87 Comments

• IrelandNorth | Mar 06, 2013, 02:28 PM EST

  Very little point in greening any civic building anywhere in Ireland when her soul is in Irish-America. A metaphysical point borne out every year by a stampede of Irish government ministers jockeying for a junket to the good ol' USof A. Nationalist Ireland isn't dead and gone. Or with O'Leary in the grave. It's with Irish-America in The States. So tune-in. Turn-on. And drop-out. And pass the shamrock spiff, Maan!

• Seanmor | Mar 06, 2013, 09:14 AM EST

  I'm reminded of the St. Patrick's Day in the late 1950s when President Eisenhower, sporting a GREEN tie, warmly greeted Seán T. O'Kelly, who was wearing a 'regular' tie A rather surprised Ike asked his guest why his tie wasn't green. This was his answer: "I wear green in my heart". It is unreasonable of anyone to expect England's queen to make her palace more Irish that any government building in the Free State.

• curtisjohnson | Mar 06, 2013, 01:13 AM EST

  Read it - but you're making a category error if you are requesting proof of the metaphysical through mechanical science.

• anglo-norman | Mar 05, 2013, 10:04 PM EST

  curtisjohnson- Give me evidence

• curtisjohnson | Mar 05, 2013, 08:18 PM EST

  Anglo-Norman, if you are serious, read "The Case for Christ" by Lee Strobel. Strobel is a former atheist and Yale Law School graduate who performed a thorough investigation and analysis. Of course, you will never find mechanical scientific proof of a metaphysical concept if that is what you're looking for.

• anglo-norman | Mar 05, 2013, 07:30 PM EST

  StevenStar- But I get a great kick out of you son...

• seanomelb | Mar 05, 2013, 05:33 PM EST

  misswhip I do not believe in gods there are to many of them and all religions belive their God is the true god. I prefer to be a humanist and not believe in any mythological gods.

• IrelandNorth | Mar 05, 2013, 02:51 PM EST

  Buckingham Palace isn't where the action is. Ulster Television (UTV) 6 pm news this evening report Belfast City Council having voted to floodlight City Hall in green for Saint Patrick's Day - from next year! Also, in purple and orange (Buddhist colours?) for the Glorious 12th. Red and white for - Poland Day! And red and yellow for Chinese New Year. Problem solved by all the honourable councillors in situ. I knew they'd come to their senses.

• STEVENSTAR | Mar 05, 2013, 01:16 PM EST

  ANGLO >>> YOU NEED TO GET A SENSE OF HUMOR.. I APPRECIATE ITS VERY DULL AND DREARY UP THERE IN THE NORTH OF IRELAND BUT THATS NO EXCUSE FOR YOU TO BE GOING ON AND ON WHINGEING EVERY DAY... THINK ABOUT THE REST OF US ? WE DONT WANT TO BE LISTENING TO YOUR OULD SMARMY COMMENTS DAY IN DAY OUT.. UNLESS OF COURSE YOU SAY SOMETHING NICE FOR A CHANGE OR AT LEAST CRACK AN OULD JOKE MATE.. AS READING YOUR POSTS ARE DEPRESSING ENOUGH .. YOU NEVER HAVE A GOOD THING TO SAY ABOUT ANYONE.....>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> COURSE THE QUEEN SHOULDNT PAINT HER HOME GREEN FOR PADDIES DAY .. IM IRISH AND I WOULDNT DREAM OF DOING IT MYSELF...

• Stiofain | Mar 05, 2013, 12:57 PM EST

  Why on earth should she turn the palace green? Her ancestry is not Irish, it's German.

• adrienrain | Mar 05, 2013, 12:05 PM EST

  1. Irish-American-ness IS a culture of its own, derived from the immigrant/exile experience, and needs no permission from the 'mother country' to justify its existence. As former president of the Celtic Arts Center in Los Angeles, I met many bands from Ireland who expressed amazement at the music and atmosphere and general craic we built, both recent Irish, Scottish and Welsh immigrants and those whose families have been in the US for generations. There are Celtic descendants in clusters all over the world - still cherishing traditional music and dance, theater and literature. In spite of a few peculiar snobs, I should think that Irish citizens appreciate them, if for nothing else, their tourist dollars and export market. 2. Does Ireland need the validation of a foreign monarch, whose titles and inheritance are entirely unwarranted by any virtue of her own, for some reason? Be proud my blood brothers and sisters of Ireland, that you need not cater to royalty now.

• warrenpoint00 | Mar 05, 2013, 11:24 AM EST

  Woof,woof. Woof,woof,woof. Can someone take this "bitch" to heel, before she bites.

• sully1167 | Mar 05, 2013, 09:05 AM EST

  STEVENSTAR, I agree with you that the Queen should not have to paint Buckingham Palace Green, she is after all English. However, I take issue with you saying that people of Irish descent living abroad are not Irish. Yes they may not be culturally Irish, but still Irish by blood. The country one resides in just determines citizenship. Black Americans may be culturally different from Black Africans, but are still Black. Same with French Canadians, Cajuns and European French.

• anglo-norman | Mar 04, 2013, 10:55 PM EST

  Oh an amputee growing one of his limbs back. A person cured of terminal cancer..etc

• curtisjohnson | Mar 04, 2013, 09:02 PM EST

  What would you be looking for in terms of evidence?

• anglo-norman | Mar 04, 2013, 06:43 PM EST

  There is no evidence of a Human Being performing miracles ever!!

• seanomelb | Mar 04, 2013, 05:38 PM EST

  Misswhisp I have researched and your allegations. Tell me where he cured the sick. Reading some unsubstantiated myth is not proof.

• anglo-norman | Mar 04, 2013, 05:18 PM EST

  StevenStar- You speak english abiet badly but you do don't you? You are married to an english immigrant. You watch english tv programmes. Shop in english stores. Follow english soccer teams. STOP stealing english culture son.

• curtisjohnson | Mar 04, 2013, 03:50 PM EST

  stukafaust – “What if we asked Dublin Castle to have the cross of St. George emblazoned across it on April 23rd?” I’m going to surprise everyone here and say this would not be a bad thing. The captive nations of the british terror state, its first victim England included, should be encouraged to re-assert their national identity (in this case it would be the english people not the whitehall vipers).

• ancavker | Mar 04, 2013, 03:13 PM EST

  STEVENSTAIR: How come it is OK for so many of the Irish in Ireland to steal English culture, and yet Irish-Americans according to you cnanot steal Irish culture? WHen are you giving back your Man U Jersey?

• ancavker | Mar 04, 2013, 03:12 PM EST

  As well is the Queen's right not to agree to it. No problem with that.

• Thomas84 | Mar 04, 2013, 11:10 AM EST

  Who cares if she does or not ??

• stukafaust | Mar 04, 2013, 06:27 AM EST

  What if we asked Dublin Castle to have the cross of St. George emblazoned across it on April 23rd?

• STEVENSTAR | Mar 03, 2013, 10:05 PM EST

  IM IRISH AND I LIVE IN IRELAND AND I WAS BORN HERE AND EVEN HAVE AN IRISH PASSPORT UNLIKE MOST COMMENTERS ON HERE ... & I WOULDNT PAINT MY HOUSE GREEN FOR SAINT PATRICKS DAY.. SO WHY SHOULD THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND DO IT... SHES ENGLISH NOT IRISH, THE ENGLISH HAVE THEIR OWN CULTURES AND CUSTOMS JUST LIKE WE IRISH HAVE AND THEY DONT NEED TO GO ROUND ROBBING OUT CULTURE, WHICH IS ALOT MORE THEN I CAN SAY FOR THAT OTHER LOT TO THE OTHER SIDE OF US 6=10 HOURS ACROSS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN !!!

• curtisjohnson | Mar 03, 2013, 08:30 PM EST

  allan07 - another spastic brit troll. I love how the english/british always profess that they care little about Ireland when in reality most of them have a sick obsession rooted in some need for supremacism from their perpetually degraded position to their governing oligarchy. “The Irish are just so double standards [you need an adjective here] it is beyond belief. They accuse the British for everything that has gone wrong in Irish society. Just stop the lies” British abominations are clearly documented in their own records. Penal laws, land theft, Caribbean slavery, forced tithes to your anglo “Church,” cap and pitch, half hangings, random violence for frivolous offenses, outlawing education as a felony offense, etc. Is it your position that these plagues were self imposed by the Irish? Incidentally, the Catholic Church has been opposed to Irish nationalism for centuries.

• seanomelb | Mar 03, 2013, 06:14 PM EST

  I see we have another British apologist on site (allan07). We Irish were not involved in the inquisition, we were to busy fending off British atrocities in Ireland.MissWhip I have not ofended any saints. Tell me what miracles were performed by George other than slaying a mythical beast.

• antoman | Mar 03, 2013, 06:01 PM EST

  @allan07- Welcome to IrishCentral.

• IrelandNorth | Mar 03, 2013, 02:56 PM EST

  A British union flag is flown outside Dublin City Council offices on Essex/Wood Quays for Ireland's 6 mth presidency of the European Union (EU). In contrast to no Irish Tricolours outside Belfast City Hall. So much for reciprocity! Áras an Úachtarán could very well be floodlit with the red Saint Patrick's saltire most appropiately for the day in question. Why not?

• WoundedKnee | Mar 03, 2013, 01:21 PM EST

  Allan07: "The spanish inquistion (1481-1834)was a roman catholic plot to murder anyone whom was opposed to their church.353 years of brutality that makes the British look like angels." Tnis is stupid nonsense. The Spanish Inquisition didn't have the power to execute anyone, they could only turn people over to the Spanish state. This they did in ever decreasing numbers from about 1520 onwards. William Reville, an Iriah authority on the topic, says that the Inquisition was responsible for some 4000 deaths in its three and a half centuries of existence. As to them making the British (sic) look like angels, try telling that to the countless Irish murdered by the English in the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Start maybe with the ethnic cleansing and massacres of the Munster Wars in the 1580s and work your way up to 1798. Come back when you know something about Irish history.

• sully1167 | Mar 03, 2013, 12:31 PM EST

  Irish Central loves to push the envelope and get everyone all riled up. It works for them all the time.

• sully1167 | Mar 03, 2013, 12:27 PM EST

  Irish Central loves to push the env

• allan07 | Mar 03, 2013, 10:58 AM EST

  @happyhippo well the roman catholic church didnt spread from Rome by love or kindest.It spread by having a massive army and murdering everyone whom opposed their views.Anyone who opened their mouths in challenging the roman catholic religion ended up as the next meal for a pride of hungry lions. Hardly freedom of speech. So take of those green tinted glasses. make up and smell the coffee time. The spanish inquistion (1481-1834)was a roman catholic plot to murder anyone whom was opposed to their church.353 years of brutality that makes the British look like angels. Do you ever read history? If so dont be acting so stupid. The Irish nationalist are always crying wolf. Always playing the victim. I supppose you will claim the only people who suffered the Potato Famine were all Catholics. (The protestants people dont eat or needed any food!). Get real. End your propaganda.

• Tooreenagrena | Mar 03, 2013, 10:15 AM EST

  To all Unionist commentators on this site 'have you got no home of your own'

• Kilsally | Mar 03, 2013, 09:41 AM EST

  misswhisp - sorry but no - St George is the patron saint of England, St David is for Wales (just the other day), St Andrew is for Scotland and St Patrick is for Ireland. The Queen routinely attends St Paddy`s Day events and the author here is just sensasionalising - no doubt she will presnet shamrock to Irish regiments as usual

• Kilsally | Mar 03, 2013, 09:37 AM EST

  Yawn - the London Eye has been made green before and the Queen and others routinely attend St Patrick`d Day events and present shamrocks to the Irish guards and Royal Irish Regiment

• Happyhippo | Mar 03, 2013, 08:47 AM EST

  If i was English or Unionist i would not be proud at all of their record in Ireland,but then just like Scotland and countless countries all over the world the aim was always total domination and elimination of their culture by any means including wholesale slaughter,so as to grab the resorces of the country for the benifit of Queen and country,Emerald green is one of the most beautifull colors,buck house and the Union Jack is a symbol of ugly British imperialism,lets make sure we dont confuse beautifull with ugly.

• Schlomo | Mar 03, 2013, 04:09 AM EST

  Actually, it's none of anyone's business what the Queen of England does. But the Irish-Americans grab hold of a "nothing" story, purposely place an unflattering photo of the Queen at the top and the feeding frenzy begins. Grow up all ye Oirish wannabes. You're acting as childesh as the real articles.

• molliebawn | Mar 03, 2013, 01:18 AM EST

  I, at 60 yrs of age am an Irish woman thru' & thru, my Dad, born 1902 deceased, Rip, was in the 'Old I.R.A. Love my country (sumtimes with this recession, i wonder why !) but, as they say, it's 'ground' into me. I love history & know our history with the English. But, like all the Irish years ago times were hard & took the 'boat' to English shores. Lived & worked there & had no problems with the ordinary working people like ourselves, except the drunken English, like the drunken Irish on nights out always brought up the conflict between the two countries. And yes, i've sang the songs (yep, on a night out)while we all love our history, IT IS HISTORY... me i like peace. Love my heritage,and i celebrate St. Patrick's day because it's an Irish thing & Irish the whole world over celebrate it. I don't shove my heritage down everyone's throat,& wouldn't want anyone to shove theirs down mine. But, i respect other peoples views & while we Irish will probably always have this wee conflict with the English I for one think history is in the past & while we all love our heritage why can't we move on & be happy with our lives & make peace our way forward. And yes, the Queen is English why should she paint her palace Green no more than i would paint my house Orange.... Peace evryone, have lived thru' it getting sense in my latter years... :) Th stuff they write here, talk about having a chip on your shoulder... From a not very well off Happy Irish woman with 10 children... & NO not on social welfare.... My husband worked all his life.... ( i never worked...so my kids always thought... :)

• warrenpoint00 | Mar 03, 2013, 01:00 AM EST

  I swear ,she looks like she is going to bark, must be because she is wearing green.After all,she is just another ould douche bag ,false teeth, false hair, and she lives in a house subsided by her ancient tyrannical laws.Who cares if it goes green, probably going to go bang ,soon anyway.I am sure my English friends will agree.

• anglo-norman | Mar 03, 2013, 12:46 AM EST

  I have nothing against God but delusion about men performing miracles I do..

• RobinForester | Mar 02, 2013, 10:52 PM EST

  Cillowen, makes a very good point about Queen Victoria by saying "Was she so Beloved'. When Victoria took over the throne she was broke, when she was told how much she would be paid by the State she sat down and worked out how much she could save from it each week just like a cotton weaver in Lancashire or Belfast would. The biggest disgace of her reign is: 'she was not allowed to speak to a commoner or to know one socially'. The courts and prison systems were brutal. Her subjects wore rags, children had no shoes, religious authority ran riot and deportation to the colonies was common. If her reign was a success it was solely due to the PM Disraeli, to Robert Stephenson the railway king, and Thomas Alva Edison, Ohio, the American inventor whose Electricty Generating System allowed 'cheap electric motors' in every workplace and factory which give birth to the industrial age. I think we can consign the next four monarchs to the dustbin of history> (US translation 'trash can') and it's fair to say HM Queen Elizabeth as been an inspiration to all in her role as Head of State, with quiet leadership and example. I do not think her son Charles will ever be King, so the Monarchy will pass to Prince William and Kate probably within the next 10 years.

• STEVENSTAR | Mar 02, 2013, 09:58 PM EST

  ABSOLUTELY RIGHT ..WHY SHOULD WE IRISH EXPECT HER TO PAINT HER HOUSE GREEN? SHE IS ENGLISH NOT IRISH..THE ENGLISH HAVE THEIR OWN CULTURE JUST LIKE WE IRISH PEOPLE DO.. IM AM SICK TO THE TEETH OF AMERICANS TURNING ST PATRICKS DAY INTO SOME DISNEY LAND STYLE THEME PARTY.. GO AND CELEBRATE YE'RE OWN CULTURE FOR GODS SAKE AND STOP TURNING MY CULTURE AND CUSTOMS INTO A SIDE SHOW ACT OF GREEN RIVERS, AND MARCHING AROUND NEW YORK IN GREEN AND GOLD LEPRAUCHAUN SUITS ......!! JUST BECAUSE YOUR GREAT AUNTY MARYS SISTER EILEEN MOVED TO AMERICA ONE HUNDRED AND SIX YEARS AGO AND GOT A JOB THERE .. DOES NOT GIVE YOU THE RIGHT TO CALL YOURSELF IRISH .. OR AMERICAN IRISH YOUR AMERICAN.. SO LIVE WITH IT !! ..HAVE A NICE DAY YA ALL !!

• seanomelb | Mar 02, 2013, 07:33 PM EST

  What about the blueshirt O'Higgins the poms can have him.

• anglo-norman | Mar 02, 2013, 06:58 PM EST

  the non-existant St Patrick banishing the non-existant snakes from Ireland

• AmericanReader | Mar 02, 2013, 05:56 PM EST

  Is anybody really surprised??!

• curtisjohnson | Mar 02, 2013, 05:51 PM EST

  kinvara7, antoman, and seanomelb have won the debate. "After all Higgins is an english name so it would be apt to turn the Aras red,white & blue wouldn't it?" So Don Bernardo O'Higgins was english?

• seanomelb | Mar 02, 2013, 05:38 PM EST

  The misiery brigace is outn defending the non-existent St.George fighting a non existent dragon and they have actually got a flag to celebrate the myth.The jealous brits below just cannot help themselves.

• antoman | Mar 02, 2013, 04:59 PM EST

  The person in charge of Bord Failte should be fired and replaced for this terrible act of ignorance. What possessed the individual to approach the German Monarchy and suggest their bastion of frightfulness should be illuminated in green? Herr Majesty, like the people of Ireland, must have been surprised at the suggestion. Lads, we must not draw attention to ourselves during these changing times. I give the German Monarchy in the UK 25 years before it collapses and is replaced by a Muslim council and Sharia law. How can an anglophile Germanic family rule over and represent a people who are no longer English? Whole cities and towns in the UK are now Muslim and the Bord Failte eejit wants to paint Buckingham Palace green? Was he drunk? Its Londistan now. We can't help the English anymore. They must accept their fate.

• kinvara7 | Mar 02, 2013, 04:56 PM EST

  This refusal is predictable and silly. Images have been projected onto the palace before, therefore the request to light it green in recognition of St Patrick is hardly breaking protocol. How often do we hear that the Union Jack includes the Flag of St Patrick? She is still the Head of State of part of Ireland, and as St Patrick is the patron saint of the entire island what on earth could warrant a refusal to light a building green instead of yellow for a little while? Tourism Ireland is responsible for promoting Northern Ireland and one would have thought that the palace would understand the economic benefits of tourism more than most.

• anglo-norman | Mar 02, 2013, 04:46 PM EST

  After all Higgins is an english name so it would be apt to turn the Aras red,white & blue wouldn't it?

• anglo-norman | Mar 02, 2013, 04:33 PM EST

  CitizenWhy-RESPECT. So will the Aras turn red,white & blue for St Gerorges Day & also in respect for Irish people of british descent?

• CitizenWhy | Mar 02, 2013, 04:08 PM EST

  I suppose the Irish Begrudgery Brigade will be out there snarling because the White House, St. Peter's in the Vatican, the statue of Christ Rio, etc. are not turned green in deference to a drunken ethnic festival. The London wheel would make more sense to turn Green and that would be up o the vote hungry Mayor. Buckingham Palace will only turned green when Britain becomes a Muslim country, green being the color of Islam. ... It was tacky of the overconfident and entitled Kardashians to expect Kate Middleton to wear their sleazy clothes. It is just as tacky for overweening and grandiose Irish "leaders" to expect Buckingham Palace to be turned green. ... By the way, when national groups from the Irish Diaspora march in Dublin's St. Patrick's Day Parade I would presume they will carry their national flag as well as the flag of Ireland. So presumably the UK contingent will carry a Union Jack or the Crosses of St. George, St. Andrew and St. David as well as the cross of St. Patrick, thus deconstructing the Union Jack. That should be interesting.

• cillowen | Mar 02, 2013, 03:42 PM EST

  how stupid are they time and time - she comes and they fawn going gaga, just like in 2012, and during the height of their genocidal famine, was victoroia so beloved by the same ignorant natives.

• anglo-norman | Mar 02, 2013, 03:27 PM EST

  First The Grovelling & now this latest cheap attempt. I don't have much time for the German Boiler but she is right on this one.

• Patrick1916 | Mar 02, 2013, 03:22 PM EST

  And I'm quite sure it was better to paint the neighbor's island red for centuries. Not one night is it? Surprised? No.

• Fitzyboy | Mar 02, 2013, 03:21 PM EST

  old piss bag .. like we give a flying fiddlers ..

• sully1167 | Mar 02, 2013, 03:04 PM EST

  IrishCentral is so comical, are they surprised by this? Time for a reality check, should Union Jacks be flown in Dublin? Maybe Israel should celebrate Ocktoberfest.

• IrelandNorth | Mar 02, 2013, 03:00 PM EST

  Actually, she doesn't even reside i Buckingham Palace, her least favourite residence. She resides in Woindsor Palace when she's in London. So, she may actually be merely doing us a faovur by respectfully not greening an unoccupied night at the museum. She looks better in green than Buckingham.

• KidShelleen | Mar 02, 2013, 02:10 PM EST

  There can be reason not to comply. Something applied for is not an automatic reason for fulfilment. There can be genuine or false clever reasons the request fails. For example I have being trying for years requesting the Irish establishment, ie government, president, courts, fraud office, solicitors’ and “family” in Dublin to have criminal activities including alleged attempted murder investigated, all are concerning my inheritance “lost” records. Over a period of seven years I have had in writing proof of lies told in the cover-up and from archives the returns are negative responses, turned down because they have no relevant trace of my records? The British queen has reasons to refuse and this is her private opinion and not up for questioning by another national independent peoples. Acknowledging other positive comments, I second “STEVENSTAR” statement “WHY SHOULD SHE TURN HER HOME GREEN? SHE IS BRITISH NOT IRISH” I would suggest though STEVENSTAR use lower case text instead of being a bawling out Irishman…

• Bocktherobber | Mar 02, 2013, 01:43 PM EST

  As a PR idea, it's as pathetic and awkward as the annual cringefest where someone hands the US president a bowl of clover. Let's throw off all this paddywhackery along with the crooked bankers and the abusive priests.

• bveritas | Mar 02, 2013, 01:32 PM EST

  With all the anti-Catholic bigotry that saturates this rag, now they are concerned about whether or not a saint is honored?

• jimod4343 | Mar 02, 2013, 01:20 PM EST

  Green Beer, Green Pyramids, Green Empire State Building. Irish Tourism is a sales/marketing organisation - the British Monarchy have a long-standing policy of detachment from commercialism, wisely in my opinion. They regularly get 'gifts' from e.g. hat/shoes/clothing companies hoping for a bit of publicity - all of these are returned with a polite letter. Buckingham Palace is an icon and I think it would be rather seedy/tacky to floodlight it in green. To do such a thing could open a global can of worms - "They did it for Ireland - why not for us?". And BTW, I'm Irish and live in the 26 counties.

• Frosty38 | Mar 02, 2013, 01:15 PM EST

  I told him that but it did not get posted I don't think they know that

• Searlit | Mar 02, 2013, 12:54 PM EST

  Gabh mo leithscéal, (plé mhór).

• Searlit | Mar 02, 2013, 12:48 PM EST

  Ta an mhór plé a Seanmor!

• IrishRyan | Mar 02, 2013, 12:37 PM EST

  I have to say, im surprised by her not doing this, especially at a time when both Ireland and England are working very hard to improve relations between our two countries. But ahh well, we still have our friends in America, Australia, Africa, South America, etc that will be turning their famous landmarks Green. Theres even a St Patricks day parade in Beijing China for the second year running and as someone whos learning the Chinese Language, i would love to see it. But everyone knows the best St Patricks day parades are held in America by our Irish American/Canadian brothers and sisters, alot of people from ireland go every year to see them :) To Dickmac: Yes dick, the st patricks cross is in the Union flag but was it placed there with the permission of the Irish people? I think not, since we wanted independence for centuries. @STEVENSTAR: stevenstar, i live in belfast and i cant help but sense your a hardcore british loyalist from the north of ireland. We all know your anti-irish and anti-american agenda, we have no time for people like you stevestar, its time you got a social life and a job. I wish everybody a happy st patricks day incase i dont comment again before the big day :)

• seagreen | Mar 02, 2013, 12:22 PM EST

  Asinine created foolishness.........

• calceltic | Mar 02, 2013, 12:06 PM EST

  Why is StevenStar always shouting?

• dickmac | Mar 02, 2013, 11:55 AM EST

  An other little point of St. Patrick and Great Britain, the so called Union Jack has 3 crosses. One of them is for St. Patrick

• mccrawf | Mar 02, 2013, 11:14 AM EST

  *meant to say "melting pot of many countries"

• mccrawf | Mar 02, 2013, 11:12 AM EST

  STEVENSTAR:First of all, can you please stop yelling? Secondly, The USA is an immigrant nation. We are a melting pot of many colors. Many Irish have immigrated here and , of course, passed their culture down generations. I have family who recently moved here form Ireland only a few years ago and are decked out in green sunglasses and feather boas on St. Patricks day. It's called fun. Clearly something you are not familiar with.

• Seanmor | Mar 02, 2013, 10:50 AM EST

  Stevens: You say that the English have their own culture and you are correct - and their language is widely spoken all over the globe. But in recent years that great culture is gradually being diluted by foreigners from the Third World. I admire English culture for reasons other than London being the place of my birth. Having lived in the U.S for half a century, I don't see who this country stole the culture of Irelnd or any other nation. Yes, Irish culture is very much in evidence in the States, specially his time every year. But it was immigrants like me who helped to promote Gaeldom in this country, tír ina mbíonn teanga na Gael á húsáid again ó ham go chéile. I even gave Gaeilge classes to my fellow marines in Camp Lejune, N.C. when Jack Kennedy was our Commander-in-Chief. I'm sure you know that most of the people living in Ireland greatly admired that President, including those who delight in hating the U.S.A.

• Maureen15 | Mar 02, 2013, 10:45 AM EST

  Wow...what a picture to try to prove your point with. Really...so what? Life goes on...

• STEVENSTAR | Mar 02, 2013, 10:45 AM EST

  WHY SHOULD SHE PAINT HER HOME GREEN SHE'S ENGLISH. THE ENGLISH HAVE THEIR OWN CULTURE AND HAVE NO NEED TO GO AND STEAL OURS ...UNLIKE THE PEOPLE 6 HOURS THE OTHER SIDE ACROSS THE ATLANTIC WHO GO MARCHING AROUND THEIR TOWNS AND CITIES IN GREEN AND GOLD LEPRAUCHAN OUTFITS.. I MEAN HOW SAD IS THAT! ...

• Paradigm | Mar 02, 2013, 10:35 AM EST

  It's simply that she saw what happened, without cross-community consultation to the Union Flag on Belfast City Hall and recognised this suggestion as the initial step to banning the flag on the Palace.

• STEVENSTAR | Mar 02, 2013, 10:30 AM EST

  WHY SHOULD SHE TURN THE HOME GREEN? SHE IS ENGLISH THEY HAVE THEIR OWN CULTURE AND CUSTOMS AND THEY HAVE NO NEED TO ROB OURS.. IM IRISH I LIVE IN IRELAND & WAS IN LONDON LAST ST PATRICKS DAY , THEY ALREADY TURN THE MILLINIUM WHEEL GREEN AND LOTS OF OTHER THINGS AROUND LONDON GREEN..SO AS AN IRISH MAN I'D HAVE MORE RESPECT FOR HER ...THEN I WOULD THE OTHER CROWD 6 HOURS OVER THE ATLANTIC MARCHING THROUGH THEIR TOWNS AND CITIES IN GREEN AND GOLD LEPRAUCHAUN OUTFITS AND TURNING THEIR RIVERS GREEN !! I MEAN HOW TACKY IS THAT !! THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF IRISH LIVING IN LONDON AND LOTS OF US MOVED TO ENGLAND SINCE OUR RECESSION AS A MATTER OF FACT MOST IRISH WENT TO ENGLAND MORE THEN ANYWHERE ELSE.. SO LONDON IS ALREADY A GOOD PLACE TO CELEBRATE IF YOU WANT TO BE IRISH THERE!!

• Nicopernicus | Mar 02, 2013, 10:20 AM EST

  Why should she...? move on...nothing to see here.

• STEVENSTAR | Mar 02, 2013, 10:19 AM EST

  ID LIKE TO ASK WHY THIS AMERICAN NEWSPAPER IS ALWAYS TRYING TO PORTRAY THE IRISH AND ENGLISH AT LOGGER HEADS AT ONE ANOTHER.. WHEN WE ARE ACTUALLY NOT... IM IRISH I LIVE HERE IN IRELAND AND HAVE BEEN IN LONDON LAST ST PATRICKS DAY.. THEY ALREADY TURN THEIR MILINUM WHEEL GREEN IN THE CENTER OF LONDON AMONGST OTHER THINGS.. WHY SHOULD SHE TURN HER HOME GREEN? SHE IS BRITISH NOT IRISH .. UNLIKE THE AMERICANS THE ENGLISH HAVE THEIR OWN CULTURE AND CUSTOMS THE SAME AS THE SCOTS AND WELSH .. THATS HOW WE WORK IT OVER HERE, THEY ARE NOT LIKE THE AMERICANS AND HAVE NO NEED TO 'STEAL' THE IRISH CULTURE AND PRETEND ITS THEIR OWN !!! SO GOOD FOR HER I'D HAVE MORE RESPECT FOR HER THEN I WOULD FOR ALOT OF IDIOTS 6 HOURS THE OTHER SIDE OF US TURNING THEIR RIVERS GREEN AND MARCHING THROUGH THEIR TOWN AND CITIES IN GREEN AND GOLD LEPRAUCHAN OUUTFITS... !!!

• Will Hamilton | Mar 02, 2013, 10:13 AM EST

  Ireland should stop commemorating the foreign pervert who lied to the Irish and established a foothold for Vatican operations in Ireland. It's a shame nobody give him a belt of an axe as soon as he set foot on shore.

• mcbride292 | Mar 02, 2013, 09:40 AM EST

  What a ridiculous waste of money that would have been.

• WoundedKnee | Mar 02, 2013, 09:31 AM EST

  Good decision. And shame on whatever Irish idiot started the campaign that has now crashed.

• Silling | Mar 02, 2013, 09:27 AM EST

  And most of all I miss her lips etc etc ending in " and the frothy shades of green ". Incidentally, Seanmor, St Patrick was born in Boulogne Sur Mer Nord Pas de Callais en France. His father was Culfernus the lighthouse keeper in Caligula's tower. Besides, Patrick gave us a Shamrock to represent the 3 provinces and the date 432 was also a metaphor for Ireland as was The Field of John B. Keane's play. The size of Keane's field was " 3 acres 1 rood and 32 perches. So, all of this St Patrick stuff is just a load of shite and isn't well the queen knows it. So grow up over there in Tir na Nog, people are getting fed up of you and your Leprechauns.

• mcbride292 | Mar 02, 2013, 09:05 AM EST

  Maybe we could turn the queen green and put a leprechaun costume on her.

• Seanmor | Mar 02, 2013, 08:51 AM EST

  One strong connection this queen has with St. Patrick is that they are both natives of England. In addition, the queen is the titular head of the Church of England, and the Church of Ireland is in communion with that denomination. In other words, Queen Eliz. is the head of the only church that takes it name from Ireland, the whole Irish nation that is.

• handsome68 | Mar 02, 2013, 08:39 AM EST

  I second the eMotion of antoman. I, too, "don't see why Buckingham Place should turn green for" St. Patrick's Day, to paraphrase antoman slightly. Consider, if you will, some public structure in Dublin, or wherever in Ireland, being painted red for St. George's Day, or some British holiday.

• bob mcbride | Mar 02, 2013, 08:35 AM EST

  Automan u are right! Is she irish , why ask her anyway? Shameful!

• antoman | Mar 02, 2013, 08:18 AM EST

  I don't see why Buckingham Palace should turn green for Paddy's Day. So few Irish go to the UK now to work. The Irish that are there have been there for a long time. The population of the UK is very diverse ethnically. People from countries that were brutally occupied and exploited by the English Monarchy and whose descendents went to the UK to return the favour. Resulting in the UK's population being now predominately Muslim. Whole cities and towns in the UK are now populated by Muslim people from countries that had been conquered by the English. To reflect this Buckingham Palace should be decked out in Muslim colours with Minarets along the ramparts calling the faithful to prayer. By right the Queen should not be seen in public and if she is she should wear a veil. Only her husband should be permitted to address the nation. He is the man of the house.