 Complete the following phrase:  In the Irish Free State which existed between 1922 and 1937, the flag was adopted by the Executive Council. The Free State constitution did not specify national symbols; the decision to use the flag was made without recourse to statute. When the Free State joined the League of Nations in September 1923, the new flag created a good deal of interest amongst the general public in Geneva. The defeated republicans who had fought the Free States forces in the 