2.3K It was whilst exploring the annals of this 163-year-old church that the resident Carmelite nuns discovered the crib’s origins. It was in 1870 that a “pious woman from Bray” donated the nativity scene figures to the church, leaving no name. Between 1870 and 1879, a 15-foot-deep home for the manger setting was built on the side of the small church, its presence hidden for most of the year behind a wall panel.
Delgany’s 145-Year-Old Nativity Scene
Sister Gwen talks us through the Carmelite crib
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The God squad are getting fewer and fewer, and soon there will be none at all.