Father Pat Noise is a fictitious Roman Catholic priest

Priesthood (Catholic Church)

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, described on a hoax

Hoax

A hoax is a deliberately fabricated falsehood made to masquerade as truth. It is distinguishable from errors in observation or judgment, or rumors, urban legends, pseudosciences or April Fools' Day events that are passed along in good faith by believers or as jokes.-Definition:The British...

 commemorative plaque

Commemorative plaque

A commemorative plaque, or simply plaque, is a plate of metal, ceramic, stone, wood, or other material, typically attached to a wall, stone, or other vertical surface, and bearing text in memory of an important figure or event...

 installed by two brothers on O'Connell Bridge

O'Connell Bridge

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 in Dublin. 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

River Liffey

The Liffey is a river in Ireland, which flows through the centre of Dublin. Its major tributaries include the River Dodder, the River Poddle and the River Camac. The river supplies much of Dublin's water, and a range of recreational opportunities.-Name:The river was previously named An Ruirthech,...

ON AUGUST 10TH 1919.


ERECTED BY THE HSTI

The hoaxers installed it in 2004, and owned up in May 2006 after the plaque was brought to the attention of Dublin City Council

Dublin City Council

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 by a journalist for the Sunday Tribune

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. They claimed the work was a tribute to their father, and that the name 'Father Pat Noise' is a word play on pater noster

Pater Noster

Pater Noster is probably the best-known prayer in Christianity.Pater Noster or Paternoster may also refer to:* Paternoster, a passenger elevator which consists of a chain of open compartments that move slowly in a loop up and down inside a building* Paternoster, Western Cape, South Africa* Pierres...

, Latin for "our father". The 'HSTI' is also fictitious. Peadar Clancy

Peadar Clancy

Peadar Clancy was a member of the Irish Republican Army who served in the Four Courts garrison during the 1916 Easter Rising and was second-in-command of the Dublin Brigade, IRA during the War of Independence...

 (misspelled on the plaque) was a genuine Irish Republican Army

Irish Republican Army

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 officer killed on the evening of Bloody Sunday, 1920

The plaque was laid in a depression left by the removal of the control box for the "Millennium Countdown" clock installed in the waters of the River Liffey

River Liffey

The Liffey is a river in Ireland, which flows through the centre of Dublin. Its major tributaries include the River Dodder, the River Poddle and the River Camac. The river supplies much of Dublin's water, and a range of recreational opportunities.-Name:The river was previously named An Ruirthech,...

 in March 1996 as a countdown to the Year 2000. The clock and control box were removed in December 1996 after persistent technical and visibility problems. Dublin City Council stated when the story broke that the Pat Noise plaque would be removed, as it was unauthorised. Several ironic tributes of flowers and messages were left at the plaque. A meeting of the South East Area Committee of the Council in December 2006 supported leaving it in place. The original Fr. Noise plaque was removed in March 2007 during restoration work on the Bridge. A second plaque was installed, again surreptitiously, some time later. On 22 May 2007, Dublin City Council engineers intended to remove the plaque, but were stopped by City Councillor Dermot Lacey

Dermot Lacey

Dermot Lacey is an Irish Labour Party politician. He is a member of Dublin City Council in Dublin, Ireland.-Political career:Lacey has been a member of Dublin City Council since 1993 - first representing the South East Inner City area and, since the 1999 Local Elections, the Pembroke area. He...

, who insisted the Council's order should stand.

Eoin Dillon's 2011 album The Golden Mean includes "Lament for Fr. Pat Noise".