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Some time ago I posted on a mysterious plaque that had appeared down at the Spanish Arch in Galway. An eagle-eyed reader found this second plaque and sent it to me:

I found a posting on your website regading the Galway Democratic Republic. Well, there has been a new sign posted in Galway. See attached. I first found it walking my dogs about two weeks ago (April 4th). Its posted on the wall along the Claddagh pier, at the far end almost, at the end, and is posted quite low, about a foot off the ground.

Curiouser and curiouser!

That’s not all, the GDR has been busy elsewhere too.

(The Latin inscription “Sic faciunt omnes” seems to mean “everyone is doing it”).

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Anyone know the origin of this plague which was erected at the Spanish Arch a few weeks ago? Mattie Hynes pointed it out to me and I went down and took a photo. Caitlin had a piece about it in Galway First. Nice headline Caitlin!

“The plaque also contains the Latin inscription “Ita erat quando hic adveni”, which, when translated means “It was that way when I got here”, as well as a line at the bottom claiming it was erected “in co-operation with the Society for Historical Interpretation, Trusteeship and Education”. When taken as an acronym, the line proclaims the plaque was erected in co-operation with S.H.I.T.E.”

The biggest mystery to hit the Spanish Arch since Buckfast Plaza.

Tags: Galway, Galway Democratic Republic, Mysterious Mysteries, Spanish Arch by Allan
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