2006 - 1916 How many went?
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anti-war / imperialism |
other press 
Monday April 17, 2006 23:00
by % - "I believe my name is on the document"
As we all know, there was a big display of guns put on by 9 milimetre Wille O dea and pals on Sunday the 16th of April to mark the anniversary of an event which took place of the 24th of April 1916 .
Official estimates put the attendance at 100,000.
the Minister for exageration, 9mm Willie claimed 120,000
Time for the mathematicians to come forward and tell us -
How many people could physically fit in the space available?
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Without being too pendantic, I estimate no more than a maximum 46,000 people could fit in the space available and a closer estimate would be about 20,000.
for the record the news organisations that promoted the lie :-
Irish Times - 100,000 an overestimate of 54,000 at least
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/front/2006/0417/150111....html
Irish Independent - 120,000 an overestimate of 74,000 at least
http://unison.ie/irish_independent/stories.php3?ca=9&si...13929
RTE 120,000 an overestimate of 74,000 @ the very least.
Meanwhile on the other side of reality, a group of 6,000 young people with moral courage breached the fence at Baldonnel, and 15,000 women put on fancy dress costume and turned their backs on the farce.......................................................or maybe I'm exagerating. mine is 11 inches
http://indymedia.ie/article/75496