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

josephryan1989 · 27-02-2016 02:21PM #1

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 · 27-02-2016 02:23PM

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 · 27-02-2016 02:24PM

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

Buona Fortuna · 27-02-2016 02:25PM

stefan.kuntz wrote: »

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

I'll vote for you

me_irl · 27-02-2016 02:28PM

Denis O'Brien.

fatknacker · 27-02-2016 02:28PM

Jean Byrne in one of her outrageous and stylish outfits.

donegaLroad · 27-02-2016 02:31PM

Jedward

Lisacatlover · 27-02-2016 02:32PM

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 · 27-02-2016 02:32PM

Not Enda anyway by the looks of it.

LDN_Irish · 27-02-2016 02:34PM

Mary Lou.

me_irl · 27-02-2016 02:34PM

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

DEFTLEFTHAND · 27-02-2016 02:36PM

Jim Beglin.

BoJack Horseman · 27-02-2016 02:37PM

Isnt it always some army officer?

Nodin · 27-02-2016 02:37PM

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 · 27-02-2016 02:39PM

Nodin wrote: »

It will be decided by gladiatorial contest.

D Higgins as Emperor will have the final say.

mikeym · 27-02-2016 02:43PM

Gerry Adams

josephryan1989 · 27-02-2016 02:44PM

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 · 27-02-2016 02:45PM

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

Enda is good at reading things out so he is

Royal Legend · 27-02-2016 02:46PM

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 · 27-02-2016 03:03PM

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

Your Face · 27-02-2016 03:05PM

Kurt Angle

Menas · 27-02-2016 03:16PM

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

BalcombeSt4 · 27-02-2016 03:27PM

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

josephryan1989 · 27-02-2016 03:28PM

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 · 27-02-2016 03:52PM

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

D Higgins as Emperor will have the final say.

Hobbits are not eligible.

Sir Osis of Liver. · 27-02-2016 03:56PM

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

The flying mouse · 27-02-2016 05:05PM

The new taoiseach, Michael Martin.

K.O.Kiki · 27-02-2016 06:36PM

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 · 27-02-2016 07:13PM

stefan.kuntz wrote: »

Hobbits are not eligible.

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

Nodin · 27-02-2016 07:15PM

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 · 27-02-2016 08:27PM

Odds widened on Slab.

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

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