Welcome to our Parish

Welcome and Céad míle fáilte to Birr Parish, home of St. Brendan's Church on Wilmer Road and The Church of the Annunciation, Carrig. The Christian community in Birr dates back to St. Brendan "the Elder" who chose Birr, "the place of the springs", for the location of his monastic community in the middle of the 6th Century. St. Brendan's Monastery was renowned for hospitality and scholarship . The famous copy of the four Gospels was created here. It is better known as "The Book Of Birr" or "McRegol Gospel". A facsimile copy of this Gospel is on display in Birr Library located in Birr Civic Offices beside the St. Brendan's Church on Wilmer Road.

St. Brendan's Church, Birr

	Monday - Saturday 10.00 am - Please note that a Funeral Mass later in the day will necessitate the cancelling of the parish morning Mass. In such cases information will be announced
Saturday Vigil	7.30 pm
Sunday	8.30 am 10.30 am 12 noon

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Church of the Annunciation, Carrig

Sunday

9.30 am

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Weekly Notices

First Friday Visits

December 29, 2025

Friday January 2nd is the First Friday of the month. The priests of the parish will visit housebound parishioners with the sacraments. If you know of any housebound parishioners who would like to receive the sacraments, please contact the Parish Office on 05791-22028.

First Anniversary Mass – Kevin Purcell R.I.P

December 29, 2025

First Anniversary Mass for the late Kevin Purcell, Croghan House, Birr will be celebrated this Tuesday December 30th @ 10am. Kevin is sadly missed and remembered with love by his family and by all who knew him. May his gentle soul Rest in Heavenly Peace.

Christmas Appreciation

December 22, 2025

This year has almost come full circle and Christmas is upon us. It is an appropriate time to acknowledge goodness and blessings in our lives. We thank all who have actively participated in parish life: in the various masses and liturgies and the celebration of the Sacraments. Readers, Eucharistic Ministers, Altar Servers and…

St. Brendan’s Window

November 18, 2025

Welcome home the restored and conserved St. Brendan Window, funded by @The Heritage Council. Work by Aria Stained Glass”

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Reflection

PREPARE A Blessing for Advent Strange how one word will so hollow you out. But this word has been in the wilderness for months. Years. This word is what remained after everything else was worn away by sand and stone. It is what withstood the glaring of sun by day, the weeping loneliness of the moon at night. Now it comes to you racing out of the wild, eyes blazing and waving its arms, its voice ragged with desert but piercing and loud as it speaks itself again and again: Prepare, prepare. It may feel like the word is leveling you, emptying you as it asks you to give up what you have known. It is impolite and hardly tame, but when it falls upon your lips you will wonder at the sweetness, like honey that finds its way into the hunger you had not known was there.

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December 13

December 13 @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm

Gala Christmas Concert

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