Church of Ireland and Roman Catholic Archbishops being brought into the crypt at St Michan’s Church, which was badly damaged after being vandalised last weekend. pic.twitter.com/1plFPrBo6I
— Andrew Lowth (@AndrewLowth1) February 27, 2019
Garda Supt Pat Leahy just went down the crypt w the two Archbishops. We’re expecting them to talk to reporters once they’re out. pic.twitter.com/EMs3sP6M4g
— Daragh Brophy (@DaraghBroph) February 27, 2019
This morning.
St Michan’s Church, Dublin.
Anglican Archbishop of Dublin Michael Jackson (shamone!) and Catholic Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin along with Garda Supt Pat Leahy inspect damage to the church’s crypt and to The Crusader, an 800-year-old mummified corpse who had its head decapitated by vandals.
More as we get it.
Monday: Mummy Loses Head
The app has a photo of Niall Stokes for this story.
I know he’s a relic, but still..
Thanks, Custo. No idea what happened there. Sorry.
Ye can’t have anything nice in Dublin, or ancient and fragile as it were.
If 800 year old rotting corpse is your definition of “nice” you might want to actually change out of your sweats and go outside more.
…does this mean it’s now an ecumenical matter…
Hope they didn’t get caught short down there:
Ye know; “They crept into the crypt, crapped and crept out again”
The ecumenical visit has cryptic symbolism.
FFS shouldn’t Assistant Commissioner of the Dublin Metropolitan Region Pat Leahy have about a million other more relevant things he could be doing with his time – I dunno, like dealing with gangland activity or all the feck ups the police have been involved with in recent years.
This seems like a story from 1965 to be honest.
You don’t think the theft of a person’s head is worthy of getting the Gardai involved? OK……
They’re long dead. It’s not like they’ll miss it.
So what’s the time limit for when it’s OK to steal a dead person’s head?
It’s a Class 1 relic in fairness, not like a Class 3 or even 6 like.
There is getting the Gardaí involved… and there is getting the Assistant Commissioner of the Dublin Metropolitan Region involved.
But, Immortals aren’t supposed to fight on holy ground. I hope MacLeod finds the cheating son of a bitch and take his head!
They will enact the ancient ritual to determine which of them will now take the place of the missing mummy.
Cue the “This is why we can’t have nice things” comments from The Journal Gammon and Confederates.
Another reason for choosing cremation.
As if a block of poo apartments for airbnbholes and techies on top of you shortly wasn’t enough already.
I’m weary of people who use the word ‘gammon’ to describe people. It signifies a life spent online.