Green Ensign

{{Short description|Historical flag flown by Irish merchant vessels}}

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{{Infobox flag

| Name = Green Ensign

| Image = Green Ensign.svg

| Use = 000100

| Symbol = {{FIAV|000100}} {{FIAV|normal}}

| Proportion = 1:2

| Adoption = British Merchant Navy

| Design = Green with the Union Jack occupying one quarter of the field and placed in the canton and a harp in the fly.

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File:Green Ensign (1701).svg

File:Green-Ensign 1783.jpg

The Green Ensign ({{Langx|ga|An Meirge Uaine}}) is a historical flag flown by some Irish merchant vessels from the 17th century to the early 20th century. The flag consists of a green field with a golden Irish harp and a canton containing either St George's Cross or a version of the Union Jack.

This flag has appeared in these historical flag plates:

• 1685 Downman's Flag Chart
• 17th century A New Table of all the Ships, Collors or Ensings, in the Wholl Water World Newly Eneressed and Amende and all falts or Errors Corrected Never befor thytim brought to Light{{Cite web|url=https://disc.leidenuniv.nl/view/item/2698079?solr_nav%5Bid%5D=6d7bc32e87c19eaf088c&solr_nav%5Bpage%5D=3&solr_nav%5Boffset%5D=8|title=Nieuwe Tafel van alle de Scheeps Vlaggen des Gehele Water-Waerelds op Nieus Vermeerdert en Verbeeterdt COLLBN Port 144 N 151 | Digital Collections}}
• 1700 Len's Flag Chart
• {{circa|1700}} Table des Pavillons quel on arbore dans toutes les Parties du Monde Connu (Peter Schenk the Elder){{Cite web|url=https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-152646|title=Table des Pavillons quel on arbore dans toutes les Parties du Monde Connu, Consernant la Marine... | Royal Museums Greenwich|website=www.rmg.co.uk}}
• early 18th century: A new table of all the names of the principal parts and rigging of a man of war{{Cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/pga.00277|title=A new table of all the names of the principal parts and rigging of a man of war|website=www.loc.gov}}
• 1772 :File:Encyclopedie volume 6-145.png
• 1783 Bowles's Universal Display of the Naval Flags of all Nations
• 1799 Flags of all Nations
• 1848 {{lang|de|Flaggen Aller Seefahrenden Nationen}}
• 1868 Johnson's new chart of national emblems
• 1889 Drawings of Flags of All Nations - British Admiralty
• 1917 National Geographic Flag Book