Fr Martin Ryan

Fr Martin Ryan

Fr Martin Ryan was born on 23 January 1929 at Wildfield, Muckalee, Co Kilkenny. Educated at Muckalee NS and St Kieran’s, Kilkenny, he came to Dalgan in 1947 and was ordained priest on 21 December 1953. Martin was assigned to the Philippines, to the southern island of...
Fr Sean McDonagh featured as key thinker new school textbook

Fr Sean McDonagh featured as key thinker new school textbook

Columban eco theologian Fr Sean McDonagh is featured as a key thinker in the textbook for the new Politics and Society course for the Leaving Cert. The subject has been examined for the first time in June 2018 after it was piloted in 41 schools from September 2016....
Cemetery Sunday 2018: Jastine Valdez remembered

Cemetery Sunday 2018: Jastine Valdez remembered

Last Sunday, the regional director of the Columbans in Ireland, Fr Pat Raleigh marked Cemetery Sunday in Dalgan Park recalling all those Columbans “who journeyed with us” during the course of the Society’s 100 years of mission. Greeting up to 400 relatives of deceased...
Columban Centenary celebrated at Irish College in Rome

Columban Centenary celebrated at Irish College in Rome

The 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Missionary Society of St Columban was celebrated at the Pontifical Irish College in Rome on 18 May 2018. Columban founders, Fr Edward Galvin and Fr John Blowick, stayed at the Irish College in 1918 when they went to Rome...