Ireland’s Tricolour is an emblem of peace

In Waterford, President Michael D. Higgins recently launched the Thomas F. Meagher Foundation for 2016 Flag Week, which will be held from March 10 to 17: the national flag will be given to schools around the country.

The foundation was set up last year to promote the national flag for the Rising’s 100th anniversary.

The flag was designed by Thomas Francis Meagher, at his Waterford home, and raised by him, when he was 25, in the city on March 7, 1848.