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  • Columbanus Festival 2023 a Great Success

    Columbanus Festival 2023 a Great Success

    The annual Columbanus Festival to commemorate the life and legacy of Columbanus has been hailed  a great success.  The bell themed programme attracted people from both within and from outside […]

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    November 29, 2023
  • Early Irish Hand-Bells Revisited Video

    Early Irish Hand-Bells Revisited Video

    The videos of the keynote lecture Early Irish Hand-Bells Revisited from the 2023 Columbanus Festival are now on-line to view at the link below.

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    November 29, 2023
  • Columbanus Festival 2023

    Columbanus Festival 2023

    Bells Ring Out for Columbanus Festival The theme of ‘Bells’ will resonate throughout the Columbanus Festival, an annual event that commemorates the life and legacy of Columbanus, from 24 -26 […]

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    October 25, 2023
  • Bangor to Bobbio (2023)

    Bangor to Bobbio (2023)

    On Thursday  21st September 2023 I embarked on my own pilgrimage journey from Bangor to Bobbio. I was invited to participate in the European Heritage Weekend organised by Manuela Bertoncini, […]

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    October 19, 2023
  • Visit to the St Patrick’s Centre and County Down Museum in Downpatrick

    Visit to the St Patrick’s Centre and County Down Museum in Downpatrick

    On the 15th September 2023 a group from Bangor Friends of Columbanus travelled to Downpatrick to visit the County Down Museum and the newly updated visitor galleries in the St […]

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    September 25, 2023
  • Brittany Comes to Bangor

    Brittany Comes to Bangor

    Friends of Columbanus Bangor welcomed 43 members of Les Amis Breton de Columban to Bangor on Sunday 10 September.  After mass at St Comgall’s Church, Father Gunn gave a talk […]

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    September 11, 2023
  • Columban Way gains more support from local politicians

    Columban Way gains more support from local politicians

    Friends of Columbanus Bangor are continuing their campaign to lobby politicians from Northern Ireland political parties to gain support for the development of the Columban Way. Deborah Girvan, Chairwoman of […]

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    August 7, 2023
  • Politicians Support the Columban Way

    Politicians Support the Columban Way

    Deborah Girvan, Chairwoman of Friends of Columbanus Bangor has welcomed support from local politicians for the development of the Columban Way in Northern Ireland. Naomi Long MLA, leader of the […]

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    July 26, 2023
  • Handover of Columban Charter of Partnership Signatures in St Gallen, Switzerland

    Handover of Columban Charter of Partnership Signatures in St Gallen, Switzerland

    661 signatures of support for the Columban Charter of Partnership from Northern Ireland were handed over at the official European launch in St Gallen, Switzerland, on 7 July 2023.  The […]

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    July 26, 2023
  • Italian Mayor Visits Bangor

    Italian Mayor Visits Bangor

    Mayor of Ards and North Down Council, Councillor Jennifer Gilmore, welcomed a group of Italians who were visiting Bangor to attend the Columbanus Community Folk Festival. Included in the group […]

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    June 12, 2023
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