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Irish proclamation Poster/Board in Irish and english?

  • 06-12-2011 4:56pm
    #1
    Hachi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭


    Had this up on the newcomers forum but it got closed so was told to put it up here :)

    Hi everyone, been reading these forums for yonks but this is my first post. I have at home an Irish proclamation copy which is printed onto a thick (iirc approx 2mm) piece of paper which is written in Irish on one side and english on the other (Irish on the ledft hand side of the page and English on the right hand side on the same face of paper)

    I havent been home to see it in a while but iirc it is about 800mm high and about 400mm wide and looks pretty old, obviously this will have been recent enough relative to the actual proclamation being drawn up but I was just wondering if anyone could shed any light on where it may have come from. I was told they would have been displayed in public buildings etc commonly, are there many of these left nowadays? Sorry for being so general but I cant find a pic of the exact one online, hopefully I will jog the memory of someone of an age greater than my own.....

    Regardless of it being common, uncommon or whatever the case may be I dont want to get rid of it as I think its just a lovely looking thing, and obviously being Irish it is of much importance to my history so I hope to get it framed soon . Will get a pic up when I am home for christmas.

    Thanks everyone biggrin.gif


Comments

  • #2
    coylemj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,620 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    They were issued to every school in the country in 1966 on the 50th anniversary of the 1916 rising so anyone in the 50-70 age bracket should remember them well. There's probably 1,000s of them gathering dust all over the country, wouldn't be worth anything IMHO.

    If you can post a picture I'd be able to confirm the 1966 version if that's what it is, it was printed on glossy paper and in a wooden frame, I thnk there was photos of the seven signatories on the document.


  • #3
    Hachi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭Hachi


    Thanks very much for the reply, I shall put up a picture near christmas when I will be home. Im not interested in how much it is or isnt worth as I just think its a lovely way to remember a piece of our history and to me things like this shouldnt be thrown out etc as it was. Would make sense thats its the one you mentioned, dont remember there being any pictures on it but it did come from a school... Thanks :)


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