This morning there was a queue for blessed ashes at Grange church on the Cooley Peninsula in Co Louth. Photo: Ciara WilkinsonA SOCIALLY-DISTANCED line of people waited this morning to collect their ‘takeaway’ ashes from one of Ireland’s oldest churches to mark the start of Lent. Expand Close Anne Clarke and her grandson Calvin Clarke age 1 collecting their ashes from the church this morning. / FacebookTwitterEmailWhatsapp Anne Clarke and her grandson Calvin Clarke age 1 collecting their ashes from the church this morning. “To collect the ashes, you went in one door and sanitised your hands as you went in.

Source: Irish Independent February 17, 2021 15:11 UTC