SO MANY PEOPLE did their bit to commemorate the centenary of 1916 over the weekend- with the tributes ranging from the touching to the artistic.

One pub in county Galway thought they would pay their own respects too – by brilliantly turning themselves into the GPO for the Easter weekend:

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Iain MacLaren took the shots and told DailyEdge.ie that it’s Peg’s Pub in Collinamuck, Galway – and they did a decent job of recreating the GPO out west for one weekend only.

They went all out with the tricolours along the road as well

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It was quite the transformation from its normal look

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Fine work for such a special weekend.

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Written by David Elkin and posted on DailyEdge.ie

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