A final flourish from the pen of one of Ireland’s finest poets

Michael Winterbottom reviews the last published work of celebrated Irish priest-cum poet, Fr Michael McCarthy. I met Fr Michael McCarthy only once, when I had the good fortune and pleasure to be seated at the same table at a luncheon shortly before his death. I knew nothing of him before that afternoon but the meeting... Read More

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July 11, 2018

Obituary: Fr Michael McCarthy RIP

Fr Michael McCarthy died at St Gemma’s Hospice in Leeds on the evening of 10th July 2018 after a long illness. He was seventy-two years of age. Born in West Cork, Ireland on 12th August 1945 he studied for the priesthood at St Patrick’s College, Carlow and was ordained at the Cathedral of the Assumption,... Read More

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June 3, 2016

Diocese confirms removal of pro-abortion lector

A politician has expressed his disappointment after being removed from his parish’s Rota of Lectors due to his party’s pro-abortion stance, but insisted that he is not out to attack the Church. Ken Curtin, a Social Democrats representative in Cork East, was removed from the list of lectors at St Colman’s Cathedral, Cobh, on Sunday,... Read More

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