Fr Brendan Joseph Patrick Murray

Fr Brendan Joseph Patrick Murray

Fr Brendan Joseph Patrick Murray was born on 22nd September 1932 at Louville, Ahascragh, Co Galway. He was educated at Ahascragh NS and St Joseph’s College, Garbally, Ballinasloe. Brendan came to Dalgan in September 1950 and was an exchange student in the USA from...
Korean Revives Knitwear Brand Founded by Fr PJ

Korean Revives Knitwear Brand Founded by Fr PJ

The Korea Times has published a report on a Korean company which is breathing new life into Hallimhandweavers, Jeju island’s wool knitwear brand founded in 1959 by Columban Missionary Fr (PJ) Patrick James McGlinchey. In the 1950s, in the wake of the Korean War, Fr...
Posthumous Distinguished Alumni Award for Fr Kevin

Posthumous Distinguished Alumni Award for Fr Kevin

The Irish Ambassador to Korea, Michelle Winthrop, received on behalf of the late Columban Missionary Fr Kevin O’Rourke, the Distinguished Alumni Award from Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea. Fr Kevin O’Rourke is the first foreign national to receive this honour. It was...
From Tyburn to Peru

From Tyburn to Peru

Oxford Street in London is the busiest shopping thoroughfare in Britain and one of the most famous in the world. At the top of Oxford Street, by Marble Arch, you have to cross a traffic island, where most passers-by will have their eyes fixed on the pedestrian traffic...
Messenger of St Anthony Features Columban Martyrs

Messenger of St Anthony Features Columban Martyrs

The Messenger of St Anthony (English language edition) featured the seven Columban Martyrs who died in Korea in 1950 in the December 2025 edition. It also highlighted the tapestry ‘Woven into Memory’ which was commissioned by Jacqueline Creavan...