Here's something a bit lighter in tone:
President gave Queen 'speake Iryshe' book written for Elizabeth I (May 31, 2011)
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0531/1224298146326.html
A copy of a 500-year-old manual on how to “speake Iryshe” was presented to Queen Elizabeth just hours before she used her cúpla focal to open her speech at Dublin Castle.
On May 18th, President Mary McAleese presented the Queen with a gift of a replica of the Irish Primer, which is stored in the library of the State guest house at Farmleigh. The book was written by an Irish baron, Christopher Nugent, and presented in 1564 to Elizabeth I after she reputedly requested help with the language to assist her efforts to spread the Protestant Reformation among her subjects in Ireland. (More at www.irishtimes.com.)
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