Re: irish flag
Greg, Your description of the "two-sided" flag recalled the old Red Skelton movie, in which he proundly marched between the opposing lines, wearing a uniform that was half-gray and half-blue, carrying a two-sided Confed/Fed flag. Both sides cheered his bravery. Then the wind changed, and he turned to conform with it...and both sides started to shoot at him, IIRC.