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Ringing in St. Colman’s Cathedral in Cobh, County Cork.

(Joyce, Lisa, Pat and Jennifer)

 


 

Four of our handbell ringers are on a "ringing" tour through Ireland. Joyce, Pat and Jennifer are practising in the hotel room (night before their first big rehearsal) - referred to as Air Belling. 
 

Lisa (on the right), writes, "In the 11th century, when the plague was on, they built the doorway arch, so that the priest could stay on one side and the parishioner on the other, and you could whisper your confession. Unbelievably you can hear the other person whispering. I guess that's the first social distancing. The ruins are beautiful." Now on to Galway!
 



Galway Cathedral





Pictures from Galway Cathedral where they performed their  first concert.
 





Lisa and friends on the Cliffs of Moher. The Cliffs of Moher are sea cliffs located at the southwestern edge of the Burren region in County Clare, Ireland. They run for about 14 kilometres.




Concert in St. Colman’s Cathedral in Cobh, County Cork. The Cathedral Church of St Colman, usually known as Cobh Cathedral, or previously Queenstown Cathedral, is a single-spire cathedral in Cobh, Ireland. It is a Roman Catholic cathedral and was completed in 1919.