Although I think 1 is closer to the OTL shade of green on the Green Ensign, 2 looks a better contrast to me.
AFAIK, in DoD, Ireland is granted Kingdom status within the Empire, with it's own monarch, and self rule over most internal matters, but with the UK handling most foreign policy and the like.Yeah.
This is a English kingdom in Ireland right?
AFAIK, in DoD, Ireland is granted Kingdom status within the Empire, with it's own monarch, and self rule over most internal matters, but with the UK handling most foreign policy and the like.
It's more complicated than that, green has a long history as being a "Catholic" colour in Ireland but I believe the blue originally comes from the flag of Leinster.Though it is possible that blue is never replaced by green as the Irish color since the POD is back before this change (this is still carried over into the President's flag, which is the harp on a blue background), I think Number 2 looks the best.
Possible, but in DoD itself the flag is clearly described as being a Red St Patricks cross on a green background with a Gold harp at the center.Given that DoD Ireland is not supposed to have Catholic supremacy I suspect blue would actually be more accurate (although that would make it look like the flag of the Northern Irish fascist Blueshirt movement plus harp).
As the author himself has seen fit to comment on this(thanks!) I would say we can consider the matter settledThe basis for the gold harp on a green field comes from the pre-PoD Society of United Irishmen, who were established in 1791, and used the gold harp on green as their symbolic flag. This flag was used in both OTL and ATL Ireland as a symbol of a united and sovereign Ireland. It was used as a revolutionary symbol in 1798 and 1803, and later used as a symbol for peaceful demands for a separate Ireland during the 1830s and 1840s. The British associated it with sedition, but to the Irish it was viewed as the national flag during this period.
The establishment of the current Irish tricolour is actually considerably post-PoD (about 1848), and it took some time for the tricolour to become predominant. With DoD Ireland gaining sovereignty in 1862, it's going to use the established national flag of the gold harp on green as the basis of their flag.
Edit: The green used in the golden harp on green was a medium to light green, so Flag #1 is probably the more likely flag, regardless of how it may look to modern eyes.