St Patrick's Day: Wayne Rooney accidentally posts Ivory Coast flag instead of Ireland flag

The footballer's emoji was quickly replaced with the right one, but not before fans spotted his error 

Heather Saul
Thursday 17 March 2016 12:47 GMT
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Wayne Rooney joined virtually everyone this morning celebrating St Patrick’s Day with messages on Instagram and Facebook.

Rooney marked the day with a #tbt post of himself and his friends celebrating post-match, accompanied by a shamrock and what he thought was the Irish flag.

However, the footballer was left red-faced after his eagle-eyed followers pointed out that the flag in question was actually the Ivory Coast flag. The mistake was quickly fixed, but not before dozens of comments mocking him began building up underneath the picture.

St Patrick’s Day is the Feast Day honouring of Ireland’s patron saint, St Patrick. Celebrations are being marked in Ireland with parades, festivities and a fair bit of green fancy dress and a number of famous landmarks have also been lit up in green to mark the day.

Learn more about why 17 March is so significant and some surprising facts about the day here.

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