Columbanus Summer Festival in Clonard

Columbanus Summer Festival in Clonard

The annual Columbanus Cultural and Heritage Summer Festival is due to take place on Saturday 2nd September 2023 in Clonard, Co Meath. This is the third year of the festival which is aimed at empowering local communities to take responsibility for the promotion,...
Join the Columban Way Pilgrimage in Britain

Join the Columban Way Pilgrimage in Britain

Columban Missionaries in Britain are celebrating Laudato Si’ Week by following in the footsteps of St Columban and reflecting on ‘the cry of the Earth and the cry of the poor’. A pilgrim group of ordained and lay Columban missionaries and co-workers, led by Regional...
Columban Way/Turas Columbanus Annual Walk

Columban Way/Turas Columbanus Annual Walk

The Columban Way/Turas Columbanus Annual Walk takes place on Saturday 4th June 2022 from Bunclody in Co Wexford to Myshall in Co Carlow. This wonderful walk takes a scenic route along quiet country roads and through the forests of the Blackstairs Mountains to the Nine...
Let’s Walk Together to Cleenish Island

Let’s Walk Together to Cleenish Island

We are inviting people to take part in a one-day pilgrim walk to Cleenish Island’s Columbanus site. St Columbanus came to Cleenish Island as a young man to study under St Sinell, who had founded a monastery on the shores of Lough Erne. The site that we are visiting...
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...