{"id":2778,"date":"2022-09-20T10:03:17","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T10:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savebritain.org\/?p=2778"},"modified":"2022-09-20T10:03:20","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T10:03:20","slug":"irish-protesters-throw-coffin-to-a-river-to-celebrate-the-death-of-our-queen-elizabeth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/savebritain.org\/irish-protesters-throw-coffin-to-a-river-to-celebrate-the-death-of-our-queen-elizabeth\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish Protesters THROW COFFIN to a River to CELEBRATE the Death of Our Queen Elizabeth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
While Britons mourn the death and funeral of the Queen, anti-monarchy protesters in Ireland threw a coffin labelled “RIP British Empire” into a river.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The action was carried out by Anti-Imperialist Action Ireland, which held a protest march through Dublin at the same time Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral took place in London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the march, some participants stopped to throw a coffin into a river that runs through the Irish capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The stunt is said to be a recreation of an action carried out in Dublin in 1897 by former socialist leader James Connolly during a visit to the city by Queen Victoria, the late monarch’s great-great-grandmother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“This afternoon, Anti Imperialist Action organised a protest march starting at the James Connolly Statue at Beresford Place and marching around to the GPO, against the Free State ruling class’s grovelling worship of the English Monarchy,” the group wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAlong the march, a coffin marked “RIP British Empire” was thrown into the Liffey at O’Connell Street, just as James Connolly did in 1897 to protest the visit of Victoria.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n