Candlemas & Carlow's Dole

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David & Sarah Clarke, owners of the Bull Inn, brought Carlow's Dole back to the fore this Candlemas. Although it is no longer possible for bread to be distributed from the top of George Carlow's tomb (as it's now on land forming part of a private garden), Fr Nigel and our Churchwardens, Veronica & David, met with children from Year 2 at St Mary's CofE Primary School in Carlow's Room at the Bull, where the children enjoyed home-made bread with some jam, no doubt at a cost of rather more than 20 shillings, which was George Carlow’s original bequest! Read more here.