Father Tony Barry, our first and longest-serving Parish Priest, returned to the Lord on the feast of St Clare this week.

May he rest in peace.

Father Barry was a man of deep spirituality whose far-sight and wisdom ensured that our parish was built not from bricks and mortar (we have Canon Lynam of St Francis’ parish to thank for those) but from the strengths of the community of the faithful he served for so many years.