Dear listers Just to add a touch of Irish humour or a fascination of history to our list discussion. There is an interesting memento of "King Billy" (William of Orange) in Dublin to this day. This is the gold chain of office worn by the Mayor of Dublin, which includes a large medallion of King Billy. Reason being, in 1689, the Jacobite mayoral guys ducked in a frenzy and in due course the Dublin city fathers asked the new monarch for a new chain of office Have a great St Patrick's week! Dave Mitchell Cape Town South Africa

Hello: I saw a clip of this the other day, in a museum in either: Belfast, Dublin or Londonderry.. Marlene On Mar 14, 2010, at 12:04 PM, Dave Mitchell wrote: > Dear listers > > Just to add a touch of Irish humour or a fascination of history to our > list > discussion. > > There is an interesting memento of "King Billy" (William of Orange) in > Dublin to this day. > > This is the gold chain of office worn by the Mayor of Dublin, which > includes > a large medallion of King Billy. > > Reason being, in 1689, the Jacobite mayoral guys ducked in a frenzy > and in > due course the Dublin city fathers asked the new monarch for a new > chain of > office > > Have a great St Patrick's week! > > > Dave Mitchell > Cape Town > South Africa > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >