"OUR FOREIGN KING"
TALK IN IRELAND TIM HEALY'S TRIBUTE (A.P.A. and "Sun."')' (Received Oth January, 1.,'J0 p.m*) LONDON, Bth January. "Tiie English in my few years of office liaVv never interfered in any Irish matter," said Mr. Tim ilealy, Governor-General of the Irish ±Veo State, at a banquet by the Executive Council in Dublin on the eve of Jiis retirement. Mr. Cosgrave presided, and the Protestant and Catholic Archbishops of Dublin were present. Mr. Ilealy, acknowledging a cascade of compliments, continued: "May I now bo canonised. I have enjoyed this flattery, but I am not such a fool as to believe it. All old men are useful as undertakers. Tho country needs young men. You have heard talk about 'our Foreign King,' but he is a gentleman. We know his pedigree. I wish we know as much about those who refer to his interference in Irish affairs."
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 6, 9 January 1928, Page 9
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