The Siena nuns made a rare excursion into Drogheda specifically to visit the St Oliver Plunkett exhibition. The Siena nuns were custodians of St Oliver’s head for almost two hundred years, before it was moved to St Peter’s in Drogheda in 1920 following his beatification. By Marion Hausmann The 400th anniversary celebration of the birth of St Oliver Plunkett, who was martyred for his faith in 1681, took place last Sunday at his national shrine in Armagh, following the procession of his holy relics through Drogheda led by the Archbishop of Armagh, Dr Eamon Martin. “He lived, and died, by…
