The story behind a wedding dress used as an angel’s robe at Cork nativities for two generations...

Keara Cronin and her husband Vincent on their wedding day 50 years ago.
FIFTY years ago, recycling, to most people, meant getting back on your bicycle after falling off.


As for that fabulous dress, Muireann said: “My mother made it herself, and, although it was well above the knee, she cheekily says it was her longest dress at the time. It was an iconic early 1970s mini-dress with a ‘Jackie O’ A-line silhouette, adorned by a simple mantilla-like lace hood and sleeves.

