Ireland ends in orange.
NigerIreland: upright bands. Niger: flat bands with an orange disc in the middle.
NigeriaIreland: green, white, orange. Nigeria: green, white, green.
Source and checks
Design reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Ireland (A vertical tricolour of green, white and orange; proportion 1:2). Checked 2026-10-18 by Claude (AI build agent): rendered artwork compared with the reference design description; no human editorial review yet. Artwork: flag-icons 7.6.0 (package/flags/4x3/ie.svg), MIT licence, licence text; sanitised copy sha256 b2de09662265…. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.