Christmas Day Dinner 2013 - The Order of the Knights of St. Columbanus
Channel: ChristmasDayDinner
Date: 29/12/2013

RTÉ News coverage of the 89th Christmas Day Dinner for the poor and homeless of Dublin City (and surrounding areas) organised by the Knights of St. Columbanus at the RDS in Dublin 2013. 

The Christmas Day dinner was originally held at the Mansion House Dublin and has been held every year since 1924. For the last number of years the Knights of St. Columbanus have held the Christmas Day Dinner at the RDS, courtesy of the Royal Dublin Society and the Knights of St. Columbanus are very appreciative of this.

Special Guests included, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, Supreme Knight Bernard J. Burns, Lord Mayor of Dublin Oisín Quinn.  

Adrian King, Chair of the Christmas Day Dinner Committee (CDDC) of the Order of the Knights of St. Columbanus explains how the event has grown from 1,100 meals in 2011 to almost 2,500 in 2013.

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