A UK politician involved with plans to mark the centenary of Margaret Thatcher’s birth says Kerry has nothing to lose by marking its connection to her.
October will be the centenary of the birth of Mrs Thatcher, one of the most significant and contentious British prime ministers of the 20th century.
Margaret Thatcher’s great-grandmother Catherine Sullivan was born in Dromanassig, near Kenmare in 1811.
She left for England around 1830; her grandson Alfred Roberts was Mrs Thatcher’s father.
The Sullivan cottage is a ruin and there is nothing official in Kerry to mark the connection to the Iron Lady.
Ashley Baxter is the leader of South Kesteven District Council in Lincolnshire where Baroness Thatcher was born in 1925.
The council is planning a programme of events in Margaret Thatcher’s home town of Grantham to mark her centenary in October.
Cllr Baxter says Margaret Thatcher was one of the most polarising figures of her era and the aim of the festival is to provoke political debate and to drive footfall to Grantham.
Cllr Ashley Baxter says authorities in this county should look at promoting Mrs Thatcher’s family connection to South Kerry.
