Dara Ó Briain joins protests at rejection of Irish words on Coventry gravestone because they are 'political'
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Television presenter Dara Ó Briain has branded a church court's decision not to allow an Irish-language inscription on the gravestone of a local community champion “deeply stupid".
The comedian lambasted the rejection of a family’s request for the phrase “in ár gcroíthe go deo” to be included on the memorial for Irish-born Margaret Keane at St Giles Church Exhall in Ash Green.
The Chancellor of the Diocese of Coventry ruled the phrase, which translates as “in our hearts forever”, would not be understandable to many visitors to the graveyard and could be misinterpreted as a political slogan.
I think he is being kind when he says its deeply stupid.
Though he does rip it apart nicely while managing typical comedic delivery.
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He said on Twitter: “This is deeply stupid. The judgement is that an imaginary person, at some time in the future, might see ‘You live on in our Hearts’, written in Irish, not understand it, but JUST PRESUME it must be political, since it’s Irish and then…what?… feel uncomfortable? Unsettled?"
In following messages, Ó Briain added: “So the family don’t get to give the tribute they want to their beloved mother because we apparently have to protect the feelings of some imaginary idiot in the future who can’t imagine the Irish language can carry any human emotions other than ‘Tiocfaidh ár Lá’ [our day will come].
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