Joy as stolen fake & fail found in field

DoctorE · #1 by **DoctorE** » Jan 18, 2012 11:20 am

PRICELESS artefacts which were stolen last year have been recovered.

The relics are said to be part of the crucifix on which Jesus died and have been the subject of devotion and pilgrimage for the past 900 years.

They were taken from the Holycross Abbey in Thurles, Co Tipperary, last October, by two masked men, who used an angle grinder to remove them.

But following a search operation in the midlands this week, gardai recovered the relics.

Last night, officers were reluctant to confirm the location of the find for operational reasons but did say they had been recovered in a field in a rural area.

The undamaged relics were positively identified by the Holycross parish priest Father Tom Breen, who said last night: "The people and the clergy of Holy Cross and the thousands of pilgrims who come to pray at the abbey will be overjoyed at the news that the precious relics of the cross have been found."

Continues: http://www.independent.ie/national-news ... 91839.html

Animavore · #2 by **Animavore** » Jan 18, 2012 11:24 am

"For the past 900 years." Why not the past 2,000 years? :think:

trubble76 · #3 by **trubble76** » Jan 18, 2012 1:50 pm

Animavore wrote:"For the past 900 years." Why not the past 2,000 years?

Magic, innit.

paarsurrey · #4 by **paarsurrey** » Jan 18, 2012 8:09 pm

trubble76 wrote:
Animavore wrote:"For the past 900 years." Why not the past 2,000 years?

Magic, innit.

Who is the magician?

trubble76 · #5 by **trubble76** » Jan 18, 2012 8:11 pm

paarsurrey wrote:
trubble76 wrote:
Animavore wrote:"For the past 900 years." Why not the past 2,000 years?

Magic, innit.

Who is the magician?

No-one, there is no such thing as magic, only illusion.

paarsurrey · #6 by **paarsurrey** » Jan 18, 2012 8:15 pm

trubble76 wrote:
paarsurrey wrote:
trubble76 wrote:
Animavore wrote:"For the past 900 years." Why not the past 2,000 years?

Magic, innit.

Who is the magician?

No-one, there is no such thing as magic, only illusion.

I agree with you.

SafeAsMilk · #7 by **SafeAsMilk** » Jan 18, 2012 8:31 pm

paarsurrey wrote:
trubble76 wrote:
Animavore wrote:"For the past 900 years." Why not the past 2,000 years?

Magic, innit.

Who is the magician?

I am.

I couldn't make heads or tails of the thread title, so when I read the first sentence of the OP article I had something else in mind. I thought some paintings or historical pottery had gone missing, imagine my surprise to find out this article is about enshrined indulgence objects :lol:

I'm glad they got them back. They are art after all--only human beings can place such intense meaning and value in otherwise worthless objects.

paarsurrey · #8 by **paarsurrey** » Jan 18, 2012 9:10 pm

SafeAsMilk wrote:
paarsurrey wrote:
trubble76 wrote:
Animavore wrote:"For the past 900 years." Why not the past 2,000 years?

Magic, innit.

Who is the magician?

I am.

I couldn't make heads or tails of the thread title, so when I read the first sentence of the OP article I had something else in mind. I thought some paintings or historical pottery had gone missing, imagine my surprise to find out this article is about enshrined indulgence objects

I'm glad they got them back. They are art after all--only human beings can place such intense meaning and value in otherwise worthless objects.

I could see the heading; but perhaps for the missing tail; could not understand it untill I finished reading the body of the OP.
sorry

Onyx8 · #9 by **Onyx8** » Jan 19, 2012 2:29 am

Animavore wrote:"For the past 900 years." Why not the past 2,000 years?

Cos that's when they were faked?

paarsurrey · **#10** by **paarsurrey** » Jan 19, 2012 2:35 am

Onyx8 wrote:
Animavore wrote:"For the past 900 years." Why not the past 2,000 years?

Cos that's when they were faked?

or may be found.

Onyx8 · **#11** by **Onyx8** » Jan 19, 2012 4:53 pm

paarsurrey wrote:
Onyx8 wrote:
Animavore wrote:"For the past 900 years." Why not the past 2,000 years?

Cos that's when they were faked?

or may be found.

Yeah, in a box with "Real bits of the cross" written on the outside.

Spearthrower · **#12** by **Spearthrower** » Jan 20, 2012 9:16 am

paarsurrey wrote:
Onyx8 wrote:
Animavore wrote:"For the past 900 years." Why not the past 2,000 years?

Cos that's when they were faked?

or may be found.

No doubt using the highest forms of archaeological methodology available in the 12th century.

wtargentina · **#13** by **wtargentina** » Jan 20, 2012 9:40 am

Holy stone of Clonricket anyone?

Animavore · **#14** by **Animavore** » Jan 20, 2012 9:53 am

Not after where it's been.

Precambrian Rabbi · **#15** by **Precambrian Rabbi** » Jan 20, 2012 10:30 am

The relics are said to be part of the crucifix on which Jesus died

...officers were reluctant to confirm the location of the find for operational reasons but did say they had been recovered in a field in a rural area.

The undamaged relics were positively identified by the Holycross parish priest Father Tom Breen

Police find bits of wood in a field but are reluctant to confirm where exactly they found them "for operational reasons". Bits of wood found in a field positively identified by the priest who most greatly benefits from people believing the bits of wood are a relic of the crucifixion.

Hmmm.... :think:

I can't help but wonder if the exact "location of the find" that the police cunningly managed to track down was in fact the inside of a tree?