The tricolour's contested origins show how myths are made

One could be forgiven for thinking we know all there is to know about Irish history. 

However, we live in a remarkable time in which technology is not so much revising the history books as recommencing them. New tools of analysis have brought new understanding, with my focus on the emergence of the Irish tricolour flag. 

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