© 2006 Donncha O Caoimh

Little Communion Girl

A girl dressed in a communion dress and veil walks with her mother through the crowds on St. Patrick’s Street Cork on Saturday. Dressed as she is, she looks almost lost but the crowd parted way for her and her parents.

I don’t know why she was dressed like that. First Communion ceremonies aren’t until next year. Is it a communion dress? Could she be a bridesmaid or flower girl at a wedding?

Two of my photos may be entered into the Irish Photographic Federation’s National Shield as part of the Mallow Camera Club entry. They need fairly large prints which is a bit of a problem but of they’re suitable I’ll link to them in a few days. The competition will be held in Portlaoise on the 12th of November so I’ll be eagerly waiting for the results! I’m not the only blogger entering. Jonathan Hill is entering too!

12 Comments

  1. Mary
    Posted November 1, 2006 at 2:21 pm | #

    Donncha, that is odd isn’t it and the mother doesn’t look dressed for a communion or a wedding!

  2. Posted November 1, 2006 at 4:05 pm | #

    This is superb. She just sits right out from the rest of the people in the crowd. Wonderful.

  3. Posted November 1, 2006 at 6:31 pm | #

    I love it – great shot. The direction in the image including your view point and crop adds a distorted sense of isolation to it. Fancy dress party perhaps? I think this shot will do well :)

  4. Posted November 1, 2006 at 6:46 pm | #

    Thanks! It could be a fancy dress alright. I hadn’t thought of that. Like Gavin, I love how she’s in a world of her own!

    Jonathan – I haven’t entered this photo, but I linked here because I mentioned the competition, thank you for your kind comments anyway :)

  5. Regis
    Posted November 2, 2006 at 6:42 pm | #

    Nice framing on this picture !

  6. tara
    Posted December 6, 2006 at 6:21 pm | #

    its rubbish. i hate it and the girl is ugly. the dress is manky. so discusting.

  7. Posted December 6, 2006 at 6:30 pm | #

    Wow, Tara – you got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning! Sorry you don’t like it but I have to disagree with you on every point – the girl and her dress are beautiful and angelic.

  8. Flickr: xeer
    Posted January 12, 2007 at 12:59 pm | #

    xeer has posted a comment:

    Thanks Jilly! She looked so unusual in the crowd wearing that dress. It’s nice to know where it came from!

    Little Communion Girl

  9. Flickr: jilly2007
    Posted January 11, 2007 at 5:01 am | #

    jilly2007 has posted a comment:

    The little girl is not making her communion or going to a wedding because my little girl has that dress. It is a cinderella dress (if you look close to the chest you will see cinderella)The dress is blue on the other side and inside out it is cinderellas wedding dress each side comes with acessories like the veil.So its just a costume from Marks and Spencers.

    Little Communion Girl

  10. Katie
    Posted January 31, 2007 at 7:07 pm | #

    Thats a disney princess dress (cinderella) She must be in a panto

  11. Mandy
    Posted June 4, 2007 at 7:21 am | #

    It’s not about the dress, it is about the feeling and atmosphere of the moment. I like it !!!

  12. Tara @ Bridal Ireland
    Posted September 1, 2007 at 12:18 am | #

    nice photo…taken really quickly I guess

One Trackback

  1. By .. on December 11, 2006 at 11:35 am

    [...] I entered Little Communion Girl into the Photo Friday “Fresh” competition this morning. Let’s have a look at the other entrants. Tags: Architecture, Black and White, Canon 20D, city, Cork, Ireland, irishblogs, Landscape, photos, port, Sigma 18 200, Urban, Water [...]

Post a Comment

Your email is never published nor shared. Required fields are marked *

*
*

You may use these HTML tags and attributes: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>

In Photos dot Org is Stephen Fry proof thanks to caching by WP Super Cache