Top Irish person Mary Robinson lit a candle in the kitchen window of Aras an Uachtarain, (left of the top 3 windows inside the columns) the presidential residence in Phoenix park, to make a link with all those who had to emigrate from Ireland. It has remained lighting and has become a symbol for the 80 million Irish descendents across the globe.
Terry Wogan (famous old ex-pat Irish radio presenter!) was doing his new programme last night on BBC1 'Terry Wogans Ireland' and he visited the light. The only moment of pathos in the 'I'm such a jolly Irishman' commentary.
He visited Powerscourt on last week's show and saw the sunken road to the house for the servants to use so that they would not spoil Lord Powerscourt's view when they came to work. This kind of damaging social divide does not exist in Ireland nowadays.
Reading about 'One Hyde Park' in the Sunday papers, the new block of luxury flats just across the road from Harrods, London (one sold recently for ₤135,000,000) that houses a few sheiks, the 'tunnel' included in the design for servants to get to the flats so they won't accidently cross paths with the owners seems to me to be something like that shocking, shameful sunken road of days gone passed.
Chewing gum for the brain. eggs
No comments:
Post a Comment