Prank at an T-Lar

[Kevin K Kelehan]

Mystery plaque to be taken down at O'Connell Bridge
Olivia Kelly

Dublin City Council is to remove a memorial plaque from O'Connell Bridge because it does not know the person commemorated or how the plaque got there.

The bronze plaque, set into the wall on the western side of the bridge, commemorating "Fr Pat Noise" was spotted recently by a Sunday newspaper journalist.

The plaque claims to mark the spot where the priest died in 1919 when his carriage plunged into the River Liffey in "suspicious circumstances".

The council's heritage officer has reviewed historical records but can find no reference either to the priest or the accident, a council spokeswoman said.

Furthermore, the council did not erect the plaque, was not asked permission for its placement on the bridge and has "no idea" how it got there.

The plaque will be removed within days, the spokeswoman said.

[James Shields]

We should start a protest. Protect the plaque!

[Kevin K Kelehan]

Rip it down;

replace it with a bustop so we can alight on the real An T-Lar

[PaulM]

I'm going to go to Paris to dig up the grave of the unknown soldier as I don't know who he is.

[James Shields]

Popped up there at lunchtime for a look.



Sorry about the bad camperphone photo. I have some proper photos, but I don't have the means to download them here.

It's a proper pronze plaque that must have cost a fair bit, and it fills a hole that was left by the abandoned milleniunm clock (the chime in the slime). I say let it stay, at least until someone comes up with something better to fill the hole.

It's hardly the first memorial to a person or event of questionable historical accuracy.

[Mark]

God rest his soul..

It's like something out of Father Ted.