Fr Frank O’Kelly

Fr Frank O’Kelly

Fr Frank O’Kelly was born in Derry, on 27th September 1935. He was educated at Clady NS, St Eugene’s and St Columb’s, Derry. He came to St Columban’s, Dalgan Park in September 1954 and was ordained priest on 21st December 1960. Frank was appointed to the Philippines...
Fr Desmond Morrison

Fr Desmond Morrison

Fr Desmond Morrison passed away in Big Hearts Care Home, Parañaque, Manila, after a long illness. He had spent 66 years of his missionary life in the Philippines. He was born in Dublin on 28 February 1925 and grew up in Derry where he attended Waterside Primary School...
Fr Patrick (Paddy) Dooher

Fr Patrick (Paddy) Dooher

Fr Patrick (Paddy) Dooher was born on 21 January 1943 in Donaghedy, Co Tyrone and was educated in Loughash PS and St Columb’s, Derry. He joined the Columbans in Dalgan Park, Navan in 1960 and was ordained there on 21 December 1966. Paddy then did postgraduate studies...
Columban Journalism Winners Featured in National Newspaper

Columban Journalism Winners Featured in National Newspaper

Today (Thursday 4th June 2020) the Irish News has a wonderful spread on the 2020 winners of the Columban Schools Journalism competition. The newspaper has published in full the winning print article by student Trinity McKeever of Thornhill College, Derry. It also...
Columban Schools Journalism 2020 Winning Article

Columban Schools Journalism 2020 Winning Article

Tacking Our ‘Throwaway Culture’ This is the winning article in the 2020 Columban Schools Journalism Competition in Ireland. It is by 16-year-old Trinity McKeever, a student of Thornhill College, Derry.  There has been such a focus on the waste from...