Meet Ireland's oldest carillonneur who rang in the new year

As the bells of St Colman’s Cathedral in Cobh rang out across Cork Harbour, carillonneur Adrian Gebruers, 80, said he hopes to continue playing the remarkable instrument for years to come

Carillonneur Adrian Gebruers with his granddaughters Ella and Amy in the playing cabin of St Colman's Cathedral in Cobh. Both granddaughters are learning to play the bells.

He climbed over 200 steps on December 31 to the top of a landmark cathedral to ring in the new year for the 53rd year in a row on one of the finest church bell instruments in the world.

As the bells of St Colman’s Cathedral in Cobh rang out across Cork Harbour, Ireland’s only carillonneur Adrian Gebruers, 80, said he hopes to continue playing the remarkable instrument for several more years to come.