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Communist Party of Ireland

Páirtí Cummanach na hÉireann

image by Eugene Ipavec, 13 May 2009

Description of the flag
Earlier version

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Ireland

Description of the flag

The header of http://www.communistpartyofireland.ie shows a red flagoid with a red hammer/sickle inside a yellow explosion-shaped device (the 9-point upper segment of a 20-pointed sun, I guess?) No actual article is in evidence in photos of party marches below, however, just plain red ones.

From above url:
"The Communist Party of Ireland is an all-Ireland Marxist party founded in 1933. Its aim is to win the support of the majority of the Irish people for ending the capitalist system and for building socialism—a social system in which the means of production, distribution and exchange are publicly owned and utilised for the benefit of the whole people."
Eugene Ipavec, 13 May 2009

According to the Internet Archive, the red flagoid with a red hammer and sickle inside a yellow rising sun has appeared at the homepage header between 2004-09-24 [1] and 2004-11-26 [2]. Prior to that, the charges were shown as the standalone emblem, which was introduced between 2003-05-27 [3] and 2003-06-20 [4]. It had replaced an earlier flagoid, depicting a version of the Starry Plough flag with yellow stars on red field, which seems to have been introduced between 2002-01-13 [5] and 2001-09-22 [6]; prior to this last date, no flagoids or other emblems were shown at the homepage. It is yet to discover if the flags with this design were actually used, because the website contained no photos of current events during the time of this flagoid's use.

Sources:
[1] Internet Archive - Communist party of Ireland homepage on 2004-09-24: http://www.communistpartyofireland.ie/
[2] Internet Archive - Communist party of Ireland homepage on 2004-11-26: http://www.communistpartyofireland.ie/
[3] Internet Archive - Communist party of Ireland homepage on 2003-05-27: http://www.communistpartyofireland.ie/
[4] Internet Archive - Communist party of Ireland homepage on 2003-06-20: http://www.communistpartyofireland.ie/
[5] Internet Archive - Communist party of Ireland homepage on 2002-01-13: http://www.communistpartyofireland.ie/index.html
[6] Internet Archive - Communist party of Ireland homepage on 2001-09-22: http://www.communistpartyofireland.ie/

Tomislav Todorovic, 12 October 2010

At the Communist Party of Ireland website, a photo was recently posted which shows people carrying flags with the same design as the logo in the page header. Consequently, this is no longer to be considered a flagoid. The real flag only seems to be less oblong (about 2:3) than the image above and the emblem looks smaller as well. The use of possible previous flag design (below) still remains to be verified.
Source:
Communist Party of Ireland website: www.communistpartyofireland.ie
(Image: www.communistpartyofireland.ie/0314.jpeg)
Tomislav Todorovic, 22 August 2011

Earlier Version

image by Tomislav Todorovic, 12 October 2010, based on the Starry Plough

This earlier flagoid, depicting a version of the Starry Plough flag with yellow stars on red field, seems to have been introduced between 2002-01-13 [5] and 2001-09-22 [6]
Tomislav Todorovic, 12 October 2010