PASTORAL LETTER FROM BISHOP DENIS
Published on February 6, 2026
Notices
SACRAMENTS 2026
Published on September 26, 2025
Confirmation – Bishop Denis Nulty will Confirm the children from the four Schools in our Parish on Thursday, 23rd April 2026 at 11 a.m. in St. Patrick’s Church, Rathvilly.
First Holy Communion –
Talbotstown & Tynock NS – Saturday, 9th May in Talbotstown Church at 11 a.m.
Rathvilly & Rathmore NS – Saturday, 16th May…
KILTEGAN MASS SCHEDULE January – June 2026
Published on June 13, 2025
PARISH LOTTO
Published on May 23, 2025
Wednesday, 25th March
Numbers: 11, 25, 28, 29 No €10,000 Jackpot Winner
8 Match 3 Winners win €125 each
WINNER PROMOTER PARISH
Teresa Hannigan M M Hannigan Newbridge
Oliver Whelan Parish Office Hacketstown
Ena Byrne Anna Mae Byrne Rathvilly/Kiltegan
Annemarie Coleman Kathleen Fennelly …
Palm Sunday – Deacon: Rev. Liam Dunne
Published on May 23, 2025
Gospel – Matthew 26:14-27:66 ‘Stay awake with me’
Today we meet Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, ‘grieved and agitated’ as he wrestles with the prospect of death. The cross is visibly present in our world, where oppressive systems crucify people, where war and terror inflict death and suffering, where environmental destruction endangers the very…
2024 Parish Accounts
Published on April 17, 2025
2023 Parish Accounts
Published on December 19, 2024
FR. PAT O’BRIEN RETIRES
Published on June 9, 2023
A lovely community evening was held last Friday
night 2nd June to honour and celebrate our curate
Fr. Pat O’ Brien on his retirement.
A mass was co-celebrated by Bishop Denis Nulty, Fr. Pat,
Fr. John, and Deacon Liam in Tynock in the company of
many St. Patrick’s priests, community…
ST. CHARLES DE FOUCAULD
Published on May 23, 2022
St. Charles de Foucauld
This Sunday Blessed Charles de Foucauld is to be canonised. I invited Mgr. John McEvoy, who has been in the position of Priest Responsible for the European Region (2011-2017) in the Jesus Caritas Priests’ Fraternity to address the…
Pope Francis appoints Fr John McEvoy as “Chaplain to His Holiness”
Published on August 26, 2021
Pope Francis appoints Fr John McEvoy as “Chaplain to His Holiness”
I am delighted to announce today that Pope Francis has honoured Fr John McEvoy, Parish Priest of Rathvilly and Vice President of Carlow College St Patricks, appointing him as a “Chaplain to…