Bhíothas ag súil leis an chuairt seo tar éis cuairt na Banríon Eilís ar Éirinn sa bhliain 2011, nuair a thosaigh sí a haitheasc i gCaisleán Bhaile Átha Cliath leis na focail: “A Uachtaráin agus a chairde…” Samhaltas a bhí ann, ár ndóigh, mar lean sí ar aghaidh i mBéarla, agus dúirt: *“What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass; it is almost exactly 13 years since the overwhelming majority of people in Ireland and Northern Ireland voted in favour of the agreement signed on Good Friday 1998, paving the way for Northern Ireland to become the exciting and inspirational place that it is today.

Leis an cheangal seo, idir an tiarna agus an tUachtarán ó 2012 go háirithe, nach mbeadh samhaltas iontach ann dá mbeadh An Bhanríon Eilís sásta pardún ríoga a thabhairt do Mhaolra Seoighe? ((Alt Delap)(http://www.