The sound of bagpipes filled the air in Downtown Scranton for the Annual Raising of the Irish Flag. The event on Lackawanna County Courthouse Square is held at the start of parade week.

The Irish flag - or, in Irish, the 'Bratach na hÉireann' – was flown publicly for the first time on March 7, 1848 during that year's Young Irelander Rebellion in Waterford City at the Wolfe ...

The city of Aurora will hold its St. Patrick’s Parade and Irish flag-raising ceremony beginning at 11 a.m. Sunday in downtown Aurora. The event “honoring the legacy of the parade’s namesake ...

On Feb. 3, council members agreed to reverse a decision from last year to ban those kinds of flags from flying in front of City Hall. The Irish flag will be raised at 11 a.m. on March 16 at City ...

The New York Jets has launched Ireland's first girls Flag Football League in Dublin. The first of its kind NFL-backed initiative will see teams from eight schools in the capital compete across ...

Materials: silk/textiles/paint. Background: The flag was unveiled in 1914 as the flag for the Irish Citizen Army and depicts part of the constellation of Ursa Major, known as The Plough in Ireland ...