Habemus Episcopum for the Kingdom!

 

Ad multos annos to our neighbouring diocese in Kerry on the consecration and installation of their new bishop Rev. Ray Browne!

Laying on of hands by Archbishop of Cashel & Emly, Dr Dermot Clifford
RTE

You can read about the happy occasion on the Kerry diocesan website HERE and videos and photos HERE (scroll to the bottom) and HERE.

St Brendan of Clonfert (The Navigator)

Patron of the dioceses of Kerry and Clonfert, Brendan is associated with Ardfert and Mount Brandon in Kerry as well as with many other places in the British Isles. He is acclaimed as a navigator, and some even say he reached America long before Columbus.

Read more about St Brendan here including more about his voyage:

• From the Diocese of Kerry
• CatholicIreland.net
• Blue Eyed Ennis - Phil brings together a series of links and resources on St Brendan including some youtube videos from Tim Severin's re-enactment of St Brendan's journey in an ox-hide currach in 1976.
• Logismoir
• Under the Oak: Brendan and Briga - The Benedict and Scholastica of Ireland