What ๐ฎ๐ช means
The flag of Ireland: green, white and orange vertical stripes. It stands for the Republic of Ireland and Irish identity.
Expect a wave of ๐ฎ๐ช on St Patrick's Day with โ๏ธ and ๐. Irish people abroad, rugby fans and anyone with Irish roots use it for heritage.
It is the mirror image of ๐จ๐ฎ Cรดte d'Ivoire. The green and orange are often explained as two traditions joined in peace by the white.
Facts
Flag: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช is an emoji in the flags category, under country flag. It became part of the emoji standard in Emoji 2.0, released in 2015. On GitHub, Slack and other apps you can type it as :ireland: or :flag_ireland:. People also look for it with words like โIEโ or โflagโ.
Timeline
- 2015Added to the emoji standard (Emoji 2.0)
Design history
Google (Noto)
2015
2018
Twemoji (X, Discord)
2016
Google Noto Emoji images: Apache 2.0. Twemoji graphics by X Corp and contributors: CC-BY 4.0.
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