A funeral service has taken place for 20 people at Bangor Abbey in County Down, almost 800 years after they died. The remains of the 10 men, seven women and three children were discovered in 2011 ...

The monastery was dissolved in the early seventheenth century. At the present time Bangor Abbey is used as a parish church and belongs to the Church of Ireland. In the church an image of Christ ...

Having grown up in the shadow of Bangor Abbey, I can tell readers that the ... it is from this link to the monastery at Bangor that Ireland got the name, Isle of Saints and Scholars.

will see 200 pilgrims from Italy visit Northern Ireland this weekend. Columbanus left Bangor Abbey in 590, embarking on a journey which ended in Bobbio, Italy and also saw him play a key role in ...

North Down MP Stephen Farry, Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly Alex Maskey ... The rector of Bangor Abbey, Canon Ronnie Nesbitt, opened the service. "For their family, especially for ...

THE Rev Derek Dunn plans to play right through the Church of Ireland Hymn Book in Bangor Abbey next Saturday, May 8, starting at 10am. It is the third time he has undertaken such a venture.

The sites are Bangor Abbey, First Bangor Presbyterian Church and St Columbanus Church of Ireland. The trail is an integral part of the wider Northern Ireland Tourist Board St Patrick’s Trail ...

Lí Ban’s story dates from 6th century Ireland and has been preserved ... The ancient abbey is long gone but if you go to Bangor you will find a new abbey, where Comgall is remembered still.

It made sense, because when you record in Ireland you get distracted ... "So why go to Boston when we can play Bangor?" she laughs. * Altan play Bangor Abbey tomorrow night at 8pm, as part of ...

Mr Frederick Russell McMahon, from Abbotts Walk in the town, was attacked by at least one assailant as he walked home through a park behind Bangor Abbey at 11.15 p.m. The alarm was raised by a ...

Nathan, who is part of 2nd Bangor Abbey Scouts, has been working through ... that's great about being British and the people of Northern Ireland will certainly have a deep void in our lives ...