History Behind St. Valentine’s Day
EXHIBITION : VALENTINES DAY
About this Item
Reporter, Joe Little, finds out how some people spend St. Valentine’s Day, the feast day of the Patron Saint of young people and of love.
- Title History Behind St. Valentine’s Day
- 1st Broadcast 14/02/2003
- ContributorJoe Little (Reporter)
- Clip Duration 00:01:43
- Material Type Video
- Series title RTÉ News
- Clip title History Behind St. Valentine’s Day
- Extended description
Reporter, Joe Little, finds out how some people spend St. Valentine’s Day and visits the relics of St. Valentine at Whitefriars Church, Dublin. Children express their views on Valentine’s Day and a blessing of wedding and engagement rings takes place.
- Information
RTÉ News report on Valentine's Day from 14 February 2003.
- Local keywords Valentine's Day, St. Valentine, Joe Little, Whitefriars Church
- Geographical coverage Ireland
- Genre News
- Topic National Holidays, Festivals, Anniversaries, Annual Events
- Publisher Broadcaster RTÉ
- First broadcast channel RTÉ One
- Production year 2003
- Country of production Ireland
- Original identifier BN03/045
- IPR restrictions Rights Reserved - Free Access
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- Item type part/extract
- Item colour Colour
- Item sound Mono
- Aspect ratio 4:3
- Language used English (eng)
- Original language English (eng)
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