31st December
Ring in the New Year With the Bells of St Mary’s and Blessington & District Forum
The community of Blessington and the surrounding area is invited to greet 2020 in a new way this New Year’s Eve. Blessington & District Forum in conjunction with St Mary’s Church, Blessington, is encouraging everyone to ring out the old year and ring in the new one accompanied by the church’s historic bells.
People are encouraged to gather in the Square in Blessington at 11.45pm on December 31 where they will be given tea lights. The church’s bells will toll for 10 minutes in the run up to midnight to ring out 2019. The bells will fall silent for a time before 12 single strokes are rung at midnight. Then all the bells will ring in the new year. People will light their tea lights on the stroke of midnight bringing light into the darkness at the dawn of the new year bringing hope to the community for 2020.