“I can think of nothing which would work more strikingly the great changes of our times, or the strengthening of our Republican self-respect, than to see a member of the British royal family coming to Ireland on a private visit, travelling freely round Ireland, without anyone paying special attention.”
—Sean Lemass, as Taoiseach, on demonstrations against visit to Republic by Princess Margaret, 30/1/1965. The Irish Times, 30/1/1965.
Leave a comment: