First Official Walk of the Columban Way in Ireland

First Official Walk of the Columban Way in Ireland

The AGM of the Turas Columbanus Association at Dalgan Park unveiled plans for the first official walk of the full length of the Columban Way route from Myshall in Co Carlow to Bangor in Co Down this autumn. According to Niamh Byrne, who was elected at the AGM to the...
Soccer Legend Paul McGrath to Launch Columban Way

Soccer Legend Paul McGrath to Launch Columban Way

Irish soccer legend Paul McGrath will launch ‘The Columban Way’ this weekend at the Columban Cairn, at the Nine Stones Viewing Point on the Blackstairs Mountain. Bishop Denis Nulty of Kildare & Leighlin will bless and lead the walk from the Cairn down into Myshall...
St Columban: “more an eagle than a dove”

St Columban: “more an eagle than a dove”

To mark the Feast day of St Columban – patron of the Columbans – we publish an extract of Sr Redempta Twomey’s 2015 talks for RTE Radio on this inspirational Irish missionary who died in Bobbio in 615. In the Columban chapel in Dalgan, Co Meath there is a little...
Virtual cross-community church service to celebrate Columbanus

Virtual cross-community church service to celebrate Columbanus

This year the Friends of Columbanus Bangor are hosting a virtual cross-community church service to celebrate the life and legacy of St Columbanus. The cross-community, ecumenical service, entitled ‘A United Celebration of Columbanus’ takes place on Sunday 15th...