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’...

The Summer Programme at Knock Shrine 2025 may be viewed at the following link: www.kilmorediocese.ie/summer-programme-at-knock-shrine-2025/?swcfpc=1

  Featured Image: Oliver Dixon / Drumlane Abbey / CC BY-SA 2.0

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=146

  The Schedule of Events for the Jubilee Year of Hope in the Diocese of Kilmore has been published and is now available to view on the Kilmore diocesan website at the following link: www.kilmorediocese.ie/jubilee-year-of-hope-schedule-of-diocesan-events/?swcfpc=1 Brochures outlining the various events planned have also been circulated to all churches in the diocese.

    Approximately 200 people of all ages, from local parishes in the Cavan Deanery and further afield, gathered last Sunday in beautiful and tranquil surroundings on the shores of Lough Oughter for the celebration of Mass on the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity.  The Mass was celebrated in the shadow of the ruins...