A new bell for Oranmore Church will be consecrated by the Archbishop of Armagh, Most Rev Eamon Martin today (Thursday ).
Cast in Poland and weighing more than 500kg, the bell has been at ground-level for the past week where it has been rung by most of Oranmore's 2,450 schoolchildren who will also choose a name for it.
For four decades the church in Oranmore has been without a bell and has relied on an amplified mechanically generated sound to call people to Mass, to announce the Angelus, and to help mourn the dead. It is now hoped this fine new bell will peal across the parish to invite people to celebrate the nativity of Jesus.
