Church marked with crosses tally Ireland's COVID-19 dead

Patrick Hand affixes crosses to the outdoor chapel of a thousand crosses and a million tears at Balally Parish Church of the Ascension of the Lord in Dublin, Ireland.

The outdoor chapel's wall of crosses has become a shrine and each cross represents a person in Ireland that has died from coronavirus and is added to daily.

Parish priest Fr Peter Byrne holds examples of more than 2000 crosses, that have been placed on the walls of the Church of the Ascension of the Lord and parish centre in Balally.

Each cross represents a victims of the Covid-19 pandemic, over 2,000 palm white crosses have been placed on the red brick walls in memory of those who have died in Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Kay Hand affixes a cross to the outdoor chapel of a thousand crosses and a million tears at Balally Parish Church of the Ascension of the Lord.

Parish priest Fr Peter Byrne at the Church of the Ascension of the Lord and parish centre in Balally.

Kay Hand affixes a cross to the outdoor chapel of a thousand crosses and a million tears at Balally Parish Church of the Ascension of the Lord.

Patrick Hand adds more crosses to the 2000 that have been placed on the walls of the Church of the Ascension of the Lord and parish centre in Balally.

Kay Hand holds up three crosses, examples of more than 2000 that have been placed on the walls of the Church of the Ascension of the Lord and parish centre in Balally.

Patrick Hand adds more crosses on the walls of the Church of the Ascension of the Lord.