1901.

College Green, Dublin 2.

Not amused.

Well, maybe a little.

Death Of The Queen (National Gallery of ireland)

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12 thoughts on “End Of An Era”

  2. Rudy

    Many moons ago (back in the 80s), I worked in Irish Lights and they still had black-edged paper stock from when the oul queen popped her clogs.

    We used them for scribble pads.

        1. Rob_G

          Brendan Behan’s book ‘Confessions of an Irish Rebel’ has a section where he is hired painting lighthouses, which goes into a bit of detail about the how the Irish Lights is structured (he was sent painting lighthouses in the North as the agreement was that the work should be carried out by Irishmen- much hilarity ensues).

          1. Rudy

            I actually got to read the Principle Keeper’s report on Mr. Behan’s unsatisfactory workmanship. There was a copy on the PK’s personal file, which I got in order that I could calculate his widow’s pension.

            Good times.

  3. Gabby

    Royalists lamented Her passing. Not many peasant farmers in the West and North-West of Ireland were passionate royalists. Irish nationalists didn’t tend to lament royal passings. What was King Edward like? I gather they named a certain kind of middle class urban architecture after him; though I’ve never seen a peasant farmhouse in that style.

    1. White Dove

      He lost his virginity to an Irish woman in the Curragh. It literally killed his father. After that it was mostly sex and gourmet cuisine.

  4. bisted

    …my local publican gave everyone a free drink when Thatcher died…I suspect his great-grandfather marked the death of the famine queen in similar vein…

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