Mayoral reception sings the praises of city’s bell-ringers

THE ancient art of bell- ringing, which goes back 700 years in Limerick, still fills the Sunday morning air.

And Limerick’s campanologists were saluted at the weekend when Mayor Maria Byrne hosted a reception for the city’s 35 bell-ringers.

There are two bell towers in Limerick. The eight bells at St Mary’s Church of Ireland Cathedral have been ringing for over 700 years.