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 of Bangor Harbour to Smelt Mill Bay (where it is now thought Columbanus set sail in 591AD).

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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.