Sir, – The long wait that invitees to the coronation had to endure in Westminster Abbey reminds me of an altogether local solemnity in Drogheda, deep in the last century.
Confirmation Day in St Peter’s was not a yearly event and, therefore, drew hundreds of children from all the schools who filled the large church from the officiating prelate, Cardinal John Francis D’Alton, on the sanctuary right down to the very last pew where we were seated.
The ceremony seemed to go on forever, during which two lads in front of us disappeared for a few minutes and returned with a box of lavish cream buns from the legendary Moorland Cafe next door.
These were duly devoured and enjoyed having been paid for by already-collected “Confo money”! – Yours, etc,
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OLIVER McGRANE,
Rathfarnham,
Dublin 16.