Very Reverend Daniel Sheridan 23 July 1944 – 19 January 2019 The death has occurred of the Very Reverend Daniel Sheridan, former Parish Priest of Killeshandra, peacefully in the wonderful care of the staff of the College View Nursing Home, Cavan, on Saturday 19 January 2019. Pre-deceased by his parents Celia (née McGovern) and John...

Very Reverend Daniel Sheridan 23 July 1944 – 19 January 2019   It is with regret that the Diocese of Kilmore announces the death of the Very Reverend Daniel Sheridan, former Parish Priest of Killeshandra, which occurred earlier this afternoon, Saturday 19 January 2019. Funeral arrangements will be published later. Our sincere sympathy and deepest...

PREPARING FOR SUNDAYS – Fr. Eamonn Bredin will lead a group discussion on the Mass readings for the following Sunday in the Kilmore Diocesan Pastoral Centre, Cullies, Cavan, on Thursday evenings from 7:30p.m. to 9:30p.m..  All welcome. Cost: €5 per night.

  Following the acceptance by Pope Francis of the retirement of Bishop Leo O’Reilly as Bishop of Kilmore on 31 December last, the College of Consultors of the Diocese of Kilmore, met today in Cavan, in accordance with its rights and duties under Canon Law, and elected Monsignor Liam Kelly, Vicar General and Parish Priest...

Some months ago Bishop Leo O’Reilly, on medical advice, wrote to Pope Francis requesting him to accept his early retirement as Bishop of Kilmore due to ill-health, in accordance with Canon 401, #2 of the Code of Canon Law.  It is announced this morning in Rome that Pope Francis has accepted Bishop O’Reilly’s request and...

I happened to tune in to a radio programme in Germany a couple of days ago. It was about an unusual carol service that takes place every year in a football stadium in East Berlin. East Berlin of course was the capital of the former Communist East Germany. Of all the regions of the old...

I had a call from someone in Northern Sound radio during the week asking if I wanted to do a message for Christmas Day. I said I had already recorded a piece for the religious slot on Christmas morning, but he said he wanted something for the news and current affairs programme. He suggested a...

Warmest Christmas Greetings to all our people in the diocese of Kilmore, here at home and all around the world. No more than yourselves, I am very fond of Christmas. I love the carols and the cards, the decorations and the crib, the packed church at the Christmas eve Mass, the sense of togetherness and...

This Christmas marks the two hundredth anniversary of the first performance of that much loved festive hymn, Silent Night. The words were written by a young priest, Joseph Mohr and the melody was composed by his friend Franz Xavier Gruber. It was performed for the first time at Midnight Mass in Fr Mohr’s parish church...