Dia is Muire duit, is Bríd! Welcome again to another of our little reflections here on Lough Derg as we move on into the spring in the company of St Brigid. Last week we reflected on the story of St Brigid’s Cross and the cross I had with me then was the usual four armed […]

Hello again from Lough Derg, agus fáilte chuig séipéal N. Bríde, St Brigid’s Chapel at the Visitor Centre on the lakeshore, and to another little reflection on St Brigid and her story. I have here a St Brigid’s Cross, freshly made from the fine rushes that grow in abundance locally, both in Donegal and Fermanagh. […]

Beannachtaí na Féile Bríde ort! On this First of February, I wish you a Happy St Brigid’s Day. St Brigid is second only to St Patrick among the Irish saints, and along with Colmcille of Derry these three are venerated as our national patrons. Here at Lough Derg, St Brigid’s memory is honoured in several […]

The Prior, Monsignor La, shares his reflection on crossing over to the New Year. “There is a lot of crossing over that happens at Lough Derg. Obviously boats are a big part of our experience and our life here. The boats, the St Davog behind me, has been newly repainted and all the boats have […]

Lough Derg Prior, Very Rev Laurence Flynn, named Monsignor by Pope Francis His Holiness Pope Francis has conferred the honour of Chaplain to His Holiness on Reverend Laurence (La) Flynn, priest of the Diocese of Clogher and Prior of Lough Derg, an honour which carries with it the title of Monsignor. The title Monsignor means that […]

Our final angel is the one that we see in the centre light of the window in the chancel of St Mary’s.  The window is by the Earley Studio Dublin, and was the gift of James and Julia Hegarty from Co. Cork in 1945. Mary is depicted inviting us to come to her Immaculate Heart, […]

On this Third Sunday of Advent may I introduce you to our two newest Lough Derg angels.  They arrived only days ago.  Designed by Co Monaghan artist Nelius Flynn, they have taken their places in St Mary’s, to the right and to the left of where the Blessed Sacrament is reserved for veneration during the […]

Continuing our Advent journey theme in the company of the Lough Derg angels, in this second week of Advent we can ponder some of the angels that are incorporated in the bronze work by Paddy McElroy in the sanctuary of St Patrick’s Basilica.  Bronze is a very substantial medium: is it not something of a […]

During Advent 2019 the Prior, Fr La Flynn, introduces the angels associated with Lough Derg. This First Sunday of Advent the scripture readings direct our thoughts to that Second Coming of Christ, when evil, sin and death will be no more. “All of us readily associate angels with the Christmas feast, but Advent, too, has […]