I’m sure there is, the press just doesn’t report on it. I am sure that if something did happen to His Holiness, that the rage would be grassroots. I’m sure there are plenty of enraged people already. I am sure that the Irish are more than ready to lash back out. I wonder if the IRA will re-form only not against the Royal Family.
If anything happens to this pope in England, you can bet there will be war.
It might not come immediately, but if word happens that muslims are responsible for assassinating the pope, pretty much all heck will break loose.
Re-form?
The IRA has never gone away nor has it disbanded. It's still carrying out terrorist attacks on a regular basis.
Significant sections of it have laid down their arms, and embraced a political process, certainly. But there are still active terrorist groups - they shot and killed two British soldiers, and wounded two others, as well as two civilians last year, and there have been some bombings as well.