雅思阅读材料：英国女王到访爱尔兰_雅思英语阅读

雅思阅读材料：英国女王到访爱尔兰

　　Enda Kenny, the Irish Taoiseach, has said the Queen will receive a warm welcome from the people of Ireland and that the public would have opportunities to meet her.

　　The Royal tour will take in Dublin and the counties of Cork, Kildare and Tipperary.

　　In Dublin, the Queen will visit several politically and historically significant sites laden with symbolism such as Croke Park, the scene of a massacre by British troops, and the Garden of Remembrance, which honours those who fought for Irish freedom.

　　The Queen will also be guest of honour at events at Trinity College, the National War Memorial Gardens in Islandbridge, and the Guinness Storehouse.

　　Cork and Cashel are also on the agenda, along with a private visit to Coolmore, an international thoroughbred racehorse stud in Tipperary.

　　The Queens grandfather George V was the last reigning monarch to visit the Republic in 1911 when it was still part of Britain.

　　The bitterness caused by the partition of the island a decade later and the use of the British Army in Northern Ireland strained relations between the UK and the Irish Republic for much of the 20th century.

　　But the success of the peace process has greatly eased tensions and a visit by the monarch is seen by many as cementing a closer relationship.

　　Gerry Adams, the Sinn Fein president, stressed his party was still against the Royal visit and would host celebrations of republicanism in each city the Queen visits. He described the visit as premature and insensitive.