Is Liverpool now the official capital of Ireland?
Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall were given an an enthusiastic welcome from Liverpool University students and Michael Higgins, the President of Ireland, was there to welcome them.
Has Liverpool now been recognised as the true and official capital of Ireland?
Rapturous reception for Charles and Camilla in Liverpool
Has Liverpool now been recognised as the true and official capital of Ireland?
Rapturous reception for Charles and Camilla in Liverpool
Quote:If it has, that'll throw a spanner in the Brexit machine...
There's more than enough spanners there from before! Can't be room for many more...
Quote:This is President Higgin’s third official visit to the city, which has been formally twinned with Dublin since 1997
Quote:Soon after Charles and Camilla arrived they welcomed Ireland’s President Michael D Higgins and his wife Sabina who are midway through a three-day visit to the UK.
Hardly makes L'pool the new capital of Ireland...
Liverpool and Dublin, twinned cities. Doh.
Many people have regarded Liverpool as the true capital of Ireland for as long as I can remember.
The Guinness brewery is on the banks of the Mersey...
In Liverpool, at least we always had proper Dublin-brewed Guinness! None of this London-brewed stuff.
According to Guinness, all their draught beer sold in the UK is brewed in Dublin.
Quote:They used to have a brewery in London but that closed in 2004 (ish). The place in Liverpool was a bottling plant.
Had a trip there back in the 80's when I was in the police. Our social club organised the trip. A 45 minute tour of the plant (they brewed Carlsburg lager as well as the good stuff) followed by a 2 hour lunch in their own Pelican Bar on the site. All you could drink - absolutely free! What a good day out that was...
I went to the Park Royal Guinness plant in about 1976. My main memory was of the large Marmite branded tanker trucks arriving to take away the yeast residue.
I do like Guinness, the best that I have ever had was in a Post Office/Solicitor's/hardware shop in a village in County Kerry at 9 am. (1970!?)
I do like Guinness, the best that I have ever had was in a Post Office/Solicitor's/hardware shop in a village in County Kerry at 9 am. (1970!?)
