Bishop Coll pays tribute to 800 years of Dominican service to the people of Kilkenny @OssoryDiocese @irishdominicans @amri_justice 👀 Bishop Coll's tribute⬇️ https://t.co/h7bmNorFXR

The #ANGELICUM: A global community of scholars! 🌍📚 Dominicans make up just 1/10 of our student body, yet are crucial to our mission. Students from 100+ countries—laity, seminarians, priests, religious—unite here to serve the Church worldwide. https://t.co/oF36K8lwEk

Today we celebrate the Feast of Saint Albert the Great. A Dominican theologian and patron of scientists. #saintoftheday #prayforus @Dominican_Order @irishdominicans

A wonderful story! This young woman, having fled the war in Ukraine, found a happy home in @NewCol_Official and decided, at the end of her Leaving Certificate art exam, to express her gratitude in a mural rich in Dominican symbolism. Thank you, Yeva! https://t.co/F2MXAICF7q

OCTOBER 16 On this day in 1335, William Jordan OP was paid for his work as ambassador from the King of England to the O’Connors and Burkes in the West of Ireland. #otd #IrishOP800

15 OCTOBER On this day in 1971, the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, passed over from the care of the Irish Dominican friars to that of the archdiocesan clergy. #otd #IrishOP800

OCTOBER 8 On this day in 1631, a German friar by the name of Peter Malperus OP was appointed lecturer in Hebrew at the Irish Dominican College in Louvain. #otd #IrishOP800

QUB alumnus and priest of the Irish Dominican Order, Fr Chris Gault OP preached to a packed Great Hall for our Annual Dedication of Studies Mass. As we set out on a new academic year, we know that God walks with us and blesses us. @irishdominicans

OCTOBER 5 On this day in 1736, Colman O'Shaughnessy OP, Provincial of the Irish Province, was appointed Bishop of Ossory. #otd #IrishOP800

SEPTEMBER 29 On this date in medieval Dublin, newly-elected mayors made their way with their officers to St Saviour's Church, now the site of the Four Courts, to hear the prior of the Dominican community preach a sermon on the duties of civic officials. #otd #IrishOP800

SEPTEMBER 29 On this date, the feast of St Michael, throughout the Middle Ages, Sovereigns (Mayors) of Kilkenny were elected in the Black Abbey. #otd #irishop800

(Sorry this one is a few days late!).

SEPTEMBER 20 On this day in 1626, the Mayor of Galway ratified the foundation of a free public school run by Dominican friars. #otd #IrishOP800

And we're delighted that Patrick Grant, our media manager, will be working with us for another year. He and Fr Maurice have lots and lots of ideas - watch this space! 2/2

Change at the helm! Fr Maurice Colgan OP is taking over from Fr Conor McDonough OP as promoter of online preaching, with responsibility for social media. Fr Conor has been assigned to Galway to commence doctoral studies. 1/2

SEPTEMBER 17 On this day in 1935, St Mary’s Priory, Tallaght became a ‘studium generale’ of the Dominican Order, with faculties of philosophy and theology. #otd #IrishOP800 (Image: Friars' Walk, Tallaght).

More joy today! Br Adrian and Br Eoin made simple profession in Cork this morning. They’re heading up to Dublin now to begin their formal studies, following their novitiate year of silence, brotherhood, and personal reading of the Word of God. Pray for them!

All our friars in initial formation (novices and students), together with their formators. What a band of brothers!

What a joy today to clothe Br James (Mayo) and Br Jack (Cork) in the Dominican habit! It begins their yearlong novitiate in our priory in Cork, under the guidance on Master of Novices, Fr Philip Mulryne OP. Pray for them as they begin their Dominican journey!

SEPTEMBER 14 On this day in 1577, the feast of the Holy Cross, pilgrims made their way to the Dominican priory of Sligo to venerate an image of the crucified Christ as part of a pilgrimage newly established by Pope Gregory XIII. #otd #IrishOP800