Her marked popularity amongst Irish nationalists is a recent phenomenon, but the Queen's passing will be seen as a further weakening of the ties that bind the UK together
Her marked popularity amongst Irish nationalists is a recent phenomenon, but the Queen’s passing will be seen as a further weakening of the ties that bind the UK together
In Dublin, the Taoiseach Micheal Martin described her as an “exceptional woman” and her counterpart as Head of State, President Michael D. Higgins, dubbed her a “remarkable friend of Ireland”.recorded a higher approval rating for Queen Elizabeth – at 50 per cent – than for any of the Irish parliamentary party leaders.
Queen Elizabeth did not return to Northern Ireland for a decade after Lord Mountbatten’s death. However, with the development of a peace process in the 1990s, she channelled her loss into a determination to promote reconciliation. Queen Elizabeth got a warm reception on a walkabout in Cork and accompanied President McAleese laying wreaths in Dublin’s Garden of Remembrance – a mark of respect to the leaders of the 1916 rebellion, many of whom were executed after rising up against the forces of the British crown.
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