Fishing boats are blessed at Bundoran, County Donegal.

The lake and lobster boats which have been built in the locality are blessed in a ceremony performed at Bundoran Pier by The Very Reverend Canon Maccartan McQuaid, PP (Parish Priest) Bundoran.

Local men taking a boat trip are joined by Parliamentary Secretary to the Taoiseach Joseph Brennan.

An RTÉ News report broadcast on 15 May 1963. The footage shown here is mute.