7th June
Apr 25th, 2007 | By Ian Poulton | Category: Ireland
The Irish Times today printed a letter I wrote last week requesting that the Taoiseach not hold the General Election on Thursday, 7th June, this being the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Messines, a moment in history when Irishmen stood shoulder to shoulder and a place now marked with a Peace Park inaugurated in 1998 by President McAleese, Queen Elizabeth and King Albert of the Belgians.
Researching further into Messines, I found words from “Woodbine Willie”, the Revd Geoffrey Anketell Studdert-Kennedy, one of the most famous of …