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Festival Columban Way Walk
Presented by: COLUMBANUS COMMUNITY FOLK FESTIVAL 2022 Friday 17th June, 2022 Explore the rich monastic heritage in Ards and North Down with experienced walking and tourism guides. The 6-mile walk, organised by Friends of Columbanus Bangor, will take you from Comber to Scrabo Tower and on to Newtownards, either finishing in Conway Square or Movilla Abbey […]
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Columbanus Community Folk Festival 2022
This year Ards CCÉ (local charity music organisation) will be hosting the “Columbanus Community Folk Festival 2022” and what a festival it’s going to be with many local and international artists in the line-up! The great outdoors also features with a boat trip complete with music, poetry and storytelling and a walk along a North […]
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Columbanus Boat Tour
Presented by: COLUMBANUS COMMUNITY FOLK FESTIVAL 2022 June 12th & 19th ~3 pm, 2022 departing Bangor Marina Hop aboard ‘Ocean Crest’ and enjoy the most beautiful coastal path from the sea. With Live Music, Poetry & Storytelling featuring “Friends of Columbanus” David Lennon, Tim Dwyer and Marianne McShane. Book a Place To book a place please […]
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Carlow Columban Way Walk
June 4 @ 10:00 am – 4:30 pm Following in the footsteps of Saint Columbanus ‘THE COLUMBAN WAY’is a pilgrim trail along his journey taken during the 5th and early 6th century from his home parish of Myshall in the foothills of the Blackstairs Mountains, Carlow to begin religious studies in Fermanagh and Bangor, Co. […]
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Columban Way Receives £5,000 from the David Cross Foundation
The Columban Way, a pilgrim route that follows the footsteps of Columbanus through eight European countries, has received £5,000 from the David Cross Foundation for Peace and Reconciliation, towards developing the route from Dundrum to Comber.
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Carlow Trip to Walk Columban Way – June 2022
A trip to walk the Carlow section of the Columban Way is being planned for the week of the 3-5th June 2022. This will be part of a Walking festival and will include a cultural evening.
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Start of the Columban Way launched in Co Carlow
The first stage of the Columban Way in Ireland was recently launched in Myshall, Co Carlow. The Columban Way is an ambitious European pilgrim route that traces the footsteps of Columbanus from Mount Leinster, where he was born in 541, through eight European countries to Bobbio, Italy, where he died in 615. Modelled on the […]
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From North Downs to North Down
On Tuesday 8 March, Chair Deborah Girvan and Vice Chair David Lennon were delighted to welcome Rev Phil Goodey, Dean of North Downs and Maidstone to Bangor. After picking up a copy of a DVD called ‘Blessing Europe’, The Legacy of the Celtic Saints, by Rainer Walde (see YouTube version below), Phil was inspired to […]
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Making Europe: Columbanus and His Legacy Project
You are cordially invited to the presentation of the three-volume series that marksthe completion of the Making Europe: Columbanus and His Legacy Project. Date: Saturday 14th May 2022 @ 13:30 for 14:00 (a light lunch will be served at 13:30) Location: St Comgalls Primary School, Brunswick Road, Bangor RSVP: tourism.admin@ardsandnorthdown.gov.uk