May Day Procession (1923)

Item title reads - May Day procession. Large numbers take part in the annual event at Mount Argus. Ireland. Priests and altar boys walk down carrying candles and crosses, others follow with religious banners. Little girls dressed in white hoods and dark dresses, possibly representing the Virgin Mary, walk along behind. Others are dressed in white and carry flowers, a woman organises them into line. M/S of more priests carrying banners, others follow with a statue of the Virgin Mary. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnew