Someone tried to blow up the statue of Wellington!!!

newmug · 21-04-2011 03:56PM #1

As above! Anyone hear anything about this? The Guards had it cordoned off this morning, neighbours are saying they heard a big bang in the early hours. The statue is still standing though. I dont know how it escaped this far, especially during the troubles!

Latchy · 21-04-2011 04:01PM

Which Wellington ,the big one in the pheno park ? ...jasuz :eek:

Superbus · 21-04-2011 04:02PM

Something big's going to happen.

FatherLen · 21-04-2011 04:03PM

oh god no not lenny wellington

Wolfe Tone · 21-04-2011 04:04PM

Someone did this today so I hear.

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/206809_10150274648343868_629203867_9327305_4497849_n.jpg

First I heard of an attempt to blow it up.

Hookah · 21-04-2011 04:05PM

Wolfe Tone wrote: »

Someone did this today so I hear.

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/206809_10150274648343868_629203867_9327305_4497849_n.jpg

Is that one of the rentboy's nicknames?

Pherekydes · 21-04-2011 04:06PM

newmug wrote: »

As above! Anyone hear anything about this? The Guards had it cordoned off this morning, neighbours are saying they heard a big bang...

'tis alright. It was just Nancy McPhee or Nanny McFeeney or something like that...

newmug · 21-04-2011 04:06PM

No, the one in Trim!

Wolfe Tone · 21-04-2011 04:07PM

newmug wrote: »

No, the one in Trim!

Ah sorry mate, I just assumed you where talking about that Wellington thing in Dublin.

mgmt · 21-04-2011 04:07PM

Hookah wrote: »

Is that one of the rentboy's nicknames?

Yes, one of Deputy Staggs many aliases.

Orando Broom · 21-04-2011 04:08PM

Suspect device in Trim beside the Wellington Monument there!! FFS, Bag of cans.

mgmt · 21-04-2011 04:10PM

Wolfe Tone wrote: »

Someone did this today so I hear.

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/206809_10150274648343868_629203867_9327305_4497849_n.jpg

First I heard of an attempt to blow it up.

Didn;t they do something similiar to the Wellington Monument when Prince Charles came in the 90s.

Whatever about blowing up Nelson's Pillar, the Wellington Monument looks magnificent in the Park.

newmug · 21-04-2011 04:10PM

Orando Broom wrote: »

Suspect device in Trim beside the Wellington Monument there!! FFS, Bag of cans.

U sure? Where'd you hear that?

DoesNotCompute · 21-04-2011 04:11PM

OP wrote:

Someone tried to blow up the statue of Wellington!!!

OMGWTF oh noes!!!

*falls back asleep*

NSNO · 21-04-2011 04:12PM

mgmt wrote: »

Didn;t they do something similiar to the Wellington Monument when Prince Charles came in the 90s.

Whatever about blowing up Nelson's Pillar, the Wellington Monument looks magnificent in the Park.

And Wellington was the only Irish Prime Minister of the U.K. and an ardent supporter of Catholic Emancipation.

phill106 · 21-04-2011 04:13PM

So... can we still get wellies or what?

Jake Rugby Walrus666 · 21-04-2011 04:15PM

Can you imagine the minds of these people.

Their main concern in life is to strike a blow against Arthur Wellesley, The Duke of Wellington(1769-1852) / or a large piece of concrete, depending on how you look at it.

sensibleken · 21-04-2011 04:16PM

NSNO wrote: »

And Wellington was the only Irish Prime Minister of the U.K. and an ardent supporter of Catholic Emancipation.

"being born in a stable does not make a man a horse" - O'Connell on Wellesley

wild_cat · 21-04-2011 04:17PM

Jake Rugby Walrus666 wrote: »

Can you imagine the minds of these people.

Complete fools.

I did see the bomb squad being escorted back to the barracks in Rathmines earlier though.

angelfire9 · 21-04-2011 04:20PM

GARDAÍ IN MEATH are investigating the circumstances surrounding the discovery of a suspicious object in Trim in the early hours of this morning.
The object was found at the Wellington Monument on the Summerhill Road in the town at approximately 1.10am. The Defence Forces’ Explosive Ordnance Disposal team was requested, and they attended the scene at 3.20am.
Gardaí report that the object was made safe.
The area in which the device was discovered is non-residential and no-one was evacuated.
The area has been sealed off and diversions put in place.

Link: http://www.thejournal.ie/suspicious-device-found-in-co-meath-124839-Apr2011/

Wolfe Tone · 21-04-2011 04:20PM

mgmt wrote: »

Didn;t they do something similiar to the Wellington Monument when Prince Charles came in the 90s.

Whatever about blowing up Nelson's Pillar, the Wellington Monument looks magnificent in the Park.

I think its a load of imperialistic sh!te.

Wouldnt support blowing it u though

Micilin Muc · 21-04-2011 04:20PM

Wolfe Tone wrote: »

Someone did this today so I hear.

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/206809_10150274648343868_629203867_9327305_4497849_n.jpg

First I heard of an attempt to blow it up.

Whoever wrote that should learn how to write Irish before they use it as a political weapon.

Somebody not having Irish or not having much Irish doesn't bother me, but when they use pigeon Irish as a form of political protest, it makes me cringe.

Hookah · 21-04-2011 04:22PM

A simultaneous attack on a pair of Wellingtons?

These boys are good.

newmug · 21-04-2011 04:26PM

angelfire9 wrote: »

GARDAÍ IN MEATH are investigating the circumstances surrounding the discovery of a suspicious object in Trim in the early hours of this morning.
The object was found at the Wellington Monument on the Summerhill Road in the town at approximately 1.10am. The Defence Forces’ Explosive Ordnance Disposal team was requested, and they attended the scene at 3.20am.
Gardaí report that the object was made safe.
The area in which the device was discovered is non-residential and no-one was evacuated.
The area has been sealed off and diversions put in place.

Link: http://www.thejournal.ie/suspicious-device-found-in-co-meath-124839-Apr2011/

I can guaran-****in-tee its a residential area! If that statue fell there'd be deaths! Google maps below, statue is the round structure.

http://maps.google.ie/maps?hl=en&tab=il

@ Orando Broom, where did you hear it was a bag of cans?

Hookah · 21-04-2011 04:27PM

newmug wrote: »

I can guaran-****in-tee its a residential area! If that statue fell there'd be deaths! Google maps below, statue is the round structure.

http://maps.google.ie/maps?hl=en&tab=il

If I squint, I think I can just see it.

bonerm · 21-04-2011 04:33PM

newmug wrote: »

I can guaran-****in-tee its a residential area! If that statue fell there'd be deaths! Google maps below, statue is the round structure.

http://maps.google.ie/maps?hl=en&tab=il

That link doesn't seem to be working? Is this it?
http://maps.google.ie/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=trim+meath+summerhill+road&aq=&sll=53.555297,-6.791461&sspn=0.002103,0.005681&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Summerhill+Rd,+Trim,+County+Meath&ll=53.552284,-6.793689&spn=0.002091,0.005681&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=53.552284,-6.793689&panoid=u4gMzclAhClbUtFIb1EtcQ&cbp=12,247.56,,0,-18.87

ronaneire · 21-04-2011 04:38PM

A big load of rubber boots if you ask me

newmug · 21-04-2011 04:49PM

bonerm wrote: »

That link doesn't seem to be working? Is this it?
http://maps.google.ie/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=trim+meath+summerhill+road&aq=&sll=53.555297,-6.791461&sspn=0.002103,0.005681&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Summerhill+Rd,+Trim,+County+Meath&ll=53.552284,-6.793689&spn=0.002091,0.005681&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=53.552284,-6.793689&panoid=u4gMzclAhClbUtFIb1EtcQ&cbp=12,247.56,,0,-18.87

Thats the one!

pickarooney · 21-04-2011 04:53PM

Micilin Muc wrote: »

Whoever wrote that should learn how to write Irish before they use it as a political weapon.

Somebody not having Irish or not having much Irish doesn't bother me, but when they use pigeon Irish as a form of political protest, it makes me cringe.

Pidgin.

Krusader · 21-04-2011 04:57PM

pickarooney wrote: »

Pidgin.

Cú Cú

Micilin Muc · 21-04-2011 04:57PM

pickarooney wrote: »

Pidgin.

Maybe I should learn how to write English!

Someone tried to blow up the statue of Wellington!!!

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