The Sodality of Our Lady Radio Hour

The Sodality of Our Lady Radio Hour on Radio Maria Ireland, each Friday evening at 8 p.m. (Irish Time), and each Sunday morning at 4 a.m. (Irish Time), and each Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. (Irish Time).

A prayerful hour of devotion to Our Blessed Lady and the Saints, Blesseds and heroes of her Sodality.  Pray the Little Offices, the Marian Antiphons, the feasts and privileges of Our Lady.  Material for mental prayer and meditation.  The stories, music, poetry, prayers and spirituality of the Sodality of Our Lady.

Listen to past programmes as podcasts available here.

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The Stations of the Cross

Please pray the Stations of the Cross with the Catholic Heritage Hour on Radio Maria Ireland, each Friday afternoon at 3 p.m. (Irish Time).  

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The Catholic Heritage Quiz

 

The Catholic Heritage Quiz on Radio Maria Ireland, each Friday evening at 8 p.m. (Irish Time).

It's a Catholic general knowledge quiz brought to you by the Catholic Heritage Association of Ireland.  A fun way to share the Faith in bite-size nuggets.  You don't have to be a Saint or a scholar to take part but it couldn't hurt!

Past programmes are available as podcasts here.

Between series of the Catholic Heritage Quiz, the Sodality of Our Lady Radio Hour will be broadcast instead.

Radio Maria is an online radio station.  
Listen on the television: SAORVIEW Channel 210.  
Listen on the App: "Radio Maria Ireland"  
Listen online: www.radiomaria.ie
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Get in touch by text or Whatsapp: 00 353 89 467 2000
Get in touch by telephone: 00 353 1 4123456
Get in touch by email: info@radiomaria.ie
Get in touch by post: The Catholic Heritage Quiz, Radio Maria Ireland, Unit 8, St. Anthony's Business Park, Dublin 22, D22 R7W2.

Come and quiz with us!

The Catholic Heritage Hour

The Catholic Heritage Hour on Radio Maria Ireland, each Friday afternoon at about 3.20 p.m. (Irish Time), each Monday morning at 4 a.m. (Irish Time), and each Wednesday evening at 10 p.m.

It's a radio pilgrimage through our Irish Catholic Heritage.  Saints and scholars, prelates and heroes, art and architecture, biography and liturgy, feasts and history, music and meditation, prose and poetry, brought to you by the Catholic Heritage Association of Ireland.  

Past programmes are available as podcasts here.

Radio Maria is an online radio station.  
Listen on the television: SAORVIEW Channel 210.  
Listen on the App: "Radio Maria Ireland"  
Listen online: www.radiomaria.ie
Listen on Facebook: "Listen Live Radio"

Get in touch by text or Whatsapp: 00 353 89 467 2000
Get in touch by telephone: 00 353 1 4123456
Get in touch by email: info@radiomaria.ie
Get in touch by post: The Catholic Heritage Hour, Radio Maria Ireland, Unit 8, St. Anthony's Business Park, Dublin 22, D22 R7W2.

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Old Leighlin (Walsh)

The following is from Fr. Thomas Walsh's History of the Irish Hierarchy, published in New York in 1854, chapter xxxvii, at p. 368:

Old Leighlin Saint Gobhan founded this abbey for canons of St Augustine in the year 616 In the year 632 St Gobhan surrendered his abbey to St Laserian the son of Cairel and Blitha Laserian is said to have had fifteen hundred monks under his jurisdiction Laserian was made bishop of Leighlin He died in the year 638 and on the 18th of April AD 639 Delasse MacWinge the abbot died AD 725 Saint Manchen bishop of Leighlin died AD 767 Ernagh MacEhyn the abbot died AD 863 Manchen the abbot died AD 876 Dungall the abbot died In the year 916 Leighlin was plundered Saint Stephen's priory founded by Burchard a Norwegian captain about the year 1060 The founder was buried in the choir of the cathedral Felix was prior Philip was prior after him in the year 1304 In the following year one John was prior This priory was dissolved in the year 1432 by authority of Pope Eugene rV and the lands belonging to it were annexed to the deanery of Leighlin

Stradbally (Walsh)

The following is from Fr. Thomas Walsh's History of the Irish Hierarchy, published in New York in 1854, chapter lviii, at p. 620:

Stradbally gives name to the barony In the twelfth century The O Morra founded this monastery for conventual Franciscans August 18th 1582 Queen Elizabeth was seized of this friary and all its appurtenances which consisted of besides other property three hundred and forty five acres of land in different townlands all of which were granted to Francis Cosby and his heirs at the annual rent of 17 6s 3d Irish under an obligation of finding yearly nine English horsemen to defend and maintain British supremacy In 1609 a new lease was made to Richard son of Alexander Cosby