Good News
Tiernan Burke from Cork spent some time as a student Priest in our Parish two years ago, he will be ordained a Priest for Cloyne Diocese in Cork next Sunday 24^th May 2026. We wish Tiernan every happiness and blessing in his ministry. We have two Student Priests Will O’Shea, Cork and Damien Kirkpatrick, Antrim with us on placement in the Parish at present. There will be 9 ordinations to the Priesthood in Ireland this year with 13 men entering Maynooth Seminary last September including Dermot Brady from our own Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin.
There are presently 35 student Priests in Maynooth Seminary and 77 in total for the whole country.