flag / Fenian, Tallaght 5 March 1867

Fenian Flag; captured from the Fenians at Tallaght, on 5th March, 1867. Green silk 4' by 3'; with four rows each with eight golden stars embroidered. The design, influenced by the American "Stars & Stripes", shows thirty-two stars in all, representing the thirty-two counties. A note in pen on the back reads "Flag carried by the Fenians on the night of 5th March 1867, Domk. F. Burke, Sub Inspector, Rathfarnham, 5th - 6th March, 1867".;