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The flags in popular use are based on the colours of the county teams in Gaelic football and hurling - the most popular spectator sports. As these flags are entirely unofficial, the designs vary: one sees the colours arranged as horizontal stripes, quarters, lozenges, etc., but vertical stripes are the most common. These flags have outgrown their sporting origins and are now widely used on festive occasions, flown alongside the European Union, national and provincial flags at shopping centres, hotels, etc.
| Carlow | Ceatharlach |  green, red and yellow |
| Dublin | Áth Cliath (Duibhlinn) |  dark blue and light blue
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| Kildare | Cill Dara |  white |
| Kilkenny | Cill Chainnigh |  black and 'amber' (a reddish orange) |
| Laois (Leix) | Laois |  blue and white |
| Longford | An Longfort |  blue and gold |
| Louth | Lú |  red and white |
| Meath | An Mhí |  green and gold |
| Offaly | Uíbh Fhailí |  green, white and gold |
| Westmeath | An Iarmhí |  maroon and white |
| Wexford | Loch Garman |  purple and gold |
| Wicklow | Cill Mhantáin |  blue and yellow |
Vincent Morley, 4 December 1996
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by Mario Fabretto, recoloured by Ivan Sache
The flag of the Leinster rugby team is similar to the Leinster province flag but with a blue field instead of green and LEINSTER written in gold letters below the harp. The same emblem (harp + province name) is shown on the players' jerseys, the dominant colour of which is blue. I suppose blue was adopted instead of the green colour of the province because the green jersey is for the Irish national team only.
Ivan Sache, 12 April 2003
