Fr Aidan Larkin

Fr Aidan Larkin

by | Apr 5, 2019 | Gone but not forgotten

Fr Aidan was born on 31 March 1946 in the Parish of Lissan, Cookstown, Co Tyrone. He was educated at Lissan PS and St Patrick’s College, Armagh. After Armagh he spent a year in Maynooth before leaving to complete his BA in UCD. Still feeling called to priesthood, he...
Fr Columb (Colm) Rafferty

Fr Columb (Colm) Rafferty

by | Feb 11, 2019 | Gone but not forgotten

Fr Columb (Colm) Rafferty was born on 2 March 1929 at Craigavole, Swatragh, Co Derry. He was educated at Swatragh PES and at St Columb’s College, Derry. He came to Dalgan in 1947 and was ordained priest on 21 December 1953. Colm’s first appointment was to the...
Fr Leo Clarke

Fr Leo Clarke

by | Jan 30, 2019 | Gone but not forgotten

Fr Lawrence (Leo) Clarke was born on 12 January 1929 in Delvin, Co Westmeath. He was educated in Ballinvalley NS and St Finian’s College, Mullingar. He came to Dalgan in 1947 and was ordained priest on 21 December 1953. Leo was appointed to Korea where he would spend...
Fr Eamonn Finbarr Horgan

Fr Eamonn Finbarr Horgan

by | Jan 23, 2019 | Gone but not forgotten

Eamonn Horgan was born on 13 October 1929 at Littlefield, Co Kilkenny. He was educated at Clinstown NS and St Kieran’s College, Kilkenny. He came to Dalgan in 1947, and was ordained priest on 21 December 1953 and assigned to Japan in 1954. His next sixty years would...
Fr Eugene Ryan

Fr Eugene Ryan

by | Dec 28, 2018 | Gone but not forgotten

Fr Eugene Ryan was born in Dublin on 25 July 1927. He attended O’Connell’s School and Belvedere College and worked for a while in the Civil Service before coming to Dalgan in 1947. Eugene was ordained on 21 December 1953 and assigned to Korea where the war was...
Fr Patrick Joseph Smyth

Fr Patrick Joseph Smyth

by | Dec 26, 2018 | Gone but not forgotten

Fr Patrick Joseph (‘Paddy) Smyth was born in Athlone, Co Westmeath in 1929. He was educated at Ballina NS and St Muredach’s College, Ballina, and came to Dalgan in 1947. He was ordained priest on 21 December 1953. He was appointed to Japan in 1954 but after...