Remembering Niall

Remembering Niall

I was blessed to be a classmate and a dear friend of the late Fr Niall O’Brien. He was a wonderful person, artistic, intelligent, an excellent writer, a man of deep spirituality with an infectious sense of humour. He had a gift for learning languages and quickly...
Join the Columban Way Pilgrim Walk from 17th August 2024

Join the Columban Way Pilgrim Walk from 17th August 2024

The Columban Way/Turas Columbanus pilgrim walk takes off on Saturday 17th August 2024 from the car park at the historic ecclesiastical site of St Mullins in Co Carlow and continues all the way to Bangor, Co Down. This pilgrim journey of discovery, following in the...
The Usual Suspects

The Usual Suspects

In the light of the current anti-immigrant disturbances, Fr Bobby Gilmore, who founded the Migrants Rights Centre Ireland, recalls an article published by The Economist over a decade ago which, even then, was trying to scapegoat immigrants. Ireland, he warns, has...
A Priest Forever

A Priest Forever

Fr Neil Collins recalls Columban martyr Fr Jack O’Brien who served as a chaplain during the D-Day landings in World War II and was subsequently killed during the Korean War. John P. O’Brien was born in Donamon, Co Roscommon on 1st December 1918. He wrote to Fr...