INISHBOFIN hosted its fifth wedding celebration earlier this month with around 60 guests packing the small refurbished church. Local man Eamonn McGinley wed his sweetheart Mary B Magee from Derryreel in the island church, Teach Pobail Mhuire na nGrás, on August 7. Family members and a few friends were ferried from Magheraroarty by Harry Coll […]
Fr Seán Ó Gallchóir: 50 years of serving his community
FATHER Seán Ó Gallchóir will enjoy a quiet time with his family this Sunday to mark the Golden Jubilee of his ordination to the priesthood. Parish Priest in Gortahork, Fr Seán was ordained in the old St Mary’s Church, Derrybeg by Bishop Anthony McFeely on June 27, 1971. The eldest son of the late Johnny […]
Bishop makes first official visit to Tory island
The helicopter service, funded by Roinn na Gaeltachta, is a great addition to the island and its people