November Novena 2026
November Novena in Honour of the Holy Souls in St. Brendan’s Church, Brendan Pastoral Area
Weekend Masses
October 24th @ 7.30pm, October 25th @ 8.30am/10.30am &12noon Masses
Monday to Friday
October 26th – 30th @ 7.30pm…
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.
Mass Times
St. Brendan's Church, Birr
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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 |
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| Saturday Vigil | 7.30 pm |
| Sunday |
8.30 am 10.30 am 12 noon |
Weekly Notices
Prisoner Sunday October 11th 2026
October 7, 2026
Prisoner Sunday
This year we are marking prisoner Sunday in the diocese of Killaloe on Sunday October 11th. We invite people to pray for prisoners, their families and their victims using the prisoner’s prayer card. Pope Francis asks us as Christians to reach out to those who live in the margins of society; we can…
Pope Leo has designated 2026 the 800th Anniversary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi
January 16, 2026
Saint Francis, our brother, you who eight hundred years ago
went to meet Sister Death as a man at peace,
intercede for us before the Lord.
You recognized true peace in the Crucifix of San Damiano,
teach us to seek in Him the source of all reconciliation
that breaks down every…
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