Keywords: nun holy communion holycommunion veils girls mini skirts miniskirts manor street manorstreet dublin ireland j. flanagan jflanagan cutler general engineer generalengineer corpus christi corpuschristi procession 1969 1960 sixties ringlets baskets rolleiflex camera rolleiflexcamera rolleiflex presentation of the blessed virgin mary presentationoftheblessedvirginmary modified habit modifiedhabit national library of ireland nationallibraryofireland wiltshire photographic collection wiltshirephotographiccollection elinor wiltshire elinorwiltshire elinor o'brien wiltshire elinorobrienwiltshire blackandwhite monochrome public domain blackandwhite monochrome black and white A young nun walking Holy Communion girls past no. 3, Halston Street, Dublin on the feast of Corpus Christi. Interesting juxtaposition with the older mini-skirted local girls. The baskets were usually filled with flower petals for the girls to scatter along the way... Thanks to Phyllis Stice over on our Facebook for allowing us to get to the exact date of 5 June 1969, from the unsatisfactory "sometime in 1969"! Photographer: Elinor Wiltshire Date: 5 June 1969 NLI Ref.: WIL 45[9] A young nun walking Holy Communion girls past no. 3, Halston Street, Dublin on the feast of Corpus Christi. Interesting juxtaposition with the older mini-skirted local girls. The baskets were usually filled with flower petals for the girls to scatter along the way... Thanks to Phyllis Stice over on our Facebook for allowing us to get to the exact date of 5 June 1969, from the unsatisfactory "sometime in 1969"! Photographer: Elinor Wiltshire Date: 5 June 1969 NLI Ref.: WIL 45[9] Public Domain: National Library of Ireland on The Commons Public Domain: National Library of Ireland on The Commons |