Who Will Read The Proclamation On April 24th At The GPO?

josephryan1989

The REAL centenary of the 1916 Rising is going to be 24th April which will fall on a Sunday rather than a Monday.

At about 12.20 pm Pearse read the Proclamation outside the GPO.

So who will step up and read the Proclamation at the exact moment 100 years on?

Will an elderly fellow who has used his travel pass step to get to Dublin step forward and bellow it out reading from an original parchment his grandfather kept in his attic for just this day?

Will a young fella grey tracksuit bottoms tucked into his white socks and white runners do the honors from a page torn from an old schoolbook?

Will a crowd of weirdos each of them carrying a copy printed off the internet jostle each other at the portico where Irish liberty was proclaimed?

galljga1

josephryan1989 wrote: »

The REAL centenary of the 1916 Rising is going to be 24th April which will fall on a Sunday rather than a Monday.

At about 12.20 pm Pearse read the Proclamation outside the GPO.

So who will step up and read the Proclamation at the exact moment 100 years on?

Will an elderly fellow who has used his travel pass step to get to Dublin step forward and bellow it out reading from an original parchment his grandfather kept in his attic for just this day?

Will a young fella grey tracksuit bottoms tucked into his white socks and white runners do the honors?

Will a crowd of weirdos each of them carrying a copy printed off the internet jostle each other at the portico where Irish liberty was proclaimed?

WTF?

stefan.kuntz

I'm happy to put my hat in the ring, so to speak.

Buona Fortuna

stefan.kuntz wrote: »

I'm happy to put my hat in the ring, so to speak.

I'll vote for you

me_irl

Denis O'Brien.

fatknacker

Jean Byrne in one of her outrageous and stylish outfits.

donegaLroad

Jedward

Lisacatlover

One of the jedward twins, the one that had the sex change and now they're a champion UFC fighter, not the one that went on to be involved in that nuclear weapon scandal in Russia.

FalconGirl

Not Enda anyway by the looks of it.

LDN_Irish

Mary Lou.

me_irl

Colin "I'm talented at hitting people" McGregor... Sure he's a big hit with "deh yoooth" isn't he?

DEFTLEFTHAND

Jim Beglin.

BoJack Horseman

Isnt it always some army officer?

Nodin

josephryan1989 wrote: »

The REAL centenary of the 1916 Rising is going to be 24th April which will fall on a Sunday rather than a Monday.

At about 12.20 pm Pearse read the Proclamation outside the GPO.

So who will step up and read the Proclamation at the exact moment 100 years on?

Will an elderly fellow who has used his travel pass step to get to Dublin step forward and bellow it out reading from an original parchment his grandfather kept in his attic for just this day?

Will a young fella grey tracksuit bottoms tucked into his white socks and white runners do the honors from a page torn from an old schoolbook?

Will a crowd of weirdos each of them carrying a copy printed off the internet jostle each other at the portico where Irish liberty was proclaimed?

It will be decided by gladiatorial contest.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Nodin wrote: »

It will be decided by gladiatorial contest.

D Higgins as Emperor will have the final say.

mikeym

Gerry Adams

josephryan1989

Seriously though.

Will the GPO be surrounded by nutjobs each armed with their own proclamations and will they be fighting each other under the portico?

I would imagine a range of mad republicans of various stripes will turn up with tricolors while Pearse admirers from near and far will turn up dressed in identical khaki uniforms and with identically slouch hats and sabres will be clashing with each other so they can do they honors.

I'm going to turn up myself and have a go!

Royal Legend

Someone somewhere is writing Enda's speech at this moment in time.

Enda is good at reading things out so he is

Royal Legend

josephryan1989 wrote: »

Seriously though.

Will the GPO be surrounded by nutjobs armed their own proclamations and will they be fighting each other under the portico?

I would imagine a range of mad republicans of various stripes will turn up with tricolors while Pearse admirers from near and far will turn up dressed in identical khaki uniforms and with identically slouch hats and sabres will be clashing with each other so they can do they honors.

In this day and age my guess is that it is a toss up (probably the wrong phrase) between David Norris and Panti Bliss

razorblunt

If RTE have anything to do with it, it will probably be Nicky fúcking Byrne.

Your Face

Kurt Angle

Menas

Only the true political descendants of the 1916 heroes could reasonably be expected to read the proclamation.

BalcombeSt4

Gerry Kelly. Will also be a nice way to celebrate his 43 old bailey bombing anniversary & his 33rd prison escape anniversary

josephryan1989

Menas wrote: »

Only the true political descendants of the 1916 heroes could reasonably be expected to read the proclamation.

Surely anyone who wants to can stand at the GPO and can read the proclamation?
The official ceremonies are taking place in March over Easter when the real anniversary is April 24th.

I don't see anything organized so it might be up to ME to go up to Dublin get my proclamation printed off in an internet cafe and read it out to passersby which will probably include a bored Garda on the beat, an evangelical handing out bibles, some old bloke collecting for the soup kitchens and few junkies.

stefan.kuntz

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

D Higgins as Emperor will have the final say.

Hobbits are not eligible.

Sir Osis of Liver.

I read somewhere that RTE have lined up Noel Edmonds for the gig.

The flying mouse

The new taoiseach, Michael Martin.

K.O.Kiki

Menas wrote: »

Only the true political descendants of the 1916 heroes could reasonably be expected to read the proclamation.

I am one.

Don't want to.

Nodin

stefan.kuntz wrote: »

Hobbits are not eligible.

His poetry does automatic damage plus d10 at close range - you tell him hes not eligible.

Nodin

josephryan1989 wrote: »

Seriously though.

Will the GPO be surrounded by nutjobs each armed with their own proclamations and will they be fighting each other under the portico?

I would imagine a range of mad republicans of various stripes will turn up with tricolors while Pearse admirers from near and far will turn up dressed in identical khaki uniforms and with identically slouch hats and sabres will be clashing with each other so they can do they honors.

I'm going to turn up myself and have a go!

That sounds like the craic, tbh. Last man standing gets to read it and clatter john bruton off the bridge.

Zebra3

Odds widened on Slab.

corner of hells

Linda Martin hopefully.

beach_walker

josephryan1989 wrote: »

So who will step up and read the Proclamation at the exact moment 100 years on?

Well it's not really, is it? People give out about the commemorations of the Easter Rising moving in accordance with the changing date of Easter but why not? It's the traditionally accepted time which simplifies the date.

Your date is equally invalid to a degree, it's not 100 years exactly. I mean you haven't taken into account the various leap days, leap seconds into your calculation. Usually we let them go, equally by traditionally accepted idea of simplifying the matter.

matchthis

Prince Charles?

Capt'n Midnight

Menas wrote: »

Only the true political descendants of the 1916 heroes could reasonably be expected to read the proclamation.

Well that only rules out the Green party.

BorneTobyWilde

Roy Keane.... only for a mobile to ring during his reading..

Irelandcool

better not be Joan Burton as I'd rather go deaf then to listen to her.

Panthro

Has to be Teresa Mannion surely, anyone else would be "treacherous!"

thattequilagirl

Michael D would be my choice.

Shannon757

Panthro wrote: »

Has to be Teresa Mannion surely, anyone else would be "treacherous!"

I don't want to make an unnecessary journey to Dublin though.

Shannon757

thattequilagirl wrote: »

Michael D would be my choice.

Will he stand on a box?

beach_walker

thattequilagirl wrote: »

Michael D would be my choice.

Eghh. I think we need to steer clear of politicians who give 'favours' to their friends, nice salary favours!

Fleawuss

Slab Murphy. Followed by a duet of Boolavogue by the Healy Rae's. everyone gets bladdered then in the Dail bar and an IW protest march starts for the Vaticant

matchthis

Shannon757 wrote: »

Will he stand on a box?

Couple of phone books. Be grand

Shannon757

matchthis wrote: »

Couple of phone books. Be grand

They still have phone books?

Nodin

Shannon757 wrote: »

They still have phone books?

They do where the healy raes are from.

KingBrian2

A member of the public might be able. Someone from the GPO.

Shannon757

Nodin wrote: »

They do where the healy raes are from.

Don't be picking on the Healy Raes. And if you want to pick on Michael, you'll have to go through his brother first.

8 Bit Girl

The new series of Game of Thrones is back that day, yay!

Nobody is going to be paying attention to this so

RhubarbCrumble

Realistically I think Michael D would be the best choice.

vicwatson

I'd say Michael Jackson