Ireland flag emoji 🇮🇪
🇮🇪 is the flag of Ireland, ISO code IE. Copy it here.
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About the Ireland flag emoji
🇮🇪 is the flag of Ireland: green, white and orange vertical bands. Like every country flag, the Ireland emoji is really two regional indicator letters, I and E, spelling the ISO code IE; side by side, IE merge into the Ireland flag. Windows has no flag artwork, so there IE appears as the letters I E. Ireland (IE) joined the flag set in Emoji 1.0 (2015); IE renders on every major platform except Windows. Copy IE from the card; the flag emoji hub groups Ireland with the other Europe flags, such as Gibraltar, listed beside Ireland.
Unicode name: flag: Ireland · U+1F1EE U+1F1EA · Emoji 2.0 (2015) · group: Flags.
How people use it
- National pride: Ireland (IE) next to a name, a result or a holiday post, Irish style
- Travel: a trip to Ireland, a photo location, or a “from → to” bio with IE
- Language: IE as shorthand for the language of Ireland in menus, captions and bios about Ireland
- Sport: team line-ups, match threads and medal tables for IE, Ireland
- In other languages: Spanish Irlanda, French Irlande, German Irland
Compare the options
| Emoji | Name | Use it for | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|---|
| flag: IrelandU+1F1EE U+1F1EA | IE: the Ireland flag | ISO code IE | |
| flag: GibraltarU+1F1EC U+1F1EE | Near Ireland: code GI | Europe, like Ireland | |
| flag: BelarusU+1F1E7 U+1F1FE | Near Ireland: code BY | Europe, like Ireland | |
| flag: SloveniaU+1F1F8 U+1F1EE | Near Ireland: code SI | Europe, like Ireland |
Irish flag emoji for St Patrick's Day and Irish pride
The flag emoji is a natural fit for St Patrick’s Day messages, where it pairs naturally with a shamrock ☘️, a leprechaun or a pint of stout. Green, white and orange appear in parades, pub signs and social posts throughout March.
Beyond 17 March, the flag shows up in bios of people with Irish heritage, in sports updates for Irish teams, and in travel captions from Dublin or Galway. It works as quick visual shorthand for Ireland itself.
Questions people ask
What flag is 🇮🇪?
🇮🇪 is the flag of Ireland — green, white and orange vertical bands.
How do I type the Ireland flag emoji?
Search “Ireland” in the emoji keyboard’s Flags section, type :flag_ie: in Discord or Slack, or copy IE from this page: it is the regional indicators I and E.
Why does the Ireland flag show as letters?
Windows has never shipped flag images, so the Ireland flag becomes the letters I E there; every other major platform draws IE.
What is the difference between 🇮🇪 and 🇨🇮?
Ireland’s flag is green, white and orange from the hoist; Côte d’Ivoire’s is orange, white and green. The two look similar but are reversed, and their emoji use different regional indicator letters: IE for Ireland and CI for Côte d’Ivoire.
About this guide
Written and maintained by the Emoji Directory editorial team, without ads or sponsorship. Meanings describe how the emoji is commonly used in public posts and messages, not an official definition. Names, code points, versions, keywords and translations come from the Unicode Emoji 18.0 and CLDR data; shortcodes from the gemoji project. Last reviewed . Spotted a mistake or a new usage? Tell us, or read how the directory is made.
