Green flag

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A green flag has various significances.

[edit] National flags

  • The current flag of Libya is a plain green flag.
  • Irish nationalism was traditionally represented with a green flag. The current flag of Ireland is a tricolour with green representing the Irish Catholics, orange representing the Irish Protestants, and white in the middle to represent peace.
  • In George Orwell's novel Animal Farm the farm hoisted a plain green flag.

[edit] Other

  • Green Flag is the name of a motoring assistance company in the UK
  • The waving of a green flag indicates the beginning or resumption of an auto race.
  • Green Flag award is a mark of conservation effort in the UK
  • The Green Flag is a novel written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, first published in 1900.