Remembering Niall

Remembering Niall

by | Aug 15, 2024 | Features

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...
Fr Patrick Hurley

Fr Patrick Hurley

by | Apr 17, 2019 | Gone but not forgotten

Fr Patrick (‘Paddy’) Hurley was born in Kilcrohane, Co Cork on 27 June 1924. He was educated in Kilcrohane NS and St Colman’s College, Fermoy, Co Cork. Two other brothers, the late Dermot and Gerard were also Columban priests, and his sister Catherine was...
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...