‘It is fitting for a man who gave so much & asked for so little’ – calls to rename Cathedral Plaza after Willie Walsh
*The late Willie Walsh. EFFORTS to name a newly created plaza in Ennis in memory of the late Bishop Willie Walsh are underway.
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Fr Harry reflects on legacy of ‘man of courage, vision who had time for everyone’ Bishop Willie
*Fr Harry Bohan with a copy of The Furrow where he penned a tribute to Bishop Willie Walsh. BISHOP WILLIE Walsh’s loss has been deeply felt in Co Clare with his legacy living on as a man of the people and an extraordinary individual amongst other things.
‘He was never afraid to fight for what was right’ – Clare councillors remember Bishop Willie Walsh
*The grave of Bishop Willie Walsh. Photograph: John O’Neill A TRAIL-BLAZER, loyal friend and a man who brought the church forward “hundreds of years” in Clare is how county councillors have remembered Bishop Willie Walsh.
Bishop Willie left everything in God’s hands & left the Killaloe Diocese in a better place
*Mourners pay their respects to Bishop Willie Walsh. Photograph: John O’Neill. AT THE TIME OF Bishop Willie Walsh’s ordination in October 1994, predictions were made that it would be a new era for the Diocese while at his funeral this week he was described as a priest cut from the same cloth as the Pope.
‘Willie was a radical in the true sense of the word’ – mourners come out in their thousands for Bishop Willie
ENNIS CATHEDRAL was at full capacity as the people of Clare and further afield came out in their droves to celebrate the life of their beloved Bishop Willie Walsh.
Funeral details announced for Bishop Willie
FUNERAL DETAILS have been announced for Bishop Emeritus of Killaloe, Willie Walsh.
Beloved Willie Walsh dies aged 90
WILLIE WALSH, the former Bishop of the Killaloe Diocese has died unexpectedly.
Monsignor Horgan becomes Papal Nuncio to South Sudan
*Séamus Horgan. Photograph: John O’Neill MONSIGNOR Séamus Horgan was consecrated as Papal Nuncio to South Sudan in his native Ennis on Saturday.
Fr Harry Bohan is still ‘building dreams’
*Fr Harry Bohan standing before a statue unveiled to Brendan O’Regan in Sixmilebridge. Photograph: Eamon Ward FEAKLE native, Fr Harry Bohan will release his latest book ‘Building Dreams’ next week.
Cleary to head up Council’s new tourism directorate following addition of Shannon Heritage sites
*Leonard Cleary. Photograph: Eamon Ward LEONARD CLEARY is to head up Clare County Council’s new tourism department following the addition of the four Shannon Heritage sites to its portfolio.