In his second day state visit to Ireland, Elizabeth II has been deposited this morning a wreath at the monument honoring the Irish soldiers who fought in World War I and has visited Croke Park this afternoon. See today's Gaelic Athletic Association, the stadium can accommodate 82,300 spectators today was the November 21, 1920 scene of a massacre that will go down in history as Bloody Sunday.
Unfortunately it would not be the last Sunday Bloody turbulent history of the island of Ireland. Earlier, the Queen and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, had visited the old factory of the legendary Guinness in the heart of Dublin, and tonight will attend a state banquet in his honor at the Dublin Castle in that the British sovereign will read a message extolling reconciliation between the two countries.
Reconciliation is the key message of the journey of Isabel, the first British monarch to Ireland in 100 years and the first since independence. This reconciliation has had its peak this afternoon at Croke Park. Not because of what happened during the visit, completely bland, but on the stage.
In the same stadium 90 years ago, British security forces opened fire on the crowd in a deliberate shooting that killed 14 spectators and 80 wounded. A massacre that was interpreted as revenge for the cold-blooded execution of 14 civilians hours prior to the IRA considered the heart of the British secret services in Ireland.
This massacre continues to stir controversy because the Irish imagination was an event organized by the colonial power as the British was a spontaneous act of revenge by a group of police officers who really were mostly Irish. Always accompanied by the President of the Republic, Mary McAleese, Isabel II and the symbolism had sought to place hours before a wreath at the Memorial Islanbridge honors in the 49,400 Irish soldiers who died between 1914 and 1918 during the First World War.
It was an emotional ceremony in the presence of many veterans. Not far away, the police held the Republican protesters who were demonstrating against the presence of the British monarch in the Republic. In the morning, Isabel II and the Duke of Edinburgh visited the old Guinness factory in Dublin, but refrained from tasting the look they were offered.
Perhaps the time is not accompanied. Then visited at his official residence to the Prime Minister of Ireland, Enda Kenny, and his wife, Fionnula. 
Unfortunately it would not be the last Sunday Bloody turbulent history of the island of Ireland. Earlier, the Queen and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, had visited the old factory of the legendary Guinness in the heart of Dublin, and tonight will attend a state banquet in his honor at the Dublin Castle in that the British sovereign will read a message extolling reconciliation between the two countries.
Reconciliation is the key message of the journey of Isabel, the first British monarch to Ireland in 100 years and the first since independence. This reconciliation has had its peak this afternoon at Croke Park. Not because of what happened during the visit, completely bland, but on the stage.
In the same stadium 90 years ago, British security forces opened fire on the crowd in a deliberate shooting that killed 14 spectators and 80 wounded. A massacre that was interpreted as revenge for the cold-blooded execution of 14 civilians hours prior to the IRA considered the heart of the British secret services in Ireland.
This massacre continues to stir controversy because the Irish imagination was an event organized by the colonial power as the British was a spontaneous act of revenge by a group of police officers who really were mostly Irish. Always accompanied by the President of the Republic, Mary McAleese, Isabel II and the symbolism had sought to place hours before a wreath at the Memorial Islanbridge honors in the 49,400 Irish soldiers who died between 1914 and 1918 during the First World War.
It was an emotional ceremony in the presence of many veterans. Not far away, the police held the Republican protesters who were demonstrating against the presence of the British monarch in the Republic. In the morning, Isabel II and the Duke of Edinburgh visited the old Guinness factory in Dublin, but refrained from tasting the look they were offered.
Perhaps the time is not accompanied. Then visited at his official residence to the Prime Minister of Ireland, Enda Kenny, and his wife, Fionnula.
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