Sligo – Dominican Friars Ireland

A 15th-century Cross from Sligo Abbey

Archivist Author — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 18:20:52 +0000

Writing in the wake of the dissolution of the monasteries, the scribe of the Annals of Loch Cé laments that ‘there was not in Erinn a holy cross […] over which [English protestant] power reached, that was not burned’ (1538). Be it through iconoclasm, loss, or choice of materials, few crosses from medieval Ireland have survived to the present day. One survivor is a fifteenth-century floriated latten cross with a gilt figure and blue champlevé enamel terminals with symbols of the Evangelists associated with the Dominican friary in Sligo. The cross was purchased by the National Museum of Ireland in 1982 from the Dominican Fathers in St Mary’s, Tallaght for the sum of £2,500.

St.Dominic’s Day

Archivist Author — Thu, 25 Aug 2016 12:35:39 +0000

Bishop Kevin Doran, of Elphin, joined the Dominican Community of Holy Cross, Sligo, in celebrating St.Dominic’s Day. As the Order celebrates its 800th anniversary, Bishop Kevin took the opportunity to highlight the contribution of the Dominicans to the Sligo area down through the years and expressed his thanks to the Order for their generousity in […]

Urlaur Pattern Day

Archivist Author — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 13:53:38 +0000

On August 4th, the traditional Feast Day of St.Dominic, the people of the Parish of Kilmovee (Achonary Diocese) in Co.Mayo, gathered at the old Dominican Church (known as the ‘Abbey’) on the shores of Lake Urlaur to celebrate their Pattern Day, which has being running since 1915. To mark the 800th Jubilee of the Order, […]