Irish Volunteers Flag

The Volunteers celebrated the achievement of Irish free trade and legislative independence in 1782 with this shamrock-decorated flag. 

Flag
ca. 1782
Silk, Paint
Courtesy of the National Museum of Ireland 

Henry Grattan, a member of the Irish Parliament, led the Volunteers in their calls for economic and political independence from Great Britain. 

Henry Grattan
Painted by Francis Wheatley
1780
Oil on Panel
© National Museum of Ireland