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Gifts from the Irish Republic to other countries

  • 07-09-2010 12:14pm
    #1
    nuttz
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    Just wondering if anyone has any idea where I might find out what gifts would have been given to other countries at significant times in the history of those countries?


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  • #2
    il gatto
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    Statue of Queen Victoria from Merrion Square was removed in 1947 and donated (deported?) to Australia in the eighties.


  • #3
    Grid.
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 68,402 Mod ✭✭✭✭Grid.


    A bowl of shamrock:o


  • #4
    Wolfe Tone
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    nuttz wrote: »
    Just wondering if anyone has any idea where I might find out what gifts would have been given to other countries at significant times in the history of those countries?
    People. Irelands gift to the world.


  • #5
    Cul a cnoic
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    Charles Haughey gave Margaret Thatcher a Georgian silver teapot at their first meeting. http://www.independent.ie/unsorted/features/maggie-me--and-that-georgian-teapot-315387.html


  • #6
    number10a
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    http://kariva-artworks.com/USERIMAGES/SH101707.jpg

    See that horrible thing that looks like it was bought from a traveller. Well, we gave that to the French in 1924 so they could put it up on the basilica in Lourdes to thank them for all their help down through the centuries. Now you know why they felt the need to deny us a trip to South Africa.


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  • #7
    number10a
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    il gatto wrote: »
    Statue of Queen Victoria from Merrion Square was removed in 1947 and donated (deported?) to Australia in the eighties.

    I'm actually surprised she lasted that long! I know we were in the Commonwealth then, but I'm always surprised when I read that the statue was there until 1947.


  • #8
    MarchDub
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    il gatto wrote: »
    Statue of Queen Victoria from Merrion Square was removed in 1947 and donated (deported?) to Australia in the eighties.

    It was actually erected outside of Leinster House and there were years of arguments about it after the Treary. I remember when I was a kid seeing it dumped lying on its back somewhere - think it was in the grounds of Kilmainham.

    number10a wrote: »
    I'm actually surprised she lasted that long! I know we were in the Commonwealth then, but I'm always surprised when I read that the statue was there until 1947.

    Yes - Look what happened to Nelson when he hung about too long.


  • #9
    il gatto
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    Was it too much to ask that Nelson was removed from the top and replaced with something more palatable to "true Gaels". Would've saved saved us erecting that odious "sculpture" in it's place.


  • #10
    Simarillion
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 123 ✭✭Simarillion


    Do the Harry Clarke windows in the UN buildings in Geneva count ? A gift from the Irish nation to the League of Nations


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