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?
stefan.kuntz wrote: » I'm happy to put my hat in the ring, so to speak.
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?
Nodin wrote: » It will be decided by gladiatorial contest.
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.
Menas wrote: » Only the true political descendants of the 1916 heroes could reasonably be expected to read the proclamation.
DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: » D Higgins as Emperor will have the final say.
stefan.kuntz wrote: » Hobbits are not eligible.
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!
