I'm also Irish and I can't say I'd oppose a monarchy!! However, it would be near to impossible to restore one. Before occupation, Ireland consisted of smaller kingdoms. Many of royal birth here were killed or fled. So it would be like trying to find a needle in haystack!
I don't agree however with rejoining the UK monarchy. I respect Queen Elizabeth but we would need someone who could represent and embody our culture, customs, traditions, language etc. That's the role of a monarch right? And I'm afraid Queen Elizabeth, Prince Charles, Prince William just... wouldn't work...
I will think about that when the (former) UK inaugurates it´s first President
NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
I see neither any possibility nor any necessity nor any relavance of any republic becoming a monarchy now or in future.
The age is simply over..
Today all people want is a job and some peace. And some gossip and entertainment.
They have governments to do the former, and celebrities to do the latter.
How will a powerless constitutional monarch help here.
And how my country is "represented" outside is least of the common man's worries..
They have crossed the stage where they will madly wave or deeply bow or curtsey just because someone, whose great...great-something has once ruled a land where they now live, has been now crowned and proclaimed their monarch.
The superficial und consummerist ideology you have presented ist utterly repugnant und contrary to human nature.
Saint Thomas Aquinas' words 'On Kingship,' stand eternally true,"Tyranny is wont to occur not less but more frequently on the basis of polyarchy [rule by many, i.e. oligarchy or democracy] than on the basis of monarchy."
Just come out into the real world and see. It is this superficial and consumerist ideology that runs the world. Looks and money only matters, for persons, families and nations..
And I dont agree with you that oligarchy is equivalent to democracy. No way.
Vhat about Austria?
World War One started because the Serbian Terrorist Group known as die Black Hand murdered Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Austria is a peaceful nation. Und are not known as the best of warriors(Not counting the Middle Ages), like ve Germans in the north. Sie are artists und philosophers und great thinkers. Plus, they are a very gut people. They never wronged anyone who didn't deserve it. Their last monarch was Kaiser Karl von Hasburg, Koonig von Ungarn.
Interesting idea, Iluvbertie, that Lord Nicholas Windsor could be king of Ireland, being Roman Catholic. I am not sure the Catholic thing would do it, but it might.
But I read the Lord Nicholas and his wife like living in a Mediterranean climate and have a working farm near Rome. Ireland is cold and damp much of the year. There is a lot of rage against the RC church in Ireland, I read, because of the many reprobate priests there, as bad a the USA in that respect. But as a half-Irish person, I understand your thinking about the RC roots in Ireland.
My son's only cousin, an American Irish girl, immigrated to Ireland and has an organic farm in Shannon.
An Ardri for Queen of Ireland!
I'm not sure about Austria. I don't know the strength of the monarchist movement in Austria. There is a clear head of the Austrian Habsburgs who could claim the throne, Karl Habsburg-Lothringen, although his father, Otto von Habsburg, did renounce his claim to the Austrian throne in 1961 (which Otto later admitted to having regretted doing).
It has been about 100 years since the fall of the Habsburgs, so I wouldn't hold my breath hoping for a restoration.
Interesting idea, Iluvbertie, that Lord Nicholas Windsor could be king of Ireland, being Roman Catholic. I am not sure the Catholic thing would do it, but it might.
But I read the Lord Nicholas and his wife like living in a Mediterranean climate and have a working farm near Rome. Ireland is cold and damp much of the year. There is a lot of rage against the RC church in Ireland, I read, because of the many reprobate priests there, as bad a the USA in that respect. But as a half-Irish person, I understand your thinking about the RC roots in Ireland.
My son's only cousin, an American Irish girl, immigrated to Ireland and has an organic farm in Shannon.
An Ardri for Queen of Ireland!
Well Karl and Georg do not exactly have the faces anyone would rally to.Es would be important if they did have someone. A face has a greater chance to reach people and the partys goals.
Well Karl and Georg do not exactly have the faces anyone would rally to.
Better check your calendar. Its 2013. The "Old Order" has long since been washed away and no one seriously believes it is coming back, at least not anyone functioning in the real world that has any semblance of a grasp on reality.
We have a sort of monarchist movement that would like to restore the monarchy, skipping Vittorio Emanuele and his son, giving the crown and the throne to Amedeo, Duke of Aosta and his son, Aimone, because Vittorio Emanuele never obtained the king's permission to marry his wife Marina as the Savoy House rules declare and therefore he loses any right. Personally, I wouldn't mind this option (we had Berlusconi for 20 years and he still manages to direct things on his advantage, so a monarchy can't be worse). But these peoples are considered mainly fools and a few times I mentioned my interest for monarchies my friends always gives me stern looks.
and what about Greece? they've been sailing in rough sea lately...can be a change of government likely? (made obvious that a monarchy can't solve economical problems)
Oh, very interesting. I've heard about a Monarchist movement from Naples, where I believe the ancient Kingdom of the Two-Sicilies was located.
We also have a Monarchist movement in Brazil, which is getting strong.
I think Portugal may one day restore the monarchy.
Is there any way in which I can buy an Island and proclaim my own kingdom? There will be a vacancy for "Minister of coconut affairs" if anybody is interested. I'd Love to be king!