It was - up until what, 1927?
The blue with white diagonals on the Union Jack is the cross of St. Patrick. White with red plus = cross of St. George (England), White with red diagonals = cross of St. Andrew (Scotland).
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and the article’s sentence DID say...”traditionally MADE up” so it was carefully in the PAST tense...making it more accurate than it sounded on first blush
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You reversed Ireland and Scotland - white diagonal on blue is Scotland/Andrew, red diagonal on white is Ireland/Patrick.