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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 also be traditional songs performed by Down Singing Circle. Ross and Tim will be reading from their new poetry collections including poems alluding to Bangor…
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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 cultural and educational exchanges, musical events and sporting challenges, between nine European countries that Columbanus, a Bangor monk, and his 12 disciples, including Gall, travelled…
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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 longer videos will follow soon. One will focus on the religious and spiritual side of the walk the other the tourism and economic potential of…
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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 boy, where he studied under Comgall its founder. Comgall’s school was a renowned centre of learning which attracted students from all over Europe. There is…
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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 disciples on a pilgrimage for Christ.His memory and legacy lives on, not just in Bangor, but in the beautiful city of St Gallen, Switzerland, where…
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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 know intimately any country; sometimes by cycle; seldom by car, for the motor travels much too fast for the serious observer… …for the nature-lover, and…
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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 August from Mt Leinster in Co Carlow and finished 36 days later on 21 September in Bangor, Co Down. Over 100 walkers joined the five…
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Welcome the Columban Way Walk for Peace, Healing and Wellbeing into Bangor
Friends of Columbanus Bangor are organising a Columban Way walk on Saturday 21 September 2024 from Helen’s Bay to Bangor to meet and welcome the inaugural Columban Way walkers as they complete their 360 mile journey from Mount Leinster in Co Carlow. The theme of this walk is peace, healing and wellbeing and in recognition…