Ruadhán Jones
Fr Kiernan is pictured with family and friends as he cuts into his jubilee cake during celebrations in Ireland. “In some ways it seems like yesterday,” says Fr Michael Kiernan about his ordination to the priesthood 50 years ago, June 3, 1973. In other ways though, “it seems like 500 years ago”, he adds. Born and raised in Lettergullion, a townland near Ballinamuck, Co. Longford, Fr Kiernan studied for the priesthood in the former…
