Colin Holliday, Tower Captain of the St Comgall’s Church of Ireland Bell Ringers’, will give a short introductory talk about bell ringing which will be followed by the church bell […]

Cormac Bourke, a renowned expert on monastic bells, will deliver a lecture entitled ‘Early Irish Hand-Bells Revisited.’  He will summarise what we know about the dozens of hand-bells of iron […]

Acclaimed artist Jessica Hollywood will lead a print workshop to teach participants how to decorate and print their own Bangor Bell postcard using vintage letterpress techniques.  Materials supplied. Celebrate the […]

An evening of words, music and song to celebrate the legacy of Columbanus.  Learn about the story of Columbanus, poetry and writings of the monastic scribes, and join a session […]

Experienced and qualified tour guides Bridget Watson and Barbara Boyle will lead a guided walk tracing the footsteps of Columbanus from Bangor to Bobbio following the Bangor Bell Trail, starting […]

This will be a cross-community, united Church Service to commemorate the life of Columbanus.   Representatives of Presbyterian, Catholic, Church of Ireland and Methodist churches will take part in the service.  […]

Bangor Carnegie Library For opening times please see the Library Website After the collapse of the Roman Empire in the West, Europeans built on its foundations to develop their own […]

Dr Damian Bracken, University College Cork, one of the curators of the ‘Ireland and the Birth of Europe’ exhibition, will give a talk on the exhibition theme. After the talk, […]

Join Reverend Canon Michael Parker for a tour of St Gall’s Church followed by a talk about Gall by local historian Leanne Briggs. St Gall’s Church is modelled on a […]

Dr Cornel Dora, director of the Abbey Library, St Gallen, Switzerland, will give a lecture on the incredible collection of manuscripts and writings, many of which are attributed to Bangor […]

An illuminating talk by Ronnie McClements from Bangor Historical Society about the beautiful stained-glass windows St Columbanus Church, Ballyholme, is architecturally rich, being built from a unique stone taken from […]

In July 2023, Canon Joe Gunn, the parish priest of St Comgall’s Church, Bangor, was presented with a relic of St Gall at a memorable service in the historic St […]