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At Shelsley Walsh, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom on Saturday 3rd June 2023.
About the photograph.
I was attending a speed hill climbing motorsport event, during a hot sunny day, at the Shelsley Walsh Speed Hill Climb in the village of Shelsely Walsh in Worcestershire. I was there to take photos of the of the event.
They had four different nation flags of the British Isles on flagpoles alongside the track.
NOTE: British Isles is different from British Islands. British Islands refer to England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, and the small islands like Jersey, Guernsey, and Isle of Man, all together. Whereabouts British Isles is same as British Islands, but includes the Republic of Ireland.
Here, I took a series of photographs of the flag of Ireland, flying in the wind, along with the flags of England, Scotland, and Wales.
I’m not sure those flags are of official sizes and specifications, but still, it was a chance for me to take some shots of the flags.
By this time, I had already taken photos of the Union Flag, the Wales flag, and the American Stars and Strips from somewhere else. I thought to grab a chance to take photo of flags belonging to Scotland and Ireland that were flying at the grounds.
For details about the flag of Ireland, see About the overall subject.
About the overall subject.
About the flag.
This is the national flag for the Republic of Ireland. In the Irish language: bratach na hÉireann.
It is frequently referred in Ireland as the tricolour (an tridhathach).
The flag is a vertical tricolour of green, white, and orange bands of equal width, in the proportion of 1:2. That mean an aspect ratio where the width (2) is twice the size of the height (1).
Note: It is important to remember that the colour order from left to right, is green, white, and orange. Not to be confused with the flag of Ivory Coast which is very similar but theirs is in the order of orange, white, and green.
The two flags can often be confused, specially when using the reverse side of the flags.
The flag of Ireland had been adopted in 1922, however like with any other national flags all around the world, the history of the Irish tricolour can date back further from the date of adoption.
According to various history, it was presented as a gift by a small group of French women sympathetic to the Irish nationalism. The colours were intended to symbolise the hoped-for union between the Roman Catholics (green colour) and Protestants (white colour). The white in the middle signifies a lasting truce between the two. It was also based on the French tricolour.
The exact colours, like with any other flags in history, were never actually specified until modern times. Today, the Irish government, the Department of the Taoiseach is responsibility for the flag design and use, had set the actual colours which was in use since 2001.
About Shelsley Walsh.
Shelsley Walsh is a motorsports speed hill climb track in Worcestershire, and organised by the Midland Automobile Club (MAC).
It is one of the oldest motorsports event, having started in 1905, and held events every year, except for the two World Wars.
It is also a notably steep course by today’s hill climb standards, rising 328ft / 100m over its 1000 yards / 914 metres length.
The track and course do not belong to MAC, it is leased from the local landowner. The original lease ran for 99 years, and in 2005, a new lease was signed for the next 99 years.
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