The seminary, built in 1716–17 in a secluded valley, was disguised as a farm building, so as not to attract any attention.
Book outlines the struggles of Cloyne’s Catholics in asserting their identities in the harsh environment of the penal laws.
“If the name is lost we are going to lose Medical Missionary of Mary history and heritage as well.”
The monastery at Clonmacnoise was founded in 544 by St Ciarán, from Rathcroghan, Co. Roscommon.
A fundraising drive will now take place to raise funds to preserve the tower.
Association asked to promote An Leabhar Aifrinn (the Irish language translation of the new edition of the Missal) which is expected to become available in 2017.
Festival becomes a week-long event for the first time thanks to “a remarkable renewal of interest in following in the footsteps of the past”.
Talks will look at the role the friars in the 1916 Rising, War of Independence and the Celtic Cultural Revival, as well as at the height of the penal persecution.
Bishop Leahy pays tribute to DUP leader Arlene Foster as an example of how we can deal with the past.
Marriage referendum result was a 'wake up call' as to how seriously Catholic education needs to be revivified says CEO of new Irish Catholic college.
“We can see from many current crises that no amount of policy will deter people from migrating," Bishop John Kirby said at the launch of 'Welcoming the Stranger' in London.
Decade of Commemorations presents a vital opportunity for every part of the Church on this island, not only to remember the past, but to create and shape the future.
Jesuit recommends cross-community education and training course at TCD about the 1912-1922 period in Irish/British history.
Iona Institute reminds media presenters that they ought to be more like referees, ensuring a balanced debate.
Bishop of Derry addresses the annual memorial service for those who died and were injured in the 1982 explosion at the Droppin’ Well disco in Ballykelly.
Patrician Brothers and Brigidine Sisters and friends recall legacy of 18th century Irish pioneer.
Special masses will mark 50 years of the current parish church in Blackrock, Cork.
“Taking time to come on pilgrimage to Lough Derg offers an opportunity to empty oneself and to find ones true self," says prior.
Donegal programme gives students tools to defend the faith and grow closer to Jesus.
Collaboration with researchers of every culture and religion contributes to dialogue between Church and modern world.
Fr Brendan Leahy explains that this book contains almost eighty short articles from a host of leading scholars on various treasures of the Christian tradition in Ireland from the fifth to the twenty-first century.
This is the first in-depth study of the career of Father John Kenyon, a controversial and outspoken Catholic priest in nineteenth century Ireland. Written by Tim Boland.
John R Walsh and Thomas Bradley provide an excellent summary history of that most formative period of Irish history, the three centuries of Christianity after the arrival of St Patrick.
Colmán Etchingham looks at the history of Graiguenamanagh Abbey and the 12th century reform movement which brought the Cistercians from Wiltshire to the valley of the River Barrow
A collection of historical essays by professional historians, some of them themselves Benedictines, recording how Irish men and women have responded to the Rule of St Benedict over a period of 1400 years as a way to seek and find God.
John Davis recalls the best known battle of the Crimean War, the 25-minute Charge of the Light Brigade down the wrong valley at Balaclava 150 years ago. Of its 673 horesmen, 114 were Irish and its leaders had interesting Irish connections.
For the eighth centenary of the town of Callan, Co. Kilkenny, Jim O’Halloran SDB addresses his fellow Callan-ites on the topic of “The Church and the World of the Future”.
Jesuit priest Bruce Bradley looks at the complicated relationship between James Joyce and his educational mentors.
In a series of six monographs, James J. Harkins explores the historical dimensions of the coming of Christianity to Ireland and its subsequent spread to Scotland and the European continent. Using German and French sources he has interesting insights and comments on what the Irish missionaries did well and not [...]
John McHale was among the first Irish bishops since the Reformation to have been educated in Ireland. As a fearless critic of British mismanagement of Ireland during the Great Famine, he was attacked by the British press but loved by the Irish people.
