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Carlow to Athy Inaugural Walk 2023
HI All Throughout the Easter period a number of walks are taking place along pilgrim paths across Ireland. To walk in the footsteps of St.Columbanus Myshall Muintir na Tire Columban […]
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Friends of Columbanus Bangor Meet Chris Hazzard MP
Friends of Columbanus Bangor met with Chris Hazzard MP to discuss the development of the Columban Way in County Down. The Columban Way, a European pilgrim route that traces the footsteps […]
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Columban Charter of Partnership
On Friday 24 March 2023, FoCB Committee members launched the Columban Charter of Partnership at Bangor City Hall (Bangor Castle). The Charter is a declaration of intent to support and […]
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Columbanus Peregrinus Project
For the past 10 years, Manuela Bertoncini from the Liguria region in Italy, has been connecting people in Ireland with people in Italy through culture, sport, music, education and agriculture. […]
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Columbanus, Penance and the roots of Military Chaplaincy
The principal speaker at this year’s Columbanus Festival in Bangor was Rev Andrew Totten. Ordained in the Church of Ireland, Rev Totten was an Army chaplain for 27 years. He […]
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Columbanus Festival 2022 – Report
Columbanus Festival a Great Success The annual Columbanus Festival to commemorate the life and legacy of Columbanus has been hailed as a great success. With grant funding from the Department of Communities which […]
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Finding Columbanus (Carlow) – Report
On the 8th October 2022 a small group from Bangor joined the Carlow Friends of Columbanus group to walk one of the Columban Way ‘feeder routes’. We walked a 7km […]
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Finding Columbanus (Bangor) – Report
24/25 September 2022 Owing to weather conditions we had to abandon the plan to explore the ecclesiastical remains on the Copeland Islands and instead make a short boat trip out […]
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Columbanus Events in Bangor and Carlow
Dear Friend of Columbanus Bangor A couple of months ago we were approached by a Myshall Community Group in Co Carlow who are involved with developing the Columban Way. They […]
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Columbanus attracts Italian visitors
Twenty five people from the Lombardy region of Italy arrived in Bangor on Monday 5 July to explore the heritage of Columbanus. The group, led by Mauro Steffenini, President of […]