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Cross on Carauntoohill had been cut down

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    #182
    bodice ripper
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    Lash a big yellow M up there, sure its private land, why not?


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    #183
    Dan_Solo
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    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    It represents all the Christian denominations not just the CC.
    LOL, so important you clarified that. Changes everything.


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    #184
    FunLover18
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    riffmongous wrote: »
    It's not public

    http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/dogs-banned-from-carrantuohill-238367.html

    If it's not public land then what are the public getting upset about? Are the landowners upset, I've only read theJuornal article and the RTE article and there's no mention of the landowners being upset.


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    #185
    madcabbage
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    Saipanne wrote: »
    How/why did they cut so close to the stone?

    How did they get a petrol generator up a 1000m mountain?

    Probably to make sure it couldn't be an easy repair job.


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    #186
    [Deleted User]
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    Should the 30 white crosses on the N4 be forcibly removed too? Some of the posters on here must be disgusted that the families of those that died erected a religious symbol in their memories.


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    #187
    [Deleted User]
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    Saipanne wrote: »
    What powers them to cut through steel?
    Batteries, like the ones in your laptop.
    Saipanne wrote: »
    Why so close to the ground?
    Makes it harder to reattach!


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    #188
    Digital Solitude
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    I'm in the middle of the road here, while I wouldn't agree with religious monuments of any kind on top of mountains and such, there was no need to cut it down in this fashion. Providing it was cut.

    I think it should be re-erected, possibly more structurally sound than the last time, and whoever cut it prosected for vandalism. But new religious structures should only be placed at places of pilgrimage or worship.

    Everyone should calm down flinging sh1t St the other argument too


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    #189
    wyndham
    Registered Users Posts: 2,284 ✭✭✭wyndham


    The culprit has been identified:

    http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130930004605/simpsons/images/d/da/Bart_Worried_About_the_Statue_%28The_Telltale_Head%29.png


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    #190
    Whosthis
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    Saipanne wrote: »
    What powers them to cut through steel?

    Why so close to the ground?

    I'm guessing you've probably heard of batteries?

    How about petrol? (Moreso for a consaw than a grinder).

    They were health and safety conscious and didn't want to leave a trip hazard protruding from the ground.


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    #191
    madcabbage
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    It's bring to light how people feel about the issue. If it's repaired, then the public opinion should be assessed to see how people feel about it being there. Cutting it down does nothing but cause friction between two sets of groups!!


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    #192
    gctest50
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    and for those pesky concrete ones :

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DguNavRgRtE


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    #193
    bnt
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    micar wrote: »
    it's terrible thing to happen but It can just be welded back.
    Sure: if they want to, it'll take longer to schlep the welding gear up there than to actually do the repair.

    But why put it back up? You Christians are hoping Jesus will return some day; but right now I imagine he's looking at all those crosses in public places, and wondering whether he would get nailed up again as soon as he touched down. Some very unpleasant reminders of his torture down here.

    From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch’.

    — Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut



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    #194
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    Whosthis wrote: »
    I'm guessing you've probably heard of batteries?

    How about petrol? (Moreso for a consaw than a grinder).

    They were health and safety conscious and didn't want to leave a trip hazard protruding from the ground.
    Looking at the image it appears to have been done with a small diameter cutting disc, there are several different cuts.


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    #195
    Sunnyisland
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    Bad move imo, they could have left it there it did no harm to anyone.All that's going to happen now will be a stronger and bigger one put up with the healyray clan providing 24 hr protection...


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    #196
    SpaceTime
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    I know enough about structural engineering & windeage to know that that structure would have survived several more decades if it wasn't cut down.

    But anyway, who cares!

    Glad to hear that you've carried out a complete investigation and are confident to conclude that based on a single low res photo.

    All I'm saying is that these things can snap pretty dramatically due to metal fatigue and it can look like a very clean slice through it.

    It needs to be investigated properly before any conclusion one way or the other is drawn.


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    #197
    DarkyHughes
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    Was probably angry loyalist flag protesters. I'm gonna go blow an Orange lodge up for revenge. Anyone know any that hasn't been burnt down in the 26 counties yet?


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    #198
    rok
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    Could this be part of the 'ISIS situation' Noel Coonan warned us about!!


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    #199
    madcabbage
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    rok wrote: »
    Could this be part of the 'ISIS situation' Noel Coonan warned us about!!

    Yes a bunch of angle grinder wielding maniacs running around Kerry. You couldn't write this stuff!


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    #200
    Dan_Solo
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    DarkyHughes wrote: »
    Was probably angry loyalist flag protesters. I'm gonna go blow an Orange lodge up for revenge.
    "Blowing" an Orange lodge doesn't sound like you hate them all that much TBH?


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    #201
    keano_afc
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    Satriale wrote: »
    It was vandalism to stick it in the top of the mountain in the first place.

    And you got 75 thanks for that. Wow.


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    #202
    crockholm
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    madcabbage wrote: »
    Yes a bunch of angle grinder wielding maniacs running around Kerry. You couldn't write this stuff!

    Soon to be seen in an on-line video using the angle grinders to behead Sam Maguire:D


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    #203
    DarkyHughes
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    Dan_Solo wrote: »
    "Blowing" an Orange lodge doesn't sound like you hate them all that much TBH?

    I don't hate them, it's just all part of the revolution.

    And I'm not blowing them in sexual manner your dirty mind is thinking of.


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    #204
    monflat
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    I didn't get to read all this thread but why was the cross built there in the first place?
    Was there a plane crash?
    An honest question


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    #205
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    SpaceTime wrote: »
    Glad to hear that you've carried out a complete investigation and are confident to conclude that based on a single low res photo.

    All I'm saying is that these things can snap pretty dramatically due to metal fatigue and it can look like a very clean slice through it.

    It needs to be investigated properly before any conclusion one way or the other is drawn.
    When you can clearly see cuts on the metal, what other conclusion can you come to?


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    #206
    Molester Stallone II
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    When you can clearly see cuts on the metal, what other conclusion can you come to?

    Joseph the carpenter upskilled?


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    #207
    Calibos
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    The Rusty oul decrepit decaying yoke should have been left in place as it perfectly represents the rusty oul decrepit decaying religion it's a symbol of.

    Kinda like how I have no problem with the oul concrete cross on Bray Head. The graffiti that covers it symbolises the loss of respect the church has experienced.

    :D


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    #208
    Dan_Solo
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    monflat wrote: »
    I didn't get to read all this thread but why was the cross built there in the first place?
    Was there a plane crash?
    An honest question
    Jesus was buried there.


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    #209
    Skylinehead
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    keano_afc wrote: »
    And you got 75 thanks for that. Wow.

    76 now, cheers for bringing it to my attention :cool:


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    #210
    Dan_Solo
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    keano_afc wrote: »
    And you got 75 thanks for that. Wow.
    It can be surprising when you are so out of touch with the prevailing sentiment alright...


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    #211
    Chancer3001
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    If they put a cross back up there, they should put up a symbol from every religion in Ireland. And something for the atheists too.

    A science book maybe


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