On Tuesday 19th of Mary Britain’s Prince Charles and his wife the Duchess of Cornwall arrived in Galway for a four day visit to Ireland.
They were greeted by Tanaiste Joan Burton, watched some Irish dancing and traditional craft making as well as planting a tree at Galway’s university. The Prince also met Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams for the first time, who said it was a step forward in the reconciliation arising from the peace process.
Today (Wednesday) they travelled to Sligo where they attended a service of remembrance at Drumcliff near the grave of the poet WB Yeats and also met local people outside the Model Arts Centre in Sligo town.
The prince is on his way to the village of Mullaghmore where his great uncle, Lord Mountbatten, was killed in an IRA bomb attack on a fishing boat in 1979. Three others died in the explosion.
During a speech at lunchtime, Prince Charles said that recent years have shown that healing was possible, even when the heartache continued.
