Do you know who's Christening this is from 1998?

freshpopcorn

I stumbled across this on Youtube.

This roll of film was found in a second hand jacket.

Baby name appears to be Brendan.

Does you know anybody in the photos, the church, etc?

I'm getting more pathetic I know.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFDgqQvljaw

cj maxx

I don't recognise anyone but what uniform is granddad wearing. Seems like a police or other state service

Grayson

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121023629#Comment_121023629

Group 4 is a contractor that does security. They're english but probably operated in Ireland as well.

Badly Drunk Boy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121023715#Comment_121023715

Group 4 were definitely in Ireland back then because a neighbour of mine worked for them (and he's long dead). They're called G4S nowadays, I think.

Hangdogroad

Yeah they were in Ireland for a while. They made the news a few times because prisoners kept escaping from their custody.

Dial Hard

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121023970#Comment_121023970

I didn't think private security ever did prisoner escorts, no? They definitely did cash-in-transit and had a couple of tiger kidnappings alright (including my next door neighbour's family).

artanevilla

They look English, the people I mean.

Kalimah

That was lovely!

Kalimah

double post

Kalimah

I wonder if it's an Anglican or Church of Ireland? I saw a cross in a photo but no crucifix as far as I could see.

Hangdogroad

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121024022#Comment_121024022

OK, it seems they didn't do prisioner transfers in Ireland. They did in Britain, there were a few high profile cases of prisioners escaping, thats what I was thinking of.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_4_(company)

freshpopcorn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121024055#Comment_121024055

When I look at it in the brightlight of day. I'd agree with you.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121024078#Comment_121024078

I felt all emotional watching that at 3am.

BrianD3

Anytime I got a roll of 35 mm film developed, the photos were all the same size yet they are various different sizes in that album. Is there something funny going on here.

artanevilla

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121024234#Comment_121024234

It's probably from one of those cameras that came out just prior to digital. Not sure what they were called but they allowed you to change the size of the photo, panorama etc. I had one I'd say circa that same time.

Kalimah

The music makes it I think - a group called Loving Caliber - from Sweden I see.

L1011

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121024533#Comment_121024533

APS. Pointless attempt to lock down the printing facilities.

Badly Drunk Boy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121024698#Comment_121024698

It make it something, alright!! 😶

BrianD3

The FreeBMD project has 322 million civil birth, death and marriage records up to 1998 for England and Wales but births only go up to about 1992. In a few years' time if they continue to add birth records, it may be possible to trace Brendans who were born around August 1998.

https://www.freebmd.org.uk/

Burt Renaults

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121024121#Comment_121024121

They have that look about them, alright.

artanevilla

Far too fancy for Anglican or Church of Ireland, I'd guess Roman Catholic. It's looks rural. While they look English (I'd say Northerners too) is there many rural Catholic churches in the UK?

L1011

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121026641#Comment_121026641

High Anglican churches are just as fancy as RC. There are both COE and COI bells'n'smells High Anglican parishes.

I'd say the name implies Catholic more than the church!

cj maxx

Oh the local CoI church is fancy , but it looked like a Catholic priest . I’ve never seen a reverend with a dog collar like that . They’re always full collars . Definitely a RC priest .

pgj2015

That looks like my old priest Fr Michael O'Flatley.

DJIMI TRARORE

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121029599#Comment_121029599

Wasn't he the dancing priest from Fr Ted

pgj2015

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121029648#Comment_121029648

No, that was Father Liam Finnegan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R2Sq26KvY0