Father Pat Noise
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Father Pat Noise is a fictitious Catholic priest, commemorated by a plaque installed as a prank on Dublin, Ireland's O'Connell Bridge by a pair of anonymous artists.
The plaque was installed in 2004, but was not noticed by Dublin City Council officials until May 2006. Many initially believed it to be a legitimate commemorative plaque, as it did not seem overtly sarcastic or humorous. Some residents even left flowers.
According to media reports, it appears that the work is a tribute to the artists' father, and that the name 'Father Pat Noise' is a play on the Latin 'Pater noster', which translates as 'our father'.
It fills a hole left by the ill-fated Millennium Clock, known as The Chime in the Slime (see Dublin statues and their nicknames), which was removed due to technical problems, leaving a rectangular hole in the side of the bridge.
The full text of the plaque reads:
- This plaque commemorates Fr. Pat Noise
- Advisor to Peadar Clancey.
- He died under suspicious circumstances when his carriage plunged
- into the Liffey on August 10th 1919.
- Erected by the HSTI
Dublin City Council have stated that the plaque is to be removed, but as of 28 September 2006 it was still present.
