Confirmations go ahead without Magee

IT was the rising crescendo of the children’s choir that did it.

Like a baby laughing from the pit of its stomach, a good children’s choir can be the sound of innocence and something that can sneak a smile on even the most drily cynical face. With good direction, it becomes a purity of sound that can stop you breathing.

And so it was in Midleton, Co Cork yesterday, as children from the town and its hinter- land were Confirmed.