Quote Originally Posted by cajunscot
That presents a very interesting question, then: was the British Army aware of the originator of their particular shade of saffron was the leader of the Easter Rebellion?

The Irish Regiments had adopted some Irish Nationalist symbols, such as a the Shamrock and Harp, with a crown added, of course, to make it "politically correct", for lack of a better term -- although Lord Kitchner refused to allow the 16th (Irish) Division a Green "Harp Flag" during their service in WWI because of its Nationalist associations. Ironically, John Redmond's moderate Volunteer forces used the Green Harp flag, and it was the association with the Redmondites that caused it to fall out of favour with the more radical Irish Republicans, who later adopted the Tricolour.

Interesting to think about, though...

T.
After readig the letter to Pearse I sure am glad he picked the kilt. In regards to the B.A. picking that particular color does make it interesting doesn't it?

Thanks for the link on the letter. I added it to my favourites