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This is really annoying me so it’s more than a pet peeve. There are a few things we should be reminded of before we start:

– Easter doesn’t have a fixed date, it changes every year.

– The first major fight for Irish independence from Great Britain in the 20th century was during the Easter of 1916. This event became known as ‘The Easter Rising’.

– This year Easter Sunday was on the 28th March.

Now my annoyance is:

The Easter Rising of 1916 happened from APRIL 24TH-APRIL 29TH i.e. the time Easter was on in 1916. This year it was in late-March.

Late April does not equal late March, so all of the f**king parades, festivities and everything that is going on just because it is ‘Easter Sunday’ and ‘Easter Monday’ to celebrate the ‘100 Years Since the 1916 Rising’ are wrong. It isn’t for another month, it has only been 99 years since the Rising. Easter doesn’t fall at the same time every year so stop saying “this time 100 years ago…” because YOU’RE WRONG.

Gah and I bet when the actual proper Easter Rising dates come on, there will be next to no celebrations.

This is very annoying for me and nobody else seems bothered by it

^ Nay, the big parade was yesterday in Dublin and they had people come from all over the world to it so I don’t think they’d be happy to do the whole shebang again a month later.

On the 24th there is going to be a mass on for the Leaders executed but that appears to be it as regards major government-supported celebrations.

I found another little snippet from goireland.about.com about another slightly-bothered person so good to hear I’m not the only one:

Currently planning is going ahead for the 100th anniversary of the Rising in 2016, which will (more than likely) culminate in a parade on Easter Sunday, March 27th, 2016. Nearly a month too early.

The Wrong Day, the Wrong Date

Now, my grandmother was born on Christmas Eve, so we always celebrated her birthday on Christmas Eve. Which was somehow logical: Christmas Eve falls on December 24th with some regularity. Christmas is not a movable feast. But would she have been born on April 24th, 1916 … we would have celebrated each year on April 24th, not on Easter Monday.

This (slightly whimsical) example shows a major problem: Anniversaries are commonly celebrated on the calendar date they happened. There might even be adjustments for changing calendars, examples being the celebration of the Battle of the Boyne on July 12th (the battle happened on July 1st) and the commemoration of the October Revolution in November.

In Ireland, however, the date of the Rising is unimportant – what seems to be more important is its connection to Easter. Adding further confusion by choosing Easter Sunday in place of the historical Easter Monday does not help.

I would hazard a guess that when interviewing a thousand Irishmen and -women in the streets of Dublin, maybe only a hundred would be able to actually pinpoint the date of the Easter Rising. And many of the remaining 900 would struggle to make the correct choice between Easter Sunday or Monday when pressed for details.

meanmistermustard said
Another grumble. 

This new approach of super-friendly customer service. Was in a massive queue in the bank due to this idiotic policy of staff having to show they care about the customers and so spend 5 minutes chatting about their day. And if you think I’m exaggerating I had the same damn treatment. My transaction should have taken about 90 seconds instead the lady serving me spent 5 minutes asking how my day was going and what I was up to and there is no way I can be polite and tell the staff member to get on with it so I can leave. 

If I wanted to chat about my day, which I don’t, then I wouldn’t go into a bank to do so. 

The next time you go in and they ask you how your day is tell them “I’ll let you know after my doctor appointment which is in 10 minutes.” Then, start unbuckling your pants and say “would you be able to let me know if this looks contagious?”.

You’ll be on your merry way in no time.

sigh butterfly said
I don’t know if you saw trc but she was on for a little while about 20 minutes ago 🙂

Yes – she was telling me about it thanks @sigh butterfly – she bought some extra credit on her old plan as the new sim doesn’t work; but it’s very patchy and cut out again just now.

She’s going to return the new sim she bought later today – then try another company who ‘might’ be able to provide internet via LTE wireless. If not we are just going to have to live with poor third-world intermittent internet until we can find a way to get her over here for a while again.