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God Save the Queen and Ireland!

God Save the Queen and Ireland!

Well the Royal visit is here and her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, from Britain will be arriving in the Republic of Ireland on a four day historic state visit from May 17th until May 20th 2011.

This will be the Royal Family first visit to the south of Ireland in over 100 years, since Queen Victoria came here in 1900, and King George, Queen Mary 1911 so security preparation are well underway for the royal visit with tight security operations throughout the city streets of Dublin and other places around the Irish countryside.

I'm sure our own Irish military, the Garda force, along with her Queens own special protection company of British police, will keep  Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Albert along with the British Prime minister David Cameron safe and well during this historic visit.

Hopefully, it will be a joyous occasion for Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip on there first visit and receive a "Cead Millie Failte" from the citizens of this isle of Ireland, North and South of the boarder.

It's been a while since we had any British monarchy visit the Irish Republic, except for Prince Charles visit to Dublin back in 1995. The last visit of a British Queen was Queen Victoria back on the 4th of April 1900 she was back on Irish soil. Arriving by the monarchy Royal yacht on April the 3rd in the early afternoon the Royal yacht and anchored in harbour, Queen Victoria was met with one hundred canon salute out across the Dublin bay. So I wonder will Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip be met with the same momentous greeting when she arrives at the Presidential Residence at the Áras an Uachtaráin in the Phoenix Park, where the Queen and Prince will be met by our own Irish head of State Mary McAleese Wendesday 17th 2011 a day for the history books, for these islands…

There's a monument erected back in 1911 in commemoration to Queen Victoria last visit to Ireland in 1910. The monument is named the "Queen Victoria Fountain" stands about 12 ft high and about 6 ft wide, and lovely piece of wrought iron structural engineered craftmanship, that's hard to see these days in our modern city of Dublin today.

(The contributor of this photo is Peter Beaven)

Constructed by Walter McFarland and shipped from Glasgow, Scotland. From my understanding it was serious damaged in 1980 and went under major restoration to original status.

This historic state visit to Ireland by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip will see them tour some historic sites that still today carry very powerful reminders of the Republic's troubled relationship with the Crown of Great Britain. When the royals visit Croke Park, will be a poignant moment for all, where the Hatchet must be buried for good and look forward to more harmoniously relationship of our two islands. For the 14 men who died indiscriminately in 1920, must be put to rest, and of the troubled past of 30 odd years of bitter hate in the North of Ireland

The Royal family will visit Dublin Castle for a state Dinner, hosted by the Irish Government and our President Mary McAleese in honour of the Royal Family visit to the South of Ireland, a visit to the Garden of Remember, Trinity College Dublin, which was founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I, and where she will see a portrait of Queen Elizabeth I, a visit to Rock of Cashel, in County Tipperary, and onto Coolmore Stud equestrian centre…

The Rock of Cashel, where once our own Kings sat from the Munster County, and where folklore tells us. St, Patrick's banished Satan from a cave, resulting in the rock in Cashel.

"It's a pity, St, Patrick, didn't Banished a few Rotten Senior Bankers and Politicians we had of lately"

So a very busy schedule of the Royals of Britain over the next few day's, and I'm sure lot's of talk and discussion groups in Pubs,Restaurants, Clubs, and homes, around the country and the world for that matter, chatting for and against there visit. And sure why not, doesn't the country need good publicity after the shambolic state of our senior public servants, politicians allowing the country to go to the lowest darkest point in the history of the state, and still get to keep their stately pensions, and perks? An amazing bunch of treachery wasters! Get away Scott Free, while our youth, and aged suffer, caused by their denials and bad mismanagement of duty to state and the citizens of Ireland.

As I and my aged mother of 82, sat down and watched Dave Mc Williams's program on RTE Sunday night "What did The Brits do for Ireland" I was pleasantly surprised with my mother statement, they gave us jobs, when our own government failed to provide work. What I said? Thinking about what she said and her own experience when she worked in England in 1949 at Phillips Electric in Birmingham, she said there was nothing here for the young in Ireland, and we had to immigrate to England to find work. Sure I had to do it myself telling me Ma, back in the late seventies heading off from Dun Laoghaire harbour, or should I say Kingstown, where thousand of Irish left before in the sixties, seventies, on the ferry boat, which was at that time called the cattle or the mail boat looking for work in London, Manchester, Coventry or even Glasgow,. Sure today we see the same, the exodus of our young brains leaving the shores of Ireland just as I left in the late seventies, for a job… But there was jobs for the boys, and some of the fair maidens, if ya had the inside scoop? Tis the same today, as it were 100 years ago? It's not what ya knew, but who you know…

After watching Dave Mc Williams program, it was food for thought, Britain did contributed more to Ireland in the form of employment, opportunities, enterprise, and yes a dig out just recently, in a monetary loan to help dig ourselves out of the mess we find ourselves in.

I wonder when the dignitaries all sit down at there dinner table, and sitting there on fine Irish linen of the best china and silverware, hopefully made in Ireland or England and not in China, will there be a thought for these young citizens having to leave there homes and families for foreign shores, and the age and unemployed hanging on with their meagre means from the welfare handouts, that this government and past government attacked in its last two budgets of austerity measures. You bet it won't be mentioned, but that's not for Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip are here for. There visiting to see the country and its people, and most likely purchase a few ponies to help out the economy,  that once was governed by there predecessor 100 years back.

Well I know the Queen Loves horses, and thoroughbreds racing is in her blood, like myself I love the Sport of Kings. She'll be having her cheque book and ready with her on her visit to Coolmore stud, and she'll be sure be looking for a few nice Irish breed nags to add to her list of champions, like the up coming Charlton House she owns, keep an eye on this guy, figures to win some major events in the coming racing season 2011, Remember you got the tip here…

So will the street's of Dublin and villages of our Irish countryside, be donned with the Union Jacks of buntings and flags and the waving and cheers as the royal motorcade drives by, will it happen?  Back  when the last few British Monarchs arrived in Kingstown, or Dun Laoghaire when thousands of Irish  young, old, rich and poor gathered cheering and greeting the British Monarchy, with songs of Rule Britannia and god save our queen,  Will it happen again after 100 years has past by. The last high British Monarch to visit Ireland was none other than King George and Queen Mary in July 1911.

They drove around the streets of Dun Laoghaire in an opened carriage pulled by two horses on their visits to Trinity College, over Leeson Street Bridge and many other locations around the capital.

Well we'll have to wait and see, and wish the Royal Family a "Cead Millie Failte" from the citizens of Ireland, and to welcome the Royal Family back again soon.

Himself Libertyed

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