Brian O'Driscoll could soon be grazing his sheep in Stephen's Green after Dublin City Council ratified his nomination to be awarded the Freedom of the City.
A Council press release stated that O'Driscoll will receive the award in early 2014, and means people can officially speak about him in the same breath as former US presidents John F. Kennedy and Bill Clinton, Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa and Aung San Suu Kyi...and Bono of course.
However, with rights come responsibilities. As well as the right of pasture sheep on "common ground" within the city boundaries (a right exercised by Bono and The Edge in 2000), a law passed in 1465 states that each Freeman / Freewoman has to provide themselves with a longbow made of yew, witch-hazel or ash. They must also have twelve arrows made of the same wood.
Meanwhile someone was quick off the blocks to edit the "Freedom of the City of Dublin" Wikipedia page.
Now, if you can do something about the water, Brian, that'd be great.
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