Guests from Northern Ireland at the banquet included:
- Matt Baggott Esq CBE QPM, Chief Constable, NI Police
- His Eminence the Cardinal Archbishop of Armagh
- Tom Elliott Esq MLA & Mrs Elliott
- David Ford Esq MLA & Mrs Ford
- The Most Rev the Lord Archbishop of Armagh & Mrs Harper
- William Hay Esq MLA & Mrs Hay
- Mrs Margaret Ritchie MP MLA
- Mr & Mrs Seamus Heaney
- The Rt Hon Peter Robinson MLA and Mrs Robinson
The menu:
Cured salmon with Burren smoked salmon cream and lemon balm jelly,
horseradish and wild watercress,
Kilkenny organic cold pressed rapeseed oil
Kilkenny organic cold pressed rapeseed oil
Rib of Slaney Valley Beef,
ox cheek and tongue with smoked champ potato
and fried spring cabbage,
ox cheek and tongue with smoked champ potato
and fried spring cabbage,
new season broad beans and
carrots with pickled and wild garlic leaf
carrots with pickled and wild garlic leaf
Carrageen set West Cork cream with Meath strawberries,
fresh yoghurt mousse,
fresh yoghurt mousse,
soda bread sugar biscuits,
Irish apple balsamic vinegar meringue
Irish apple balsamic vinegar meringue
Irish Cheese Plate
Tea and Coffee
Château de Fieuzal, 2005, Graves Pessac-Léognan
Château Lynch-Bages, 1998, Pauillac
3 comments :
What a wonderful touching speech Her Majesty made at the State dinner.Her' cupla focal' at the beginning of her speech was very touching.Many folk could learn a lot from her diplomatic approach-though I detect some of her 'loyal subjects'are somewhat upset with Her Majesty's diplomacy!!Well done to Queen Elizabeth and President Mc Aleese.
It was a pleasure to see Her Majesty embrace 'An Caighdeán Oifigiúil'. Let's hope her loyal subjects in Stormont learn by her example and promote this wonderful language to it's rightful place in our society.
I'm afraid I'm somewhat ignorant of the Irish language. HM knew 5 or 6 more words tham me!
It was a gracious gesture, albeit harmless; though doubtless conceived by the Foreign Office/NIO.
I have no difficulty with it at all. In France, HM would speak a few words of French.
Personally I have found Latin quite helpful in understanding derivations.
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