PICTURE: Local Tipperary town hosts outdoor Easter Sunday mass ceremony

A fine crowd turned out for the annual Dawn Chorus mass in the beautiful surroundings of Templemore Town Park in the early hours of Easter Sunday.

Blessed with a delightful morning dawn broke around 5.45am, as Fr Conor and Fr Francis led those in attendance in prayer.

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Never has there been such an idyllic setting for an event like this which always lifts the hearts and minds of those present.

Most headed off afterwards for an early morning walk around the Park as the birds sang in full voice.

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Life should be treasured every day and we should remember this every day we rise.