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Thread: President unveils Memorial To Irish Soldiers

  1. 8th November 2008, 05:56 PM #1
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    President unveils Memorial To Irish Soldiers

    A ceremony at the site of the new monument in Dublin's Merrion Square was attended by the President, the Taoiseach and the Defence Minister. Relatives of deceased members of the Irish forces were present.

    Dublin-born artist Brian King won an international competition to create the monument, which was bugeted to cost €175,000 euro to design, construct and install but cost €250k.

    This monument is a memorial to all soldiers who fought for Ireland throughout our history. We owe them so much.

    Some of those who died for the cause 1968-2008: http://saoirse32.blogsome.com/2008/0...oll-of-honour/

    [SIZE=4]BELFAST BRIGADE[/SIZE]

    1st Battalion
    Vol Tony Henderson Apr. 4th 1971
    Vol Terence McDermott Oct. 2nd 1971
    Vol Martin Forsythe Oct. 24th 1971
    Vol Tony Jordan June 28th 1972
    Vol John Finucane June 28th 1972
    Vol Francis Hall Aug. 30th 1973
    Vol Daniel Burke Apr. 9th 1974
    Vol Gerard Fennell Nov. 8th 1974


    LONG KESH
    Vol Francis Dodds Sept. 9th 1973
    Vol Teddy Campbell May 3rd 1974
    Vol Patrick Teer July 2nd 1974
    Vol Hugh Coney Nov. 6th 1974
    Vol James Moyne Jan. 13th 1975
    Vol Henry Heaney June 4th 1978
    Vol Seán Bateson June 7th 1990
    Vol Pól Kinsella Dec. 13th 1994

    H-BLOCK MARTYRS
    Vol Bobby Sands May 5th 1981
    Vol Francis Hughes May 12th 1981
    Vol Raymond McCreesh May 21st 1981
    Vol Patsy O’Hara (INLA) May 21st 1981
    Vol Joe McDonnell July 8th 1981
    Vol Martin Hurson July 13th 1981
    Vol Kevin Lynch (INLA) Aug. 1st 1981
    Vol Kieran Doherty Aug. 2nd 1981
    Vol Thomas McElwee Aug. 8th 1981
    Vol Mickey Devine (INLA) Aug. 20th 1981

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  3. 8th November 2008, 06:02 PM #2
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    sorry

    Sorry, but I decline the increasing public reflex to military worship.
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  4. 8th November 2008, 06:26 PM #3
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    Memorial: An Extravagant Waste

    A very nice memorial has been placed (or should I say launched) in Merrion Park today. Consisting of four bronze caste, full size soldier statues, a permanent "eternal" gas lit flame, Granite cladding and glass.

    RTÉ News: President unveils national memorial


    It must have cost a bomb.

    And quite extravagant I believe given the economic circumstances, where even life saving vaccines are being cut for a mere 14 million savings.

    It seems a waste, and well above the necessary.

    Does anyone have costs of this construction?

    And whats your opinion.
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  5. 8th November 2008, 06:30 PM #4
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    RTÉ News: President unveils national memorial

    The monument is for members of the Defence Forces who have died in service.

    Comparing them with that list of criminals and paramilitaries is distasteful.
    "I trust that beneath it's folds the hands of the Irish protestant and Irish catholic may be clasped forever in a generous and heroic brotherhood"
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  6. 8th November 2008, 06:41 PM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by RTE
    Today is the 48th anniversary of the Niemba ambush in the Congo when nine soldiers on UN duty were killed.
    Those were Irish Soldiers. Not any of those you listed Parnella.
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  7. 8th November 2008, 06:43 PM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry View Post
    A very nice memorial has been placed (or should I say launched) in Merrion Park today. Consisting of four bronze caste, full size soldier statues, a permanent "eternal" gas lit flame, Granite cladding and glass.

    RTÉ News: President unveils national memorial


    It must have cost a bomb.

    And quite extravagant I believe given the economic circumstances, where even life saving vaccines are being cut for a mere 14 million savings.

    It seems a waste, and well above the necessary.

    Does anyone have costs of this construction?

    And whats your opinion.
    We will sqaunder almost €900 million abroad this year (and the same again next year) on that 'Irish Aid' thing so what's the problem?

    Nice to see that the lives of young Irish girls can be put at risk instead!
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  8. 8th November 2008, 06:47 PM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by Catalpa View Post
    We will sqaunder almost €900 million abroad this year (and the same again next year) on that 'Irish Aid' thing so what's the problem?

    Nice to see that the lives of young Irish girls can be put at risk instead!

    The problem is that the long term costs of this will be quite hight - Gas costs (did you see the size of the flame ), maintainence costs.

    Let alone the money that must have been spent constructing it.

    A bit of rock with an engraving in it would have done.
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  9. 8th November 2008, 06:50 PM #8
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    "Dublin-born artist Brian King won an international competition to create the monument, which was bugeted to cost €175,000 euro to design, construct and install but cost €250k"
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    Two threads on this:

    http://www.politics.ie/culture-commu...ml#post1272548

    I think its a big waste.
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  11. 8th November 2008, 06:52 PM #10
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    try

    Ever try to appropriate a mythical construct based on actual lving beings?

    Forget the living, its the dead we must mis-unremember....
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