In 1969, the poet Richard Murphy purchased High Island, now called Ardoileán, a small island rich with early Christian remains in the vicinity of Inishbofin off Galway, a place with which he had been associated since 1954. “I got excited at the thought of buying this inaccessible holy island, restoring the beehive cells and oratory…

In 1966, when the 50th anniversary of the 1916 Rising, in which he had fought, was being marked, Joe McGrath, revolutionary, politician and founder of the Irish Sweep among many other businesses, died in his Co. Dublin home, Cabinteely House.  His family did not want to live in the 18th Century mansion, swathed in Virginia…

Mags Gargan visits a choir for people suffering from memory loss

Singing sensation Nathan Carter talks to Mags Gargan about faith, country music and Christmas

Pope Francis exhibits forgiveness in a very profound way, Cardinal Cormac Murphy O’Connor tells Cathal Barry

Mags Gargan speaks to Elysha Brennan about her ‘incredible journey’ as the new Rose of Tralee

Cathal Barry visits the stunning summer residence of the Popes in Castel Gandolfo

Mags Gargan looks at the life of Fr Joseph Mallin SJ

Fr Bryan Shortall tells Greg Daly about the Capuchin experience during the Rising

“There was no joking, not even the semblance of it. Poor Colbert was far too beautiful and too reverent a character to joke with anyone in such a solemn hour. I know very well where his heart was then. It was very near to God and to the friends he loved. “What really happened was…