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In April, our Sisters in  the Mission Area of Ireland held their Fourteenth Chapter in Emmaus Retreat and Conference Centre, Swords.  The theme for the Chapter was A Time of Hope. Read More

“Who am I?: And If So How Many?”. Thus the philosopher David Precht famously posed the question in the title of one of his books. Thinking of this reminded me of my own dilemma as I travelled along the road to Killarney on 21 May to become an Irish citizen. I am proud... Read More

The beginning of the month of May is here and today I experienced three crocodiles of excited schoolchildren making their hop-skip-jump way past me with teachers and parents taking up the head and tail.  It is not yet 10.00 a.m. The academic year is virtually over. Getting out... Read More

Library spans five centuries, was almost lost due to convent demolition, and contains a   selection of significant 17th-century religious publications  The Dominican Convent in Taylor’s Hill has donated its library of more than 2000 volumes, built up over five centuries, to NUI... Read More

300 years conclusion: Previous instalments reviewed the settlement and growth of a group of Galway Dominican nuns in Dublin from 1717. The story described the trials, tribulations, and challenges they faced in Penal days, with decreasing numbers and increasing debts owed to them.... Read More

Clontarf By 1798 there were only three Sisters in Channel Row. After the landlord did not renew the lease, the account books note: “received for old furniture sold on leaving Brunswick St £14.10.9d.” Thus, in the spring 1808, the Sisters, with some parlour boarders, moved to a... Read More

A group of forty “younger” members of various religious congregations and orders (at varying stages of formation) gathered this weekend in Emmaus Retreat Centre for the annual Religious in Formation Conference. We spent the weekend engaging with great speakers, coming together... Read More

Recently, Dominican schools in Ballyfermot, Capetown, and Portstewart celebrated anniversaries, 60, 80 and 100 years, respectively. What do they have in common? They are some of the branches of the Galway Dominican family tree planted in Dublin 300 years ago. At that time, Penal... Read More

THE RELIC OF ST. OLIVER PLUNKETT Below are two letters of thanks; one from Sr. Veronica Rafferty OP to the Dominican Sisters and a reply to same from Mr. Tommy Burns,  and Mgr. James Carroll P.P., Rosario, Argentina. These letters tell the story of the transfer of the relic of... Read More

St. Dominic’s Secondary School will celebrate 60 Years of Dominican Education in Ballyfermot this year.  To celebrate the beginning of this historic year – they will be having a Mass in the Assumption Church, Ballyfermot on Friday 16th September at 12 noon. Read More