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The Historical Harp Society of Ireland is to present the HHSI 2011 Summer Concerts series Mac-talla nan Dun: Echoes of a Gaelic Chieftains' Castle in Kilkenny on Saturday August 20.

On June 12 1922 a very special ceremony took place at Windsor Castle, near London. Following the establishment of the Irish Free State the previous December, five Irish regiments, including the Connaught Rangers, the Royal Irish, the Leinsters, the Munsters, and the Dublin Fusiliers, which had served the British army with exceptional valour at times, were disbanded. It was a day of special significance for both the participants and onlookers. It was reported in the London Times.

While Queen Elizabeth II’s historical visit to Ireland is coming to an end today, events last Monday night could have put the whole trip in jeopardy.

It’s funny how Queen Elizabeth II’s visit could unearth such emotion among a generation of Irish who are too young really to remember the persistently bad times in Northern Ireland, and who were very much indifferent to her visit in the first place. There have been occasions like the Omagh bombing where we shared the sharp pain of our friends in Northern Ireland, but we have been removed by age from the troubles of the seventies.

Mock funeral processions to remember “the innocent killed by the British and US war machines in their on-going illegal wars” are to take place in Galway.

King Edward VII was known as ‘Peacemaker’ for his role in fostering good relations between Britain and France, he was renowned for his politeness and good manners, and throughout the continent he was affectionately called the ‘Uncle of Europe’.

The King’s Speech is undoubtedly one of the best dramas to hit the big screen in a very long time deserving all the award nominations given to it for its amazing storyline and brilliant cast. I could watch this over and over again.

A vote by Castlebar Town Council in favour of inviting Queen Elizabeth II to the Mayo Peace Park for an official state visit to Ireland mooted for 2012 has been condemned by a local Sinn Fein councillor.

Does the idea of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II visiting Ireland horrify you? Delight you? Or do you think there is too much fuss over someone who is simply another foreign head of state?

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