183 Comments

• shaunshaun | Sep 15, 2011, 05:03 PM EDT

  i've got a sign above my door that states no gypo's or travellers are to knock on my door asking to put down a new drive.....but they must be thick because they still do...and while we're at it can you ask the irish travellers to get their caravans off the infant schools playground,and control your dogs as they're scaring the nippers.....

• shaunshaun | Jun 20, 2011, 01:52 AM EDT

  oh and by the way when can we expect our £4 billion pound LOAN back.i noticed some more irish travelling scum parked up on public land again....time to vote in the nazi's in.....oh and a final point keep your unemployed students in direland,tey aint pinching jobs over here any more.

• shaunshaun | Jun 20, 2011, 01:48 AM EDT

  well as she's not welcome there.....the pro ira terrorist supporting football club celtic will never be welcome in england..you pub bombing scum..you are welcome to play in scotland though..LMAO..

• harryfee | Apr 09, 2011, 10:41 AM EDT

  why does mr stokes think that the queen would visit his establishment? maybe he should hire a few bouncers just in case she shows up.

• 6countybrit | Apr 09, 2011, 08:33 AM EDT

  Might visit the players lounge and leave a wee present. Apparently Stokes (Scumbag) dosn't mind English people as long as they are not British. Can't wait to you guys have a united Ireland so we can ply some of the terrorism back on you scum!

• 6countybrit | Apr 09, 2011, 08:30 AM EDT

  Stokes - Nothing more than a narrow minded bigot, but so am I and most of the rebel scum on here so there you go. Good to see Her Majesty will be gracing Dublins and the dirty Republics shores, rather her than me. Rumour has it that the now unoccupied 6 counties will be handed back and the Queen is coming to start discussions. Put the real IRA in government, it's what you scum want??

• hectorfromTG4 | Apr 08, 2011, 08:45 PM EDT

  Send her back to Germany,her true home And all you west brits,you don't like Ireland?,then piss off!

• hectorfromTG4 | Apr 08, 2011, 08:28 PM EDT

  She's not even English,she is a German,her real name is Elizabeth Saxe-Coburg-Gotha,she is an imposter!,just like Obama,he was not born in the USA,imposter!

• EireinAmerica | Apr 06, 2011, 11:21 AM EDT

  I hate this situation with the queen's visit,..she should stay her side of the Irish sea,..but wouldn't it be hilarious if Dermot Morgan were around with Ardal O'Hanlon to do the Father Ted thing and protest,..."Down with this sort of thing!...Careful now!"

• EireinAmerica | Apr 06, 2011, 10:08 AM EDT

  It is about time. Eamon De Valera tried to make the point a long time ago. The Irish need to assert themselves and catering to the former oppressor is not the right message to send. Because of history, it looks like we are bending over. We need to send a different message. God Bless John Stokes for standing up and telling the Huns that Ireland shall never forget her martyred sons and daughters!

• hancock | Apr 03, 2011, 12:17 PM EDT

  I'm for the truth, what are you for?

• StevieWeavie | Apr 03, 2011, 12:13 PM EDT

  When you expend your energies on what you are against, it weakens you. When you expend on what you are for, it empowers you." Mother Teresa

• hancock | Mar 31, 2011, 12:51 PM EDT

  Their history in Ireland.

• Realist | Mar 31, 2011, 12:04 PM EDT

  hancock: Lol....what's undemocratic about it? Some counties choose elected heads of state whilst others opt for maintenance of a constitutional monarch. The United Kingdom is in the latter category. The Queen exercises no real power and, in the case of the UK, is symbolic of the coutry's identity and unity. Comments such as "a relic of fairy tale era" betray the same immature lack of respect for another country's traditions as Mr Stokes did with the banner he was ordered to remove. As I've suggested before, there's more to this pathological hate of all things British which is a running theme within most of your contributions to this site. What is it?

• hancock | Mar 30, 2011, 03:44 PM EDT

  It seems anti-democratic and a relic of fairy tale era to me. The House of Lords also strikes me as weird. I have been to the UK, I wasn't aware the queen was the most well respected head of state in the world. I guess no vote counted on that either?

• Realist | Mar 30, 2011, 02:55 PM EDT

  The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy. It is also a democracy. The British people, via their popular will, have consistently voted for political parties supportive of the Royal status quo. Also, there has never been a popular call for a referendum on this issue. I'm surprised you don't already know this. Perhaps you've never been to the UK? The current Queen is the most well known and respected head of state in the World. It speaks for itself really.

• hancock | Mar 30, 2011, 11:53 AM EDT

  Popular will? Was there a vote?

• Realist | Mar 30, 2011, 11:02 AM EDT

  Royalty is a British tradition. By the popular will and choice of the British people the monarchy is maintained and HM Queen is the head of state.

• hancock | Mar 30, 2011, 09:50 AM EDT

  Hey realist why do you people still have a queen?

• Realist | Mar 30, 2011, 05:02 AM EDT

  Lol....having your behinds kicked all over this site and still responding with nothing more than innuendo, foul language, and filth? Your fellow Irishmen must be disgusted and embarrassed. The rest, if they can be bothered to read your 'contributions', are just laughing.

• sirpeter | Mar 25, 2011, 01:41 PM EDT

  RUC officer Harry Breen..No great loss there

• FallsRNat | Mar 24, 2011, 05:31 PM EDT

  the chickens are coming home to roost - smithick is gonna have to think on his feet to bury the garda/pira collusion of Harry Breen, it was a standing joke when I was in the BA - Dundalk gards PIRA, Donegal gards anti PIRA, let's see youse wriggle out of this. there's plenty more to come with Finucane

• sirpeter | Mar 23, 2011, 11:59 PM EDT

  Weird!! ..I thought I posted that post at Mar 23, 2011, 09:00 AM EDT..It has my trademark written all over it..Not to worry djroche is can take the credit for it.As long as it's directed at that bollo*ks Realist.

• djroche | Mar 23, 2011, 07:15 PM EDT

  John Stokes God Bless you -- It's folks like you who DO make Ireland a welcoming & wonderful place

• djroche | Mar 23, 2011, 09:00 AM EDT

  Realist..You really are a dumb fu*k.Why don't you just piss off to some british site and lick the queens wrinkly arse there.What have you contributed to this site?You pri*k with ears.NOTHING!!Not one decent post that makes any sense.Your just a troll you little british maggot.You have about three brain cells and one of them is on the blink.

• Realist | Mar 23, 2011, 07:28 AM EDT

  maloney: If people like you and sirpeter have nothing better to 'contribute' than innuendo, foul language, and filth - I suggest you do yourselves and everyone else a favour and go elsewhere - back to prison perhaps?

• Realist | Mar 23, 2011, 07:24 AM EDT

  sirpeter: "We don't need her stinking money"? Lol....keep repeating comments like that and I'm sure you'll even start believing it yourself soon. The Republic of Ireland needs all the help it can get, including the billions of Euros in loans from Her Majesty's Government. At an estimated 15% interest rate, I'm sure the British exchequer appreciates your contribution.

• sirpeter | Mar 22, 2011, 07:03 PM EDT

  Dano..I have agree..No point having a stiff upper lip old chap.Let it all out.Even at the royal table...It's all ..Will you pass the fockin' pheasant m'lady.

• sirpeter | Mar 22, 2011, 06:56 PM EDT

  FallsRNat..We don't need her stinking money.As I said we'll see what she has to say.

• FallsRNat | Mar 22, 2011, 04:00 PM EDT

  at the end of the day - youse need the visit more than the brits, so whinge, whine, cry, but you'll all be secretly happy at the millions of pounds spent in the 26 counties.

• hancock | Mar 22, 2011, 12:46 PM EDT

  Royal family. Hilarious.

• DanOLoingsigh | Mar 22, 2011, 12:32 PM EDT

  Sirpete…very therapeutic, must do it more often…

• DanOLoingsigh | Mar 22, 2011, 12:30 PM EDT

  In your dreams, malooney, in your sad, sordid little dreams…I do hope you have a good medical insurance scheme? There are people who can help, good people, don’t leave it too late.

• maloney | Mar 21, 2011, 10:50 PM EDT

  dannytheloin...Ya sound like my English teacher in high school. She was young and pretty and said the same things when I was throwin it to her. She always came back for more. Just like your arse.

• maloney | Mar 21, 2011, 10:42 PM EDT

  Dublinjas...No point pissing yourself over the old girl dropping by.

• sirpeter | Mar 21, 2011, 07:04 PM EDT

  Dublinjas..If she behaves herself,brings her own money,and says the right things.All will be well.Ireland has extended the hand of friendship.We will be listening to what she has to say.Queen Elizabeth might be as welcome in Ireland as the dew in the morning to you.But weather you like it or not.There are very few people in Ireland jumping around with delight.So try and keep that in mind.

• sirpeter | Mar 21, 2011, 06:53 PM EDT

  Dano.Well Done.All that cussin'and blinding..What was that like for you? lol

• Dublinjas | Mar 21, 2011, 09:38 AM EDT

  John Stokes you are one rotten C*nt, Hundreds of thousands of Irishmen found a decent living and a life in Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth's Realm, and when I think of the thousands who sent millions of pounds back to Ireland to be spent over the counters of feckless ungrateful bastard landlords like you of it makes me sick. Your own son earns his living in the Kingdom of this Queen you lousy cockroach.In my opinion Queen Elizabeth is as welcome in Ireland as the dew in the morning....And thank God for her visit.

• antoman | Mar 21, 2011, 04:37 AM EDT

  There must be no EnglishCentral.com.If there was would I be there trolling it?No,of course not.

• DanOLoingsigh | Mar 20, 2011, 03:20 PM EDT

  Sirpetmaloney – as you guys appear to be getting it on I will address you jointly…we also know who you are…a pair of homophobic, embittered, Anglophobic pooch-petting w**nkers, filling up your sad, pointless days writing vitriolic cr*p, happy to support equally sad losers like this pr*ck who lowered his f**ing offensive little banner, rather than lose the sale of a few pints of Guinness, what a hero…see, we can all throw the expletives around, we just choose not to.

• sirpeter | Mar 20, 2011, 02:14 PM EDT

  Maloney..Keep up the good work. Throw the fu*ks into them. We know who and what they are.

• sirpeter | Mar 20, 2011, 02:10 PM EDT

  The last gasp of the losers when it comes to Internetting. The correcting of grammar and typo's. They can't beat a poster in an argument so they go for the grammar,typo's and spelling.I have seen it so often on forums. That's three anglophiles resorting to grammar,typo's and spelling checking to-day. Dano,Dr.T and Creakygate. I love it.

• DanOLoingsigh | Mar 20, 2011, 05:27 AM EDT

  Maloney - May I thank you for a well-constructed and persuasive post. Your recent posts elsewhere indicate you have an unhealthy penchant for referencing arses. There is counselling available, tell me you’re (or your if you please) not going to leave it too late?

• maloney | Mar 19, 2011, 10:43 PM EDT

  dannytheloin...This time ya get yer choice. Which do ya prefer? Go f*ck yerself or s*ck it. Either way ya go, your still an arse.

• DanOLoingsigh | Mar 19, 2011, 07:09 PM EDT

  Maloney, not too concerned actually, I only refer to it when faced with posters claiming literary credentials, but using terms such as ‘I am conscience’ where they mean something else. Haven’t spotted the dangler, but no doubt you’re (or your if you please) going to tell me?

• maloney | Mar 19, 2011, 04:20 PM EDT

  dannyoloin...since you seem to be so concerned with grammar, I've got a dangling participle your sure to love.

• DanOLoingsigh | Mar 19, 2011, 01:02 PM EDT

  Sirpete, Sadly for you, no plumbing issues to report. A good friend of mine does have this problem, he found your choice of words insulting, but then he’s a gentleman. My canine comment was demonstrably ‘tongue in cheek’, maybe you should have spotted that…having an awareness of being offensive is no excuse, in fact it compounds the offence. Incidentally, as a putative writer you should know that your first ‘to’ should have been a ‘too’, and you need to lose some of those apostrophes... Good luck with the novel.

• FallsRNat | Mar 19, 2011, 12:24 PM EDT

  sirpeter & the baron have much in common, their professed hatred of all things british, but choose non deguerre's that actually mimic the very people they detest. HMQ is coming to ireland counties such as Cork, Mayo, Limerick & even Kerry are hoping to persuade her to travel to them, they know that a visit from HRH will boost their tourism 10 fold. Ireland has suffered much more strife since 1921 & the brits can't be blamed as the won't involved in the 26 county state - give it a couple of years & ireland will be rejoining the commonwealth - soon after that the Union Jack will be flying over Leinster house.

• sirpeter | Mar 19, 2011, 09:39 AM EDT

  Dano..Don't pat your parent's on the back to much,they didn't do that good a job.You did refer to me having carnal relation's with a canine. That put's you right down there,on the most offensive poster list. The difference between you and I is, I am conscience of the fact,that I'm been offensive,much like a writer is. Where as you obviously are not. The real offensive people never are aware. As for my fine words on incontinence.Your sensitivity tells me you are experiencing a bit of that from time to time.Touché Dano Touché again!!

• DanOLoingsigh | Mar 18, 2011, 06:33 PM EDT

  Sirpete – sorry you’re disappointed I couldn’t reach your level of gratuitous offensiveness. Unfortunately my parents raised me to respect older folk, even those I may not care too much for. Maybe you’ll be able to recall your own fine words if and when you reach that certain age when your body and mind start to pack up?

• sirpeter | Mar 18, 2011, 05:44 PM EDT

  Dano & Creakygate..Very poor internetting..The come backs are very disappointing.So bad it's like they were posted by the same person. Creaky..You never told me you were the corgi's minders.Do you always take medical footnote's when you apply ointment to their tender parts?

• Towngate | Mar 18, 2011, 11:56 AM EDT

  DEAD ON DANO. Curpeter was banned from the Empire which is why he is always displaying his hatred for the Crown. He is terrified of coming under its Jurisdiction! Records show that curpeterast the micturating mutt, was indeed expelled to an Offshore Island for his unsavory crimes, but I think they meant Skellig, Rockall or Fastnet! Her Majesty will indeed be interested to learn that the disgusting cur who so traumatised her favourite pet corgi, called "Georgie" - has somehow scrambled ashore a large island and considers himself safe. ............Medical footnote: Poor little 'Georgie' still has to have ointment applied to his tender parts every day.

• DanOLoingsigh | Mar 18, 2011, 06:33 AM EDT

  Sirpete’s intimate knowledge of the Queens’ medical condition confirms a suspicion, long held, that he is in fact an embittered former member of the Royal Household. Does he deny that he was dismissed after a sordid and embarrassing incident with at least one of the corgis, and is subject to a lifelong barring order throughout the empire preventing him from owning or having custody of any quadruped?

• maloney | Mar 18, 2011, 12:14 AM EDT

  Chimp cheeks coming to Ireland, obama not far behind. How lucky can you get. Next will be heart attacks all around.

• sirpeter | Mar 17, 2011, 09:15 PM EDT

  Creakygate..She will use Doubles!!..Won't work..She's leaking her royal piss with every step she takes at this stage of her life.Everyone knows royal piss stinks the most,and is in a "class" of it's own.

• Scarlettkp | Mar 17, 2011, 02:54 PM EDT

  I like anyone who takes a strong stand. Too funny for words!

• profjulienne | Mar 17, 2011, 01:00 PM EDT

  Who is kidding who? The Irish have a long history of rising like the phoenix from the ashes. If we could put a positive spin on the visit of the Queen, think of the advantages to tourism, souvenir shops etc. Our economy is in the gutter and we are placing ridiculous signs on a hypocrite's pub. He would wish the Queen would visit for the publicity he would reap. Take a moment to calm down and think of the progress we made and will do so again. Think of the freedom we have gained and the strides we have made. Only a hundred years ago, we still had peasants and landed gentry, now we are equal and can all take in what I believe is a gesture of kindness and political accord with us. Leave the woman alone and worry about yourselves and your family in these bleak economic times and give thanks to any visit that might help us on the road to becoming the Celtic Dragon again. Thanks

• Towngate | Mar 16, 2011, 11:16 PM EDT

  125 COMMENTS!~ and 352 'Fb Likes' ~ It is clear it only takes a mention of Queen Elizabeth II to set the keyboards clattering! Like her or loath her, it seems few Irish can ignore her. ~ now here's the thing!: Is a Visit to Dublin going to be enough? Plans are afoot to extend the visit to Cork to have a serious word with the sad rabid 'curpeter' - a local basket and charity case, ~ then on to Clare to hunt down her delusional escaped British Pensioner Subject; Cormac who claims the West is Not Asleep, when it's none of his business whether it is or not! Then on to Louth to sort out Gerry Adams and Fergus O'Dowd; to ask Gerry how he is settling into his English Title, and Fergus to see if he can have a word with his brother in America and ask him to be a bit more civil to Cate Middleton, and not to keep using her title as Queen of England to increase interest in his Irish publications and website! She may also mention that as Niall has described her Guards as Toy Disney soldiers,she wants to make it clear then when he is next in lovely London,if he would care to put them to the test, and try to get past, that "Queens Guard! - step AWAY!" are the very last words he would ever hear! In order to fulfill all these engagements she will, of course, have to employ the 'Saddam Strategy' of using 'Doubles'."They will never know if One is One or if One is not One!" she giggled; in that cute minxy little piss-taking way she has about her!

• sirpeter | Mar 16, 2011, 10:50 PM EDT

  FallsRNat..You're all over the place Seamus,talking about Dev's dream and all that crap. The guy is dead 35 years and he was 90 million years old when he died. Return to the horse and cart..Seamus what are you on about? Look the little statelet is not viable,it can't support itself. It never could. Sooner or later the north has to come back to it's natural mother..The whole world knows this..Now it's about time,you and your prod friends realize this is going to happen,everybody want's it to happen..So either except it or move. I don't want ye to move,but if ye must..Then fu*k off..Ireland doesn't revolve around NI at all..

• KLennox | Mar 16, 2011, 08:56 PM EDT

  I'm afraid I agree completely with John Stokes. Bess should stay home -- in England. Or go back to Germany, with the rest of her family.

• jacersagain | Mar 16, 2011, 07:39 PM EDT

  Latest news has it that Stokes has been ordered to take down the banner, under threat of losing his licence! He's agreed to take it down.

• hancock | Mar 16, 2011, 07:26 PM EDT

  What spots are you showing?

• FallsRNat | Mar 16, 2011, 06:59 PM EDT

  sirpeter - if u squeeze long enough, the true republican shows its spots, even mcguiness doesn't march to the adams tune anymore, he was here the other day, talking up the rights & wrongs of both sides. as i said b4, i'm sure the brits would love nothing more than sticking the irish with a £30 billion bill for the cost of the housing, electricity network, water, buildings, farmland etc that was bought & paid for by the UK taxpayer, after all, they would b more than entitled to revert the land to its previous state as is commonly found in international contracts. maybe u & adams could return on your donkey cart & implement Dev's dream of a rural island, most of the NI prods/catholics would have gone to britain by then.

• archer50d | Mar 16, 2011, 04:25 PM EDT

  I,m with HYATTSVILLE , this pub owner is probably desperate to fill the place so he pulls a publicity stunt, does he know that Guinness is owned by an ENGLISH company , maybe he will yank the taps out now and replace them with that scottish P@#s tennants . Maybe when this publicity stunt wears off he will get charlie sheen to make an apperance .!!!!

• sirpeter | Mar 16, 2011, 04:13 PM EDT

  FallsRNat...Oh..Catholics must love the Queen..What is it again the Prods call the Pope. By the way you mean the stolen land..Yes we want it back. Any chance of getting the prods to clean up the place,before we take over,we'll send up a lorry load of paint stripper for those awful red,white,and blue kerbstones

• citizen69 | Mar 16, 2011, 02:41 PM EDT

  I'm not really bothered if the queen visits or not but as usual the squeaky wheel will get all the oil. The protesters will get all the publicity and probably make Ireland's invite to the queen look farcical. Bus loads of republicans will travel down from the north even though the queen visits the north regularly without nary a fuss from these people!

• Sparklet | Mar 16, 2011, 02:11 PM EDT

  DerryLass, you sum things up perfectly. Just what I've been trying to say, but not nearly as well.

• Sparklet | Mar 16, 2011, 02:10 PM EDT

  British people holiday in Ireland in their droves and usually come back with nothing but praise for the hospitality and the friendliness. Most Irish people aren't stupid enough to blame the average UK citizen for anything that happened in the past.

• FallsRNat | Mar 16, 2011, 01:45 PM EDT

  well anti british sentiment is still living in the 26 counties, up here after years of war, we are trying to recognise each of our cultural identities. No reasoned debate can be held on a UI, when the southerners attitude to the brits is f*ck off, the reality of the anti queen brigade is there for all of the NI prods to see, we want your land, but not you,

• MMLeprechaun | Mar 16, 2011, 01:14 PM EDT

  Well now, being as this is the Holy Season of Lent I'll try to be kind, charitable, loving....oh what the heck, I would not want to see the Head of England enter such a fine Irish establishment either!! Mea culpa, mea culpa...but me ancestors are not turning in their graves either!!!

• MMLeprechaun | Mar 16, 2011, 10:09 AM EDT

  Agree with hyattsville

• hyattsville | Mar 16, 2011, 09:53 AM EDT

  Stokes had no problem sending his 15 year old son over to join the Arsenal reserves did he? Far as I'm concerned he should stand the Queen a jar. Wasn't his dump on the news a few months ago for a staff shooting or something shady like that? Sounds like he's as addicted to publicity as Lindsay Lohan!

• sirpeter | Mar 16, 2011, 09:26 AM EDT

  JOHNTOBIN..Why? Actor's use it all the time. Writer's use strong language in their books. Comedian's make it an art form. Look at it this way John. If you were to post something which was insulting to me,and to dumb and stupid for a rational reply .I have two ways of replying. I can say..Oh John,deary me,that's not a nice thing to say. If I was Enid Blyton,I would write that. But I like to add a bit more punch like Roddy Doyle by saying. Johnfu*kheadTobin,you stinking malignant piece of diseased afterbirth,your talking sh*t again as usual. The English language is so versatile.It really is great. I might as well have fun, while I insult people for an offending post.

• Nicoletta | Mar 16, 2011, 09:20 AM EDT

  What a devastating blow! Shurely shomeone could persuade the delightful Mr Stokes to thunk again?

• Derrylass627 | Mar 16, 2011, 08:51 AM EDT

  JOHNTOBIN is correct. Blair did apoligise for the injustices perpetrated on the Irish during the great hunger and beyond. The sign outside the Pub is just a statement. We are all entitled to our opinions. If anyone disagrees, let them keep walking and not enter the pub. It's like all Blacks in America hating all Whites because of slavery. None of the living Blacks endured it; none of the living Whites perpitrated it; yet it changed the outcome of so many for so long. The Irish were not just mistreated by England. Even in the US there were signs saying No Irish Need Apply for jobs. So there!

• JOHNTOBIN | Mar 16, 2011, 07:46 AM EDT

  I wish sirpeter would temperate his language down a bit Its not very mature.

• JOHNTOBIN | Mar 16, 2011, 07:42 AM EDT

  A lot of the comments have stated that Britain has never apologized to Ireland for all the injustices it commited against it in the past.I may be wrong but I have a strong feeling that Tony Blair while he was prime minister made an official apology to the Irish people on behalf of the British goverment and its peoples,

• GoldenClays | Mar 16, 2011, 07:39 AM EDT

  I think if anything, It's distasteful, and very disrespectful. It's trouble that's uncalled for. What are the chances of the Queen actually stopping in the pub for a drink? It's politically motivated in my opinion, and only serves to irritate, and unsettle. He should keep his opinions to himself, unless asked.

• sully1167 | Mar 16, 2011, 07:18 AM EDT

  I have to find it very funny,that people in Ireland don't realize that Ireland is still an occupied country. The UK in the north,and the European Union in the south. France/Germany the dominant countries,whom Dublin takes orders from.I have no love for England or the royal family,but Ireland needs to wake up and realize that the country was sold out the day they joined. The only difference between 1600's Ulster and 2000's Republic is that the repulic is being planted with Nigerians,Pakistani's,& other non-Irish instead of Scots in Ulster.

• maireadinmelb | Mar 16, 2011, 05:31 AM EDT

  paulbrant I am not sure how you define peace but british troops in irish streets is not peace, young people bashed for their religious or political beliefs. Its just not reported because they cant blame the IRA!

• Nitefeatherz | Mar 16, 2011, 03:53 AM EDT

  I have to say- this smells like a publicity stunt.

• Ulsterman | Mar 16, 2011, 12:51 AM EDT

  Isn't his son playing football in the UK? He, of course, would never visit and spend his money in the UK--while the British "occupy one inch of Ireland". This guy wants free advertising and publicity. Why is Irish Central giving him any heed? His principle is the Euro in his hand.

• JimMcGarity | Mar 15, 2011, 11:38 PM EDT

  I know, turn the other cheek. You took what was ours.

• Meniskos | Mar 15, 2011, 09:57 PM EDT

  It's good marketing, but the owner of the pub had to know this queen's itinerary was set months ago and she isn't going there. As for her coming to Ireland, heads of state don't need to meet each other in person. If Elizabeth II wants to follow a centuries' old tradition of pageantry and royal visits, I'd suggest that the Republic of Ireland might follow an equally old practice, kidnap her and hold her for ransom. It might help bolster the economy.

• sirpeter | Mar 15, 2011, 09:44 PM EDT

  warrenpoint00..An apology for the sadistic rule of Ireland would go along way.For it would be written down in history as fact, and thought to little Britlets in school..That Britannia waved the rules when it came to the affairs of Ireland.I live in hope,but she has alot of her loyal objects still willing to lick her wrinkly ass like Townfu*ker,the real Irish blight.

• jacersagain | Mar 15, 2011, 09:20 PM EDT

  Isn't there a law in Ireland that says you can't incite hatred? Stokes is an idiot for doing this and going all public on radio. He could face worse punishment than the publican under threat of jail under the no-smoking rule.

• warrenpoint00 | Mar 15, 2011, 09:10 PM EDT

  I think the royal corgis should be made available for pleasure to a big Irish wolfhound if this so called royal entourage arrives on the island.Thats all.I also firmly believe the head of state of britan will apologise to the Irish people for all the hurt and harm that has been inflicted upon the Irish nation over the years.Then we can all be friends again. If not then I do believe Mr Stokes and all the Irish people who are against this invasion will be very justified in giving this event the cold shoulder.

• sirpeter | Mar 15, 2011, 09:02 PM EDT

  You know Creakygate..I love the way when I say anything that touches your little nerve endings, you get hot under the collar and have to post a reply to me..WATCH THIS!!! Lizzy the Hun!!!..Look this way you old bag..SPLAT!! NOW!! FU*K OFF HOME YOU IMPERIALIST OLD BAG. Just for you Creakygate..Just for you.

• Towngate | Mar 15, 2011, 08:52 PM EDT

  I DO HOPE you try it,curspittal. The people of Ireland and the posters on iCentral will be delighted to see you fulfil your destiny! ~ heaped on the sidewalk as a pile of Minced Moron!

• peterson | Mar 15, 2011, 08:49 PM EDT

  This kind of hate attitude is disgusting. Get a life !!

• Freeman | Mar 15, 2011, 08:42 PM EDT

  To all those posters cinging about Irish emigrants relocating to England and taking her sterling. Please,please, please the Irish people owe England nothing.The English came and stole the land of the Irish land owners, planted Ireland with their chosen land lords mostly from Scotland and then had the audacity to charge the former Irish land owners a rent to remain on their own land.If they failed to pay they were evictied and the home they built or inherited was levelled to the ground.Please do not insult our inteligence by telling us that the Irish owe England anything.The English did very well and indeed acquired a lot of wealth from the theft of Irish land

• sirpeter | Mar 15, 2011, 08:16 PM EDT

  tippboy..I just want to ask you one question. It is a fact beyond all doubt,that English policy caused the death of a million of my people.In 2010 Britain failed to send a diplomatic representative to the opening of the National Famine Commemoration,while 14 other nations did. Was this not an insult to the Irish people? What is wrong with you!! The British Government and the Queen spat in our faces. When it came to the most tragic event in Irish history. AND YOU PEOPLE WANT IRISH PEOPLE TO WELCOME THE QUEEN!!! I keep looking up at the shamrock and the name IrishCentral. I say to you Irish Americans,how can you over look that insult when it was your forefather's who were starved out of the land they loved. Do you think they would approve of your "we must respect the Queen and the feelings of the British public" after they spat in our faces just a year ago. The Queen is coming to her loyal Irish West Brits and some Irish gombeens who will hang around..SHE IS NOT COMING TO THE IRISH PEOPLE. BUT GO ON!! GLOSS OVER THE INSULT!!..I say well done to the five or ten people on this site,who have the guts to see reality, and see what the Queen and the British government are really like. If she apologizes to the Irish nation for English policy in Ireland then I will have a bit more respect. If she starts waffling on about us been close neighbours and how much we have in common..I will spit in her face.

• Madeliene | Mar 15, 2011, 08:11 PM EDT

  I think that he has the right to think as he wishes- I am sorry for the trouble with his mother, it must have been terrible for him. My fathers brother died in England trying to save a family during WW2- The Irish are a welcoming and good people- but-you have to stand for something or you stand for nothing.

• Sparklet | Mar 15, 2011, 07:48 PM EDT

  Youre so right DanO. Its all too easy for idiots to create either anti Irish or anti British feeling. Its very sad, because your average Irish/Brit get along just fine, and a lot of my English friends have historical guilt over the way Ireland has been treated in the past - and they love Ireland too.

• DanOLoingsigh | Mar 15, 2011, 07:40 PM EDT

  Contrary to what some posters believe, the British Queen has NOT invited herself to Dublin; she has accepted an invitation from the Irish President following her visits to the UK. If we have not got the maturity or the good manners to take this visit for what it is, another step in the normalisation of the British – Irish relationship, then it’s better she stays at home. Expect this to play badly in the UK, maybe stoke up some anti – Irish backlash. This idiot obviously doesn’t give a f*** for all the Irish who have had to go to England to find employment. How would we have felt if our President had been insulted in this fashion?

• Sparklet | Mar 15, 2011, 07:40 PM EDT

  One member of the royal family who spoke out against partition and believed in a united Ireland was Lord Mountbatten.

• curranart | Mar 15, 2011, 07:38 PM EDT

  Im behind maureenroybelow who says " don't think the queen should be welcomed, ever in Ireland. She and her family and her government are terrorists. We've been telling them to get out for over 800 years and no one had any right to invite her.

• curranart | Mar 15, 2011, 07:36 PM EDT

  This aint Japan though my heart goes out to them,stop the sodt stuff. Theres an agenda with this queen trip stuff, open your eyes.

• sirpeter | Mar 15, 2011, 07:35 PM EDT

  maloney..Thanks..But no thanks required. ;)

• lolomai2 | Mar 15, 2011, 07:33 PM EDT

  stop all your yammerin and bickerin.... don't you know that there are people in this world, namely Japan who have lost everything? their homes, loved ones and there is more to come for them...get off your duffs and get on your knees and do some praying.... for them and yourselves.... cuz you ought to be ashamed. Change the way you look at things and the things you look at will change.

• maureenroy | Mar 15, 2011, 07:00 PM EDT

  I don't think the queen should be welcomed, ever in Ireland. She and her family and her government are terrorists. We've been telling them to get out for over 800 years and no one had any right to invite her.

• gcwfromcanada | Mar 15, 2011, 06:53 PM EDT

  It's time to look to the future in regard to the Royal Family. No is asking you to forget the past but do you really want to wallow in ages old pain? Welcome the Queen as any other head of state and be seen as the country offering the olive branch of peace and reconcilliation.

• paulbrant | Mar 15, 2011, 06:35 PM EDT

  Pub owner's a twit. Should be honored if any Royals visit his dump, which they certainly won't. There's PEACE in Northern Ireland now, no thanks to fanatics like him.

• seanomelbourne | Mar 15, 2011, 06:06 PM EDT

  Dan your are been flippant I hope all he is doing is exercising his democratic rights. The Players bar will be my first port of call on my next visit to my home town.BTW as a retired bar owner I would not serve her or her tribe in my establishment.

• Hawaiibobbee | Mar 15, 2011, 05:46 PM EDT

  WOW!!

• Sparklet | Mar 15, 2011, 05:46 PM EDT

  It's all good publicity for his bar isn't it - it's not like it's going to be put to the test after all. Highly unlikely that she will be asking to visit, but fair play to him. Nothing wrong with good healthy non-violent protests.

• jburnette | Mar 15, 2011, 05:23 PM EDT

  DanOLoingsigh, please all those people are not welcome like the snake of Bin Laden would slinker in.

• jburnette | Mar 15, 2011, 05:22 PM EDT

  Ireland rocks and I for one will refuse to watch TV on the royals wedding day and refuse to buy any newspaper or magazine that has articles on the royal family. Please join me.

• DanOLoingsigh | Mar 15, 2011, 05:09 PM EDT

  So this guy's only banned the Brit Royals from his bar; does that mean all the paedophiles, Rapists, bombers, drug dealers, Gadaffi, Bin Laden, and associated scumbags will have the welcome mat rolled out for them?

• archer50d | Mar 15, 2011, 05:00 PM EDT

  Its a little odd that the owner barred the queen but named his pub after a lounge at every soccer ground in the premier league . I just went to the website for that place and the first thing I spotted was an advertisment for the Premier league , the ENGLISH soccer league . this bar owner should not bite the hand that feeds him . good publicity stunt but his bar is in FAIRVIEW , not exactly Times Square NYC .I wonder how many Irish people have left for London since the celtic tiger crashed and are employed in LONDON and living in ENGLAND using Sterling everyday and dont really care if the queen goes to that part of Dublin or not . Again , dont bit the hand that feeds you .. Happy saint Patricks day , I wonder if the Shamrock all over Dublin was grown in England like the Englis Sod that now covers croke park ???

• sweetpetunia | Mar 15, 2011, 04:53 PM EDT

  I think John Stokes would be singing a different tune if England banned his son from playing in their country. Just saying :)

• McNamara31 | Mar 15, 2011, 04:49 PM EDT

  Niall "and times have moved on" And memories too? And, do you really think the royal family's opinion has changed and truly wants to embrace Ireland? I think not. It's like horrible neighbors, you tolerate them when you come face to face, but the hearts remain unchanged.

• Towngate | Mar 15, 2011, 04:12 PM EDT

  FAIRVIEW : so badly named ~ was top of the Queens 'must-see' list! She will be sorry not to be able to have a 'swift half' in 'The Bogtrotters Arms'. ~ ~ ~ She has now agreed to visit "Johnny Fox's" in the Dublin Mountains instead, and will be proud to stand to attention ~ as everyone does ~ when the National Anthem is played at closing time!

• patriot | Mar 15, 2011, 04:10 PM EDT

  The queen should stay home, and if you like her, you should leave Ireland.

• patriot | Mar 15, 2011, 04:08 PM EDT

  Bravo!

• maloney | Mar 15, 2011, 04:05 PM EDT

  sirpeter..thank you for another good post. Both sides can be wrong or right on any given subject. Unfortunately for America, both sides are wrong on most subjects far to often.

• Padraig8 | Mar 15, 2011, 03:59 PM EDT

  Well as the man Stokes says her govt still occupies part of the old sod,and it has nothing to do with religion just Occupation. Go Home Brits as you did from other places you occupied The island is one Country GET OUT

• hancock | Mar 15, 2011, 03:39 PM EDT

  Does this mean the English have to stop whining too?

• Brolaur | Mar 15, 2011, 03:32 PM EDT

  John owns the pub but he has a Public Licence. The English did not invade Ireland; they were Invited by Diarmuid MacMurrough, King of Leinster. So John, stupid John should be BARRING anybody with the name Diarmuid or anybody with the surname beginning with Mac.ps We know the Queen would never go to a LITTLE BOOZER, with 72 tvs??? However Dan Quayle did visit my pub in Ennistymon many moons ago!!

• greensod | Mar 15, 2011, 03:31 PM EDT

  Opinions are one thing.Facts are a different story.There is a movie called the wind that shook the barley,its on dvd.It would be interesting to see how many people would agree with John if they would take the time to view this movie.Its my understanding that the British government tried to have this movie banned.I wonder why? Fair play to you John,its your bar.

• Kells46 | Mar 15, 2011, 03:27 PM EDT

  tippboy...you have nailed it! We are a country of whiners. My parents lived through the occupation of Ireland and all that went with that, black and tans included, but they bore no hatred and they brought their children up not to hate. They got on with their lives and my father was one of the first 250 Garda Siochana appointed after independence was won. Four of their children including me had to emigrate following our education in Ireland, 3 to Britain and 1 to the US. The 5th child was more often unemployed than employed because he chose to remain in Ireland. So enough of the garbage. Let's speak the truth for a change. You are so right tippboy about Japan. I watched a 73 year old lady and her 79 year old husband on tv today already trying to clear up the broken area around their home. He said they were doing it, so they would be ready to help others when the time came. No self pity there, God bless them.

• tippboy | Mar 15, 2011, 03:26 PM EDT

  So Sirpeter - you believe we should insult the ordinary English people by refusing to make their Queen welcome. I'm sure you're aware that it is the lower-middle and working class British who most revere their monarchy. And glad you mentioned Germany, another country that knows how to get things done and doesn't waste time complaining about the War. And they make great beer!

• sirpeter | Mar 15, 2011, 03:18 PM EDT

  Why do people on this site equate government's and government policy with that of the ordinary people. The ordinary people have very little to do with government. The ordinary people are simple and honest. Governments are manipulating liars,they serve the wealthy and we are glad if we get enough of the pie to makes us happy. I'm sick of hearing this country and that country gave those people a home and a job and they should be glad of it,and how dare they say anything. If any country in world has the least right to say that...It is the United States.Every white person there is a product of a person who went there for a home and a job. Ireland and England have always shared it's people's,right back to when both islands were Celtic. To hear!! What about all the Irish that have made England their home,shouldn't they be glad is just plain dumb.Half the surnames in Ireland are of English Origin. You would think it was only the Irish moved to other lands.German Americans made up 17.1% of the U.S. population followed by Irish Americans at 12%. Guess the U.S gave Germans more homes and more jobs then the Irish..Tell them they should be grateful..At least the Irish never went to war with the U.S

• hancock | Mar 15, 2011, 03:09 PM EDT

  Tip, you did a fine bit of whining yourself.

• tippboy | Mar 15, 2011, 03:03 PM EDT

  I assume all those anonymous anti-Brits would have no problem if the British told all the Irish in their country to go home and refused to allow in the new Irish immigrants? Let's face it, we've proven time and again that we are not capable of self-governance, we're just a bunch of bloody whiners who wallow in the past and think we have it worse than anyone in the world. Tell that to the Japanese who are going through a catastrophe as I write. You can bet they'll pick themselves up and get on with it just like they did after WW2. In a few years they'll have cleaned up and rebuilt while we still waste time whining about things that happened decades and more in the past.

• bridgetony52 | Mar 15, 2011, 02:49 PM EDT

  This guy has handed a gift to anti-catholic bigots in Glasgow, the city where his son plays football. A lot of needless grief for his son, a lot of cheap publicity for his pub, well done John.

• DanOLoingsigh | Mar 15, 2011, 02:45 PM EDT

  Is this publican ignorant of the Equal Status Act 2000? This act outlaws discrimination on many grounds, including ‘a person in a category … share a common characteristic’. So a ban on a whole family could leave him open to an action by the Equality Authority.

• moygannon | Mar 15, 2011, 02:12 PM EDT

  Stokes is one of the many Bird-Brain residents of the Emerald Isle.

• FallsRNat | Mar 15, 2011, 02:10 PM EDT

  youse guys are in for a big shock, yes, stokes can do what he likes, but nearly 99% of irish women will want to see the queen, she has a mistique about her that will impact on their own ordinary lives (i am not being condescending). They don't care whether she is a brit or not, it's the fantasy life that she revolves in that makes it appealing. here in the north, i along with the rest of the fallsters were dragged along by our wives/girlfriends to see kate middleton, it's not a bloke thing to stand & see royalty, but they talked all the way home about her make-up, clothes, fashion & that's what 'lights their boat.' all of the mags featuring her have sold out, if the RA assasinated either the queen or kate, we would lose the women's vote & kiss goodbye to a UI. By 9.00 i was ready to hit the pub as my constitution had wilted in the face of this onslaught, i won't be hitting a anti british bar, but just a quiet 1 where i can have a decent pint.

• Kells46 | Mar 15, 2011, 02:09 PM EDT

  Happy St. Patrick's Day to you too Rachelgaffney. Life is very short, so stop the hatred and let love and peace reign. Her Majesty has done a wonderful job for her country and is loved and admired by all and especially by America. She is a true professional, just wish we had one or two like her in Ireland, although our President does deserve a lot of praise. I hope we will not show our stupidity as a people when Her Majesty visits,that will not be viewed well by the rest of the world! To mamaginnty....relax... take a deep breath, ye protest too much!! Think of our brothers and sisters in Japan, that puts everything in prospective. Peace and love to all.

• ronnie4u2o | Mar 15, 2011, 01:50 PM EDT

  Maybe its time to heal old wounds and let the festering stop,I was never a lover of the Crown I called them the Royal Clowns we can't change the past but we can and should change the future I like to think we are above them in common sense and Education. The Queen has no real Power she's just Figure Head for the tourist trade.

• ancavker | Mar 15, 2011, 01:30 PM EDT

  london: You do not know that for sure, and some Irish names that appear to be English are actually reallly, really, bad English translations of Gaelic names, such as Harrington. Also there were some who took the name of their new landlords after the Cromweillian settlements etc. So difficult to say.

• elektros | Mar 15, 2011, 01:26 PM EDT

  I understand his point of view, and he has a right to it, even though I don't agree. The worst were not the royal family anyway, but Cromwell, during the interegnum, after he deposed them, and the royal family don't even run the UK anymore.

• ancavker | Mar 15, 2011, 01:23 PM EDT

  kells: Although I have no problem with herself visiting the south, it is Mr. Stokes right to voice his own opinion, is that what a democracy is? As as the Irish in Britain? Well up until the south became independent were not the Irish allowed to go to England as they were of course British citizens. And yes after the state was set up, one government after the other made a mess of things. The great minds and visionaries, like Collins and Griffith, and Mellowes, and O' Malley to name just a few were gone or disillusioned. However, the south has only been independent less than ninety years, perhaps if the English had not made a mess of the place for hundreds of years, the Irish never would have had to leave in such great numbers in the first place. Forget about chips on the shoulders, the Irish still have a major inferiority complex. Perhaps we should have the native Americans thank the U. S. government for allowing them to have casinos.

• nicgearailt | Mar 15, 2011, 01:16 PM EDT

  I'd say Her Majesty is losing sleep over this...for this deluded soul to expect to be taken seriously...it's sad.. Thank God there are some worthwhile comments to educate this unfortunate ... Tell him to continue to live in the past...it's where he will feel safe and protected.. have to be careful and not hurt his feelings.... Maybe he is not well...has taken way too many pints in his day.... Maybe he likes the attention he will get from this expense...too bad about his mother...wonder what she thinks of this... by the way...has he talked to the politicians about his mothers demise and lack of health care in Ireland..that's for another day...

• myhomenj | Mar 15, 2011, 01:02 PM EDT

  Wasn't it the guy who was knocked out of power invited the queen? So it was one more bad decision on his part. Maybe the new guy in power should uninvite her !!

• fedupirish | Mar 15, 2011, 01:00 PM EDT

  Yes, the world is changing fast, as Hannrick has pointed out, however, there has never been any form of an apology for the way the British have treated the Irish over the centuries. We cannot forget the famine/holocaust if the 1840'S, when British ships were leaving with their holds full. We cannot forget the actions of the Black and Tans. We cannot forget the occupation by the British on our soil. Mr. Stokes has every right to voice his opinion. My next time in Dublin, I look forward to lifting a glass in Mr. Stokes Pub!

• mamaginnty | Mar 15, 2011, 12:57 PM EDT

  Kells..HOW DARE YOU say some irish are narrow minded ignorant and bigots. Were any of your relations killed in the north of Ireland, mine were, and I emphasie very strongly, they were NOT involved with the IRA. You and Rachel are the type who sat in their nice cosy home here in the south and did not care a damn about the irish people in the north of Ireland. I for one will think it is just wonderful yes just so wonderful if she who thinks she is the queen of the north of Ireland stay's far far away until we are given our country back, maybe by then I might, just might be able to forgive, but not forget.

• Hannrick | Mar 15, 2011, 12:36 PM EDT

  Mr. Stokes get over it already, the world is changing on a daily basis, lets try and keep up. That kind of attitude has always held the Irish back no matter what country we are in.

• Sparklet | Mar 15, 2011, 12:34 PM EDT

  bassistsinger -well he sure as hell hasn't got Windsor blood. :)

• bassistsinger | Mar 15, 2011, 12:15 PM EDT

  Let the poor old gal have a drink ye blighters. Isn't there already enough anger in the world? And Harry's got red hair - tell me he's not a LOT Irish somewhere back there.

• semperfidelis | Mar 15, 2011, 12:13 PM EDT

  Good for him, it's his pub, he should be able to serve or not serve whomever he chooses. Sriking a blow for property rights, and free speech. Even lefties shouldn't have a problem with that, well at least the free speech part.

• irishathens | Mar 15, 2011, 12:06 PM EDT

  What an eejit

• LouGuyt | Mar 15, 2011, 12:03 PM EDT

  The more I read about past history, real history - not the one written by the British, the more I abhor British (so-called) royalty. I have never gone to England, because I would wonder how many people had been killed or worse to pay for all their fine buildings. They've done terrible things in every country they've been.

• S7McCabe | Mar 15, 2011, 11:56 AM EDT

  Good! She nor her nerdy family need not apply.

• eibhleann7 | Mar 15, 2011, 11:56 AM EDT

  The Irish government should politely refuse her offer to visit. The same way that she politely allowed the atrocities to happen to Ireland and the Irish people under her watch, and the watch of her father. Ignorance is not bliss, it is deadly!

• cupertino | Mar 15, 2011, 11:53 AM EDT

  I think this is absolutely correct. The Quenn should not be welcomed to Ireland. Have we forgotten our history. This man obviously has not been hijacked by political correctness like the Irish government has. If she does come are they going to ask her for reparations for centuries of British policies in Northern Ireland?

• Taraskryne | Mar 15, 2011, 11:47 AM EDT

  LOL Rachel, a young woman who failed her maths exams. A few pence spent by reporters does not 8 million make. As for Patrick being Irish Welsh or English who cares! I wouldnt be boasting about him. He brought nothing but trouble just like the queen. I'll drink in this pub and I'll buy the tshirt. God Save Ireland!

• MarthaAnne | Mar 15, 2011, 11:40 AM EDT

  Rachelgaffney, Since his parents were citizens of the Roman Empire, I had the idea that St. Patrick was Italian. Am I wrong?

• MarkMary73 | Mar 15, 2011, 11:36 AM EDT

  I think MarthaAnne has the right of it. MarkMary73

• Rachelgaffney | Mar 15, 2011, 11:35 AM EDT

  @Kells46 I'm with you ! I also wish you a very Happy St Patricks Day......who by the way was either ENGLISH or WELSH...see the irony here? An Irish man named Niall of The Nine hostages (of which I am a descendant!) captured 9 people, among them, Patricus and his sister. Historians have never quite proven whether he was from Wales or England as it was so close. So funnily enough it was a WELSH OR ENGLISHMAN that brought Christianity to Ireland .........!

• Rachelgaffney | Mar 15, 2011, 11:31 AM EDT

  so very sad to read this kind of stuff. As an Irish Woman, born and raised in Ireland, may I just say that I think t's wonderful. I wish her the best and think it's just wonderful. I'm sure it will stimulate quite a bit of cashflow for the local economy. People forget how the worlds press will be filling our hotels, eating in our restaurants,shopping in our stores, all the while through the media showcasing our lovely country.....NOT ALL IRISH PEOPLE LIKE TO BE DRINKING IN PUBS !! Love the progress and I wish her and all well.

• Nelsonbarry | Mar 15, 2011, 11:25 AM EDT

  It's Johns pub and it's Johns god given right. This part of Ireland is Free and so is John. Fair Play to ya.

• Kells46 | Mar 15, 2011, 11:23 AM EDT

  Why are so many Irish people narrow minded and just plain ignorant? They have such a nasty attitude about everything. I am sure Her Majesty cannot wait to visit this smelly dirty pub in Dublin! YUCK!! We Irish need to drop the bigotry and get that big chip off our shoulder. Move on Ireland and never ever forget how many Irish people over many years have made their living and brought up successful families in Britain when their own country failed them(including this one). Hang your head in shame Stokes looking for cheap publicity and pandering to the "hate mongers". A short spell in the Tower would sort you out. Enough of the hate as we are about to celebrate our patron Saint.

• MarthaAnne | Mar 15, 2011, 11:19 AM EDT

  What bothers me is that the Royal Family have never made a public admission of the cruelty and lasting damage that they did to their colonies, India, Ireland, in the Caribbean, Australia, etc. They have some nerve NOT to apologize. They need to understand that they are wealthy only because of what they did to others. I don't mind having a royal family so long as it is figurehead only, but they live as wealthy people who DESERVE AND EARNED what they have and they did not earn it - they stole it. Time for a heartfelt apology and steps taken at long last to make amends for all the harm that was done.

• Laura Wilson | Mar 15, 2011, 11:05 AM EDT

  Good for them send the Old Crow back where she came from

• CanadianPat | Mar 15, 2011, 11:04 AM EDT

  Good on him!Hope there are many more like him.It has nothing to do with forgiving past wrongs,but with acknowledging past and present wrongs.Something she and her brood have yet to do.

• cajuntom | Mar 15, 2011, 11:01 AM EDT

  I think he's right! When I go home for a visit, I will drink in his pub! People who are in favor of this visit have very short memories. They should read some history. God bless the Stokes' family.

• micky74007 | Mar 15, 2011, 10:44 AM EDT

  Bravo! If it is a stunt to increase business, I'm buyi8ng a pint.

• MalcomAC | Mar 15, 2011, 10:32 AM EDT

  That's a great example of the petty and ignorant attitudes that have kept this conflict going for far too long.

• donlea11 | Mar 15, 2011, 10:30 AM EDT

  I believe the Queen and the Royal Family should be welcomed by every Irish Citizen or member of the Irish Diaspora once the British surrender the Six Counties, prosecute their many war criminals who caused directly or indirectly the terrible blood shed during the Troubles. Pay reparations to all who suffered regardless of religion or political ideology during The Troubles and apologize for eight hundred years of genocidal rule in Ireland.

• Nancy61 | Mar 15, 2011, 10:29 AM EDT

  Thats got to be deep pain?

• sirpeter | Mar 15, 2011, 10:27 AM EDT

  The fact is he is making a point,and it is a very valid point. Ireland was one entity until 1920. Partition was enforced on the Irish people against their will. There was no referendum. This injustice thrust upon the Irish people, upset my Grandfather very badly,he put his life on the line and spent large sums of money to rid Ireland of the British.He did it because he loved Ireland and couldn't bare to see the Irish people living in the worst slums in Europe. This is just 3 or 4 generation's ago. Independence was an enforced compromise,the kind of deal you make when a person holds a knife to your throat. The GFA is another compromise.Until there is a United Ireland there is no moving on fully. It's easy to say let's move on,forget about the past. People died for died for freedom.Is that to be forgotten.YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING,UNLESS YOU KNOW WHERE YOU COME FROM. I have nothing against the ordinary English person,to me they are welcome to live in Ireland if they wish. But the Queen and her ancestors, plus the British government need to be reminded,we have yet unfinished business. I know where I come from,and I know where I am going..Some of ye can move on if ye want. My kind and I will be along later, after we clean up the mess the British made. Just don't get confused and lost like the Northern Protestant's along the way.

• southcountykelly | Mar 15, 2011, 10:22 AM EDT

  For some, the wounds have never healed. I'm a couple of generations removed, but I did read Galway Bay. If we don't, however, move forward, we then become as backword, as the adversary.

• Bernadett | Mar 15, 2011, 10:14 AM EDT

  I agree with mayoman it is so petty,lets not forget we need the uk more than they need us for our exports and anyone who thinks different is not with the program

• LinLinisme | Mar 15, 2011, 10:14 AM EDT

  this seems a ploy to get more business. What a party he will have. I don't agree with him, but if he owns the place - then I think he is within his rights to bar anyone he wants. I love the Queen and I am a American

• londonirish1965 | Mar 15, 2011, 10:12 AM EDT

  Stokes is a British name-I`d wager hes a republicam immigrant from Northern Ireland,the most extreme nationalist have always been less than 100 per cent Irish a la Adams and Savage,John Robinson etc.

• HoundofUlster | Mar 15, 2011, 10:11 AM EDT

  Ridiculous.

• irishfree1916 | Mar 15, 2011, 10:04 AM EDT

  This is a good stunt to increase Pub business, I'll stop in and check it out. As for Mrs. Winsor, an apology for 800 years is in order! IrishFree1916@aol.com

• mayoman | Mar 15, 2011, 09:58 AM EDT

  Petty, shallow and counter-productive.

• rugbyplayer | Mar 15, 2011, 09:58 AM EDT

  Very stupid banner and very stupid and annoying publicity stunt. Get over it, Stokes!

• krissangel | Mar 15, 2011, 09:47 AM EDT

  I think stunts like this set peace back - it just stokes the embers of the sectarian separation and paves the way for violence. It's time to move forward and let go, seeking a more peaceful future for our children!

• michealseamus | Mar 15, 2011, 09:43 AM EDT

  With the Irish economy hurting the peoples frustration is high. The Queen's visit will cause to much uprising and the media will make Ireland look bad. I don't think is a good idea. With that being said, if she comes, she owes an apology to the Irish people for starters.

• Bernadett | Mar 15, 2011, 09:37 AM EDT

  This man says this woman has no right to come here well what about all the irish that have made england their home and what about his son playing football for a living in Scotland last time i looked it was part of the UK. Its time people put all this old bitterness behind them and people like this should look on the positives. What happened to the famous Irish hospitality maybe this pub is one to avoid,it dose not seem a very friendly place.

• MotherIrish | Mar 15, 2011, 09:25 AM EDT

  If you think it cost a lot for the Queen to come to Ireland, you have seen nothing yet! Wait until King Obamba and Queen Michelle come from the USA. Now there are a pair who know how to spend the money of others!!!

• pacifist | Mar 15, 2011, 09:24 AM EDT

  Will be refuse to serve English visitors on the basis that she is their head of state? What a silly man!

• Chieftain | Mar 15, 2011, 09:14 AM EDT

  At least he has and sticks to his beliefs. Good for you lad, Tiocfaidh ar la!!!

• DrTrelawney | Mar 15, 2011, 09:03 AM EDT

  After the aggro at the old firm game the other week, you'd think prominent Celtic supporters would make some kind of effort to downplay sectarian differences. Of course not. This really is a pathetic publicity stunt that comes across as intensely mean-spirited. Having said that, he should be allowed to keep his stupid banner aloft. Free speech extends even to idiots.

• McSpartacus | Mar 15, 2011, 08:07 AM EDT

  "Our forefathers had been educated in that idea, and when they first landed on American shores they believed it. They thought they belonged to somebody, and that they must be loyal to some thief who could trace his pedigree back to antiquity's most successful robber." - Robert Green Ingersoll (Centennial Oration)

• MIdlander | Mar 15, 2011, 08:04 AM EDT

  I was in the Players Lounge during a live match recently and I never heard such racist and foul language anywhere. It's just a cheap shot at publicity by the owner. I'm pretty sure that the English Fans will call to your premises for the "friendly" fixture this year. Hope you have the place insured Mr Stokes. You idiot!! You have set up your son for even worse verbal abuse than he probably gets already.

• antoman | Mar 15, 2011, 07:40 AM EDT

  Well of course he banned her.If she walked in and said "the drinks are on me".It would financially break the man what with 'one does not carry money'.

• maireadinmelb | Mar 15, 2011, 07:06 AM EDT

  Well done Mr Stokes I look forward to enjoying a drink at your establishment (when I get to Ireland!)

• barneyjo | Mar 15, 2011, 06:53 AM EDT

  Hmm - the smoking ban must have been hitting this man pretty hard to have to resort to this kind of publicity!!