Starry Plough (flag)

Irish Citizen Army
Other namesThe Starry Plough, Plough and Stars flag
UseOther Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag
Adopted1914
DesignA yellow plough with a sword for a coulter outlined in black with seven silver stars forming the Big Dipper outlined in black.
Designed byWilliam H. Megahy or George William Russell[1]
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A modern variant of the Starry Plough flag.
Members of the socialist political party Éirígí carry facsimile-Starry Plough flags in Derry, January 2013

The Starry Plough banner (Irish: An Camchéachta – the bent plough) is a flag which was originally used by the Irish Citizen Army, a socialist Irish republican movement, and subsequently adopted by other Irish political organizations.

  1. ^ Higgins, Michael D. (30 April 2013). "Remarks at the Conservation of the original Starry Plough Flag". www.president.ie. Office of the President of Ireland. Retrieved 20 February 2017.