IT WAS the end of an era on St Patrick’s Purgatory Lough Derg recently when long-time staff member Mary McDaid retired from the pilgrimage island in Donegal. Mary had been coming to the island since 1977, but in 1988 the then staff member Fr Dick Mohan asked if she could help out on the island for three weeks as there was […]
Shock and sadness following death of Mgr Richard Mohan
Coonian man Mgr Mohan was a former prior of Lough Derg and was credited with modernising the holy site.
Lough Derg pilgrimage ‘back in business’
“This year, the theme of our one day retreats experience was based on three words, pilgrimage, presence and prayer.”
Return to the island -Lough Derg reopens to pilgrims
JUST days before the celebration of the saint himself, it has been announced St Patrick’s Sanctuary at Lough Derg will be reopened to pilgrims this summer. Having been forced to close for the last two summers due to the Covid pandemic – the first time since 1828 the pilgrimage had to be suspended – the famous holy site will […]
Fermanagh’s connections to Ireland’s most famous saint
Probably the most famous local landmark in to bear St Patrick’s name within the county can be found in beautiful little corner of Belcoo.
Pilgrimage off but prayer continuing at Lough Derg
Fr La Flynn, has vowed that “the voice of prayer will not be silent.”
Lough Derg pilgrimages going online
IT’S A far cry from its fifth-century roots, and would have been unimaginable for the tens of thousands of pilgrims who have made the sacred journey to the island in centuries past, but Lough Derg has gone digital. In an unprecedented move by the 1500-year-old holy site, which is usually packed with pilgrims at this […]
Lough Derg priest ‘humbled’ by new title
LOUGH Derg Prior Fr Laurence Flynn has been named Monsignor by Pope Francis. It was announced this week that Fr La Flynn a priest of the Diocese of Clogher had the honour of ‘Chaplain to His Holiness’ conferred by Pope Francis. This carries with it the title of Monsignor which means that the priest has […]
Lough Derg numbers buck decade of decline
FOR the first time in a decade pilgrimage numbers at Lough Derg have increased. Scores of additional visitors joined three day pilgrimages this year. Fr La Flynn commenting at the end of the three day pilgrimage season said, “My heart is lifted by a little sign of hope in terms of our numbers. People often […]