WATCH: Thousands flock to Cork's first Eucharistic Procession since onset of covid

The procession marking the feast of Corpus Christi has been part of Cork City’s Catholic heritage for almost a century

Bishop Fintan Gavin carries the Eucharist as the procession makes its way along St Patrick’s Street. Picture: Larry Cummins

A reimagined ceremony helped attract the largest crowd in 20 years to Cork’s first post-covid Eucharistic Procession.

An estimated 4,500 people from parishes all over the city walked behind the Catholic Bishop of Cork and Ross, Fintan Gavin, from the city’s North Cathedral to Saint Peter and Paul’s Church for Benediction where the bishop preached at his first Eucharistic Procession since his profession as bishop in 2019.