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| Keywords: mount melleray mountmelleray mount melleray abbey mountmellerayabbey knockmealdown mountains knockmealdownmountains ireland lord abbot lordabbot consecration dom stanislaus hickey domstanislaushickey clergy october 1931 1930s independent newspapers collection independentnewspaperscollection waterford national library of ireland nationallibraryofireland blackandwhite monochrome black and white This photo was taken at Mount Melleray Abbey in the Knockmealdown Mountains, Co. Waterford on the day of the consecration of the new Lord Abbot. Tipperary-born Dom Stanislaus Hickey was the sixth Lord Abbot of Mount Melleray, and had been elected on 16 August 1931. His tenure was not to be a long one - he died of pneumonia on 25 February 1933. A Pathé Newsreel, issued on 2 November 1931, shows a "live" version of this procession, filmed from the same spot as the photo was taken. Date: 29 October 1931 NLI Ref.: IND_H_1668 This photo was taken at Mount Melleray Abbey in the Knockmealdown Mountains, Co. Waterford on the day of the consecration of the new Lord Abbot. Tipperary-born Dom Stanislaus Hickey was the sixth Lord Abbot of Mount Melleray, and had been elected on 16 August 1931. His tenure was not to be a long one - he died of pneumonia on 25 February 1933. A Pathé Newsreel, issued on 2 November 1931, shows a "live" version of this procession, filmed from the same spot as the photo was taken. Date: 29 October 1931 NLI Ref.: IND_H_1668 | ||||
