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"I love the craic of bell ringing" 95 year old Cyril Galbraith bell ringing since WWII

The Lord Mayor of Dublin hosted an evening in celebration of Ireland's 300 bell ringers last nigh...

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11.45 10 Apr 2019


"I love the craic of bell ringing" 95 year old Cyril Galbraith bell ringing since WWII


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11.45 10 Apr 2019


The Lord Mayor of Dublin hosted an evening in celebration of Ireland's 300 bell ringers last night in the Mansion House.  In Dundrum Dublin they have the oldest bell ringer in Ireland. 95 year old Limerick born Cyril Galbraith, he has been ringing for over 80 years (since he was 15) and this year Taney Church has decided to hold an annual bell ringing competition in his honour. Wannabee Campanologist Henry McKean climbed the bell tower and met the man who has been pulling the strings since before the Second Wold War.


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