by Gerard Bennett | Jun 18, 2025 | History
For 176 years, the Franciscans of Multyfarnham lived quietly on a gentle rise along the southern bank of the River Gaine. Just a short walk – barely a hundred metres – from the haunting ruins of their ancient friary and church, they often gazed across at...
by Gerard Bennett | May 24, 2025 | Reflections from Fr Kieran
In the Gospel of St John, as Jesus takes his leave of his disciples, he makes a clear distinction between servants and friends. “I shall not call you servants anymore, because a servant does not know his master’s business; I call you friends, because I have made known...
by Gerard Bennett | May 17, 2025 | History
On June 12 or 13, 1730, Henry Gaynor of Black Castle sold, “all that the Friary of Multyfarnham, otherwise, called Multyfarnham, with the Two Orchards there unto belonging” to Arthur Reynell of Tullnally, Co Westmeath for £220. For the next seventy-five years...
by Gerard Bennett | Apr 24, 2025 | Reflections from Fr Kieran
The reading of the Passion of Our Lord according to John can be understood as a straight-forward historical account of the execution of a troublemaker in Jerusalem some two thousand years ago. But it can also be taken as a lengthy parable with a strong moral and...
by Gerard Bennett | Mar 20, 2025 | Reflections from Fr Kieran
What could the “Sound of Silence” mean? It sounds paradoxical, if not downright contradictory. Surely silence is the absence of sound or noise? But if we reflect on the meaning of silence in a deeper spiritual sense, we may discover that, just as peace is not merely...
