Queen Elizabeth II, the British head of state, bows her head to honour Ireland’s Irish Republican revolutionaries, the Garden of Remembrance, Dublin, 2011
Whatever else may happen, surely the main image to emerge from the controversy of the last few days is that of the British Head of State laying a wreath and bowing her head to honour the memory of all those who fought and died in the cause of Irish Freedom. From the Native Irish lords and kings who formed the leadership of Medieval Ireland to the revolutionaries who formed the leadership of the Irish Republican Army and Republican Ireland, all are commemorated at the Garden of Remembrance.
By this act not only does the British nation as a whole recognise the legitimacy of those who fought in the cause of Irish Freedom and Independence, they recognise also the legitimacy of the cause itself and the actions used in the pursuit of that cause. While we recognise the full implications of that, I wonder do the British?
Queen Elizabeth II, the British head of state, honours Ireland’s Irish Republican dead, the Garden of Remembrance, Dublin, 2011
AN SIONNACH FIONN 
Whatever else may happen, surely the main image to emerge from the controversy of the last few days is that of the British Head of State laying a wreath and bowing her head to honour the memory of all those who fought and died in the cause of Irish Freedom. From the Native Irish lords and kings who formed the leadership of Medieval Ireland to the revolutionaries who formed the leadership of the Irish Republican Army and Republican Ireland, all are commemorated at the Garden of Remembrance.
By this act not only does the British nation as a whole recognise the legitimacy of those who fought in the cause of Irish Freedom and Independence, they recognise also the legitimacy of the cause itself and the actions used in the pursuit of that cause. While we recognise the full implications of that, I wonder do the British?
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