A call has been made on the people of Kerry to unite
in protest against the visit of the Queen of England by
Republican Sinn Fein.
John Sheehy, from Clounmacon, Listowel, the local
RSF chairman said that the Queen of England is the
commander in chief of the British armed forces still
occupying part of Ireland.
The fact is she represents a monarchy that has inflicted
hundreds of years of repression on the Irish people from
the Penal Laws to the famine, from the execution of the 1916
Easter Rising leaders, to the atrocities of the Black and
Tans, right up to the deaths of the 1981 hunger strikers.
The Queen of England should not be treated as just any
head of state on a formal visit here. Her armed forces still
occupy the Six Counties and while Ireland is partitioned,
and that division is enforced by the British presence she
should not be made welcome here.
The fact that Trustees of Muckross House issued an
invitation to the Queen to Kerry must be condemned. It
would a far better exercise if they visited some of the Famine
graves in Kerry and gained an appreciation of the role British
royalty played in Irish affairs.
We are calling on the people of Kerry to oppose this visit and
to show their disapproval of the role played by the British
monarchy in the history of Ireland.
(Ends)
Issued on Monday 7th March 2011
in protest against the visit of the Queen of England by
Republican Sinn Fein.
John Sheehy, from Clounmacon, Listowel, the local
RSF chairman said that the Queen of England is the
commander in chief of the British armed forces still
occupying part of Ireland.
The fact is she represents a monarchy that has inflicted
hundreds of years of repression on the Irish people from
the Penal Laws to the famine, from the execution of the 1916
Easter Rising leaders, to the atrocities of the Black and
Tans, right up to the deaths of the 1981 hunger strikers.
The Queen of England should not be treated as just any
head of state on a formal visit here. Her armed forces still
occupy the Six Counties and while Ireland is partitioned,
and that division is enforced by the British presence she
should not be made welcome here.
The fact that Trustees of Muckross House issued an
invitation to the Queen to Kerry must be condemned. It
would a far better exercise if they visited some of the Famine
graves in Kerry and gained an appreciation of the role British
royalty played in Irish affairs.
We are calling on the people of Kerry to oppose this visit and
to show their disapproval of the role played by the British
monarchy in the history of Ireland.
(Ends)
Issued on Monday 7th March 2011
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