The tea cozy depicts the recently re-elected President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins. He is a poet as well as a politician, and was the driving force behind establishing the Irish language television channel TG4, which we watch often, as we like their documentaries on Irish current affairs and culture.
Today he was inaugurated for the second time. The inauguration takes place in Dublin Castle, about a mile from Leinster House, where the legislature meets. There was a poem and music before the oath, which is taken in Irish and English. I found the ceremony quite moving, and intimate and human scale. Just like the Ireland I love. A few videos are here, and his speech is here.
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