Light drizzle did not deter a large number of people of all ages from Drumlane and surrounding parishes from taking part in a Pilgrimage of Hope to Drumlane Abbey early on Sunday morning, 6 July 2025. Having assembled at Milltown Community Centre, pilgrims walked quietly to the ruins of the historic Abbey situated on the...

The Month’s Memory Mass for the late Fr Bernard (Barney) Doyle R.I.P. will be celebrated in St. Mary’s Church, Carrigallen, Co. Leitrim, on Saturday 26 July 2025  at 12 noon. May Fr Barney rest in eternal peace.

The latest issue of the Sharing Good News weekly e-zine for parishes and dioceses from the Catholic Communications Office of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference may be accessed from the following link: www.catholicnews.ie/?na=view&id=148

Parish of Glenfarne, Co. Leitrim – On returning 30% of Church Grounds to Nature – At its Spring meeting in March 2023, the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference agreed to return 30% of church grounds to nature by 2030.  There pledge is in response to the biodiversity crisis that our world is experiencing, the call of...

The latest issue of the Sharing Good News weekly e-zine for parishes and dioceses from the Catholic Communications Office of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference may be accessed from the following link: www.catholicnews.ie/?na=view&id=147

  Fr Bernard (Barney) Doyle R.I.P. 1933 – 2025   It is with deep regret that the Diocese of Kilmore announces the death of Fr Bernard (Barney) Doyle.  Fr Barney was born on 27 October 1933, son of Francis Doyle and Mary A. Blake, Gortermone, Carrigallen, Co. Leitrim. He was ordained to the priesthood in...

It is with regret that the Diocese of Kilmore has learned of the death on Friday night at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, of Fr Michael Gilsenan ss.cc, a priest attached to the community of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary at Tannagh, who served as curate in Maudabawn (Drumgoon...

  The second annual National Pilgrimage for Life, organised by the Council for Life of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference, took place in the Basilica at Knock Shrine on Saturday 21 June 2025 beginning with Mass at 3.00pm, during which the Anointing of the Sick took place.  The Council for Life was established by the Bishops’...