On this day (23rd January 1860) in the Church of Ireland parish church of Donnybrook, Dublin, the marriage took place between Thomas Bird, a private in the 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment, based at Beggar’s Bush Barracks in that parish, and Mary McCague, then residing at Merrion Strand, of the same parish.
The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2019 opened in Dublin and Glendalough on Friday evening (January 18) with an ecumenical service in the Church of St John the Baptist in Clontarf.
Three hundred and fifty years of education at the King’s Hospital School, Dublin, was celebrated on Friday afternoon (January 18) in St Patrick’s Cathedral.
Armagh Youth and Children (AYaC) staged a children and toddlers’ praise party entitled “Little Lights” on Saturday, 19th January, at Mullabrack Parish Centre.
The Bishop of Derry and Raphoe, the Rt Rev Ken Good, says the people responsible for the bomb attack in the centre of Londonderry on Saturday evening showed a “callous disregard” for human life.
The Church on the Hill, Maghaberry (Diocese of Dromore), has just completed a project to extend the front of their building and create a spacious foyer/welcome area and extra meeting rooms.
For the past ten years, members of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church have been celebrating mass on two Saturdays each month in St Michael’s Church of Ireland Church in Blackrock, Cork, and also on their major festivals.
The following statement by the Rt Rev Ken Good, Bishop of Derry and Raphoe, was issued following the bomb attack in Londonderry city centre.
Churches Together in Britain and Ireland has issued a request that all its member Churches and associated bodies join together in a time of dedicated prayer for the national political situation in the United Kingdom.
