The Starry Plough

The Starry Plough

Starry Plough may refer to:

* Big Dipper, The seven brightest stars of the constellation Ursa Major. aka The Plough/Charles' Wain
* The Starry Plough (flag), Flag of the former Irish Citizens Army, still used by Irish Republicans
* The Plough and the Stars (play), a play by Sean O'Casey based on the Citizen Army's role in the Easter Rising
* The Starry Plough (newspaper), Newspaper of the Irish Republican Socialist Party


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