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mcgillianaire ([personal profile] mcgillianaire) wrote2011-05-17 07:30 pm

The Queen Arrives in Ireland



Elizabeth II is the first British monarch to visit the Republic in a century. Ireland gained independence from the UK in 1922 and became a republic in 1949. One wonders how long it took Prince Philip to crack his first IRA quip.