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Subj: [IRELAND] Message from President Máire McAleese for St. Patrick's Day 2001
Date: 3/17/01 1:50:33 PM Eastern Standard Time
From:    Romilly@home.com (Debbie Romilly)
To:    IRELAND-L@rootsweb.com


MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT MÁIRE (Mary) McALEESE FOR ST. PATRICK'S
DAY 2001

Ó Bhaile Átha Cliath, príomhchathair na hÉireann, a bheirim
beannachtaí na
Féile Pádraig ar gach aon bhall de chalnn domhanda na nGael, sa
bhaile agus
thar lear. Ar an la náisiúnta ceiliúrtha seo, bheirim beannacht
Phádraig
fosta orthu siúd ata tagtha inár measc ar na mallaibh chun cónaí
a dhéanamh
linn, agus ar chairde uilig na hÉireann ar fud na cruinne.*****

>From Ireland's capital city, Dublin, I extend warmest St
Patrick's Day
greetings to every member of the Irish family at home and abroad,
to the
many newcomers who are making their homes in Ireland, and to the
friends of
Ireland everywhere on this, our special day of
celebration.********

Today we pay tribute to Ireland's wonderful rich cultural
heritage, not
just here on the island of Ireland but in countless locations,
big and
small, right across the world. Ireland owes an enormous debt of
gratitude
to the legions of men and women, boys and girls, whose passion
for every
facet of Irish culture has allowed it to flourish so
spectacularly,
extending its reach from our small native home to every one of
the earth's
continents.

The voice of today's Ireland speaks more of celebration than of
lamentation. A new heritage of prosperity and peace is being
crafted by a
generation which has known more hope, more success, more
opportunity than
any other. The past which shaped us no longer shackles us.
Ireland has
moved into a new era and confidence in the future is its
hallmark.

If, as the poet O'Shaughnessy says "Each age is a dream that is
dying / Or
one that is coming to birth", then this St Patrick's Day we can
surely be
said to be celebrating a dream that is coming to birth.

Wherever you are celebrating, I am delighted to join with you in
honouring
St Patrick on his day, the day of the Irish.

 

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