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 promote pilgrimage, cultural and scientific activities relating to Columbanus and Gall in all the regions and countries where their memory remains alive.  In particular, it…

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.   She has produced this presentation which outlines some of the activities undertaken over the last decade. Peregrinus Project 2012-2022 On behalf of the Friends of…

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 was a padre on the ground in Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq, and Afghanistan, and became an Honorary Chaplain to The Queen. His final post as Principal of…

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 is administered by Ards and North Down Council, eight events were organised by Friends of Columbanus Bangor between 17-20 November in various locations around Bangor.   …

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 section of the Columban Way, St Mullins to Clashganny day, but in reverse so ending up at the extensive ruins of St Mullin’s Monastery. Walking…