Full titles read: "St. Patrick's Day in Dublin - Troops attend open air Mass at Collins Barracks."
Dublin, Eire (Southern Ireland, Republic of Ireland).
M/S shows a priest standing at an altar in a small shelter in a field; an army officer kneels before the altar. From a different angle, M/S shows the priest and officer kneeling before the altar, then panning left, we see the troops standing during the mass. Soldiers carrying furled flags march across the field with a military escort.
Intertitle reads: "Sprigs of shamrock adorned every cap." Several shots show soldiers taking a sprig of shamrock from a box and placing them in their caps.
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