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Columban Way Newcastle Walk 7th June 2025 – Postponed
The weather forecast for Saturday is not good with a significant chance of walkers being caught under heavy slow moving showers. So we will reschedule for later in the summer. […]
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Poetry Ireland May Day
FoCB member Tim Dwyer and fellow poet Ross Thompson are having a poetry event. The readings will follow themes of May Day and Bealtaine: renewal, abundance and hope. There will […]
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New European Via Columbani Partnership
The official launch of the new European Via Columbani Partnership took place on Saturday 23 November 2024 during the Columbanus Festival in Bangor, Northern Ireland. The Via Columbani Partnership promotes […]
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AGM Monday 27 January 2025
Members are invited to the Friends of Columbanus Bangor Annual General Meeting which will take place on Monday 27 January 2025 in Bangor City Presbyterian Church, 7.00pm – 8.30pm.
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Irish Columban Way taster video
A three minute video has been produced providing an overview of the Irish Columban Way as walked for the first time by a group of pilgrims this summer. Two more […]
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“An Irish Treasure Chest on the Continent” video is now online
The videos of the keynote lecture “An Irish Treasure Chest on the continent” from the 2024 Columbanus Festival are now online to view at the link below.
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An introduction to the Life of St Gall (c 550 – 645 AD)
Early Life Little is known of St Gall’s early life, but traditions holds that born in Leinster of a prominent Scotti family, he entered the monastery of Bangor as a […]
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Columbanus Festival 2024
Gall – the man, the monk, and the bear. Gall, an Irish monk who was educated at Bangor Monastery, left Bangor for Europe circa 590 with Columbanus and 11 other […]
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Columban Way Walk for peace, healing and wellbeing arrives in Bangor
“I have traversed Ireland to and fro from end to end, and from sea to sea. Mostly on foot, for that is the only way to see and get to […]
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Columban Way Walk 2024 a huge success
Columban Way Walk a Huge Success The first planned Columban Way Walk on the island of Ireland has been hailed a huge success! The 361 mile walk started on 17 […]