An event is taking place in Carrigallen, Co Leitrim, this Sunday to celebrate 125 years of the Kilmore Diocesan Pioneer Total Abstinence Association.
There will be Mass and the presentation of pins in St Mary's Church at 2 o'clock, followed by dinner in the Kilbracken Arms nearby. Patricia Shannon from Corlough-Templeport is getting her 25-year pin on Sunday. Patricia was brought up in a pioneer house with her father and mother remaining pioneers throughout their lives.
The Donegal woman married a Cavan man and she says she always wanted to be a non-drinker. Patricia says wearing a pioneer win has become least common as it use to be.
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