Has your village an unsightly 1916 monument hastily built in 2016?

Ash.J.Williams

Mine resembles an IRA monument

Stihl waters

No

yabadabado

No

EmmetSpiceland

Yes...I mean, no.

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Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

Mine resembles an IRA monument

Where do you live OP

L1011

We've quite a decent one put up in 1996 when there was a good opportunity to do one - major rebuild works in the town centre. There's a slightly poorer quality 1991 setup, and nothing extra done in 2016.

There's some quite bad 1998 built 1798 memorial bits and piece.

Fann Linn

Every little village and Town in the UK and France have monuments remembering their dead from years gone by. Normally stop awhile and read them whenever I'm passing by and just pass a small reflection on those that died for their country.

Can't really speak for the OPs location but I sort of welcome these reminders throughout the country now.
We have buried our history for far too long, time now to remember and acknowledge their deeds imo.

Kermit.de.frog

Fann Linn wrote: »

Every little village and Town in the UK and France have monuments remembering their 'dead' from years gone by.

Why is 'dead' in quotation marks? I'm sure they're very much dead? :eek:

Fann Linn

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Why is 'dead' in quotation marks? I'm sure they're very much dead? :eek:

Predictive text came up with 'deal' first of all. I'll change it for you snow thanks.

now!

breezy1985

Any pictures?

Ash.J.Williams

Fann Linn wrote: »

Every little village and Town in the UK and France have monuments remembering their dead from years gone by. Normally stop awhile and read them whenever I'm passing by and just pass a small reflection on those that died for their country.

Can't really speak for the OPs location but I sort of welcome these reminders throughout the country now.
We have buried our history for far too long, time now to remember and acknowledge their deeds imo.

Coloured tri colours on polished granite (granted it was sinfein organised) just looks a bit sinister in my opinion

Beechwoodspark

No

Ash.J.Williams

L1011 wrote: »

We've quite a decent one put up in 1996 when there was a good opportunity to do one - major rebuild works in the town centre. There's a slightly poorer quality 1991 setup, and nothing extra done in 2016.

There's some quite bad 1998 built 1798 memorial bits and piece.

The south east have many nice 1798 monuments, I think why I dislike the 1916 monuments is the tri colour gets hijacked by every loon fringe going and it’s tarnished

breezy1985

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

The south east have many nice 1798 monuments, I think why I dislike the 1916 monuments is the tri colour gets hijacked by every loon fringe going and it’s tarnished

Please God give us a picture or location. The suspense is killing me

corner of hells

No , yes , yes we do. Its not new though , might have built in 1966 , looks like something the old Soviet Union might have built.

Ash.J.Williams

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

Mine resembles an IRA monument

Every village should have one of those.

breezy1985

corner of hells wrote: »

No , yes , yes we do. Its not new though , might have built in 1966 , looks like something the old Soviet Union might have built.

Ireland in 1966 did look like the USSR you would see in movies in fairness

micosoft

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

Coloured tri colours on polished granite (granted it was sinfein organised) just looks a bit sinister in my opinion

And cheap. So very cheap.

corner of hells

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

Every village should have one of those.

Maybe Starbucks might do a bit of corporate sponsorship.

breezy1985

corner of hells wrote: »

Maybe Starbucks might do a bit of corporate sponsorship.

Would have to rebrand as Réaltaairgead first though

PTH2009

Imagine something like the Easter rising nowadays

With the massive advancement in technology the irish effort would be over in less than an hour. Satellites and the likes would be able to see/target inside any of the occupied buildings

It would be kind of like that scenario a few years back which was done by RTE I think 'what if the Irish army invaded Northern Ireland ?'. We got our asses handed to us quite quickly by the British Army

I think every village got one for 2016?



Unusually for such monuments,they have generally been upkept quiet well

breezy1985

PTH2009 wrote: »

Imagine something like the Easter rising nowadays

With the massive advancement in technology the irish effort would be over in less than an hour. Satellites and the likes would be able to see/target inside any of the occupied buildings

It would be kind of like that scenario a few years back which was done by RTE I think 'what if the Irish army invaded Northern Ireland ?'. We got our asses handed to us quite quickly by the British Army

You would think that but yet Syria still managed to happen and the Brits and Yanks didn't exactly do a great job in Iraq with all their satellites. ISIs evaded them for a fair while too

The Irish army invading NI would have been a joke and the Dail knew it. The only hope was to go in and hope it would very quickly be followed by UN blue helmets

0lddog

Fann Linn wrote: »

Every little village and Town in the UK and France have monuments remembering their dead from years gone by...

A fair few of these remembering the dead of WW1 to be found in villages and towns - at least within The Pale -

Fann Linn wrote: »

....I sort of welcome these reminders throughout the country now.
We have buried our history for far too long, time now to remember and acknowledge their deeds imo.

Couldn't agree more

whisky_galore

Just one plaque on a place where Padraig Pearse(sic.)* stayed and said a few words to a crowd.
Desperate local angle stuff.




*he never called himself by that name.

Ash.J.Williams

I too welcome reminders but they work when designed and erected by master craftsmen working with a good artist , cheesy coloured tricolours are tacky.

I see sheep

No, but thanks for suggestion, sounds class.