DocArchive (1981): Darkest Midnight in December




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Summary: <p style="background: #fffffff;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background: undefined ;">Documentary about the tradition of singing ancient Christmas Carols in Kilmore Church, Co Wexford.  </span>Singers consist of the local community, and the group of singers has always included a member of the Deveroux family. It was the Parish priest Very Rev. Peter Devereux who first started this tradition in around 1751.  We hear of the history and traditions of the ritual and how it is being maintained.  (First Broadcast 1981)<p></p></p><p><br></p>