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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
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Columban Way Walk 2024 a huge success
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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…
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Columban Way Walk from Navan Fort to Armagh City
On Tuesday 10 September in pleasant autumn sunshine the core group of walkers who had walked from County Carlow were joined by Archbishop Eamon Martin and Archbishop John McDowell and a group of young people from St Catherine’s College and St Patrick’s Grammar School for the walk from Navan Fort to the cathedrals in the ecclesiastical capital…
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Columban Way Walk 2024 page now live
